Alaska Airlines Delays Legal Action; Union Urges Agents to Return to Work.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1999-- Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. issued the following updated statement regarding an apparent "sick out" by customer service and ramp agents today: "Earlier today Alaska Airlines' flight schedule was disrupted when an unusually large number of customer service and ramp agents called in `sick.' "We believe this action to be illegal, and contacted District 143 of the International Machinists Union (IAM IAM - Interactive Algebraic Manipulation. Interactive symbolic mathematics for PDP-10. ["IAM, A System for Interactive Algebraic Manipulation", C. Christensen et al, Proc Second Symp Symb Alg Manip, ACM Mar 1971]. ) to bring it to their attention. They have responded with the following statement, issued on the IAM website and union hotline: `District 143 has received word today from Alaska Airlines and the media of possible job actions being taken by Alaska Airlines employees. The district does not condone condone v. 1) to forgive, support, and/or overlook moral or legal failures of another without protest, with the result that it appears that such breaches of moral or legal duties are acceptable. , encourage or sanction sanction, in law and ethics, any inducement to individuals or groups to follow or refrain from following a particular course of conduct. All societies impose sanctions on their members in order to encourage approved behavior. any job actions that may be taken in protest of current contract negotiations. `If there is some type of grassroots protest campaign going on, we feel that it would adversely impact present contract negotiations. `Our concern is that possible discipline could come from the Company in response to supposed job actions on the part of our members. `Your Union is asking you to report for work as scheduled and continue to show your professionalism in performing your work duties and allow the negotiating process to continue as it is supposed to without outside influences.' "After reviewing the IAM statement, Alaska has decided to temporarily delay seeking a Federal Court restraining order restraining order: see injunction. , so that the union may immediately follow through on its promise and compel Compel - COMpute ParallEL employees to return to work. "Alaska has also been in contact with the IAM and requested that it take specific proactive steps to contact any individuals or groups engaging in what it terms "grassroots protests" in order to fulfill its obligations to stop the actions immediately. "The recent action in the Federal Court against American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the Pilots Association makes it abundantly clear that the union and its members are liable for financial damages and must take clear responsibility in these situations." |
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