The 240 Sun Country Airline ground employees who manage the luggage and guide planes in Minneapolis-St. Paul’s international airport is on the right track to ink its very first union contract.
The minneapolis -based leese airline and the international fraternity of teamsters concluded a provisional collective agreement on Thursday. The workers will soon vote on the opportunity to ratify it.
A Sun Country spokesperson said on Friday that the proposed contract “recognizes the important role that these employees play” in the operation and success of the company.
Sun Country refused to share the details of wages or advantages in the agreement. Local union leaders did not immediately respond to requests for comments.
Most workers in the Fall of Major US Airlines are unionized. Delta Air Lines, the dominant MSP passenger carrier, is a notable exception. Only Delta pilots and distributors are unionized.
Sun Country fleet workers voted to form a union under the BROTHEHOOD OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 970 almost three years ago. The desire for better salary, improved working conditions and an seniority system motivated the effort. But the trade unionization process in Sun Country hit bumps along the way.
Teamsters brought in federal legal action against Sun Country in 2023 which accused the airline of illegally dismissing active employees in unionization efforts, a violation of the Rail Labor Act. Sun Country denied the reprehensible acts.
The trial centered on the cases of the workers of the sly ramp Oliver and Monique Crisp. The two said that the airline had dismissed them in the weeks following the successful vote to unionize due to their support for the movement. The airline, however, said that she had ended Oliver and crisp for attendance problems.
