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Members of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 504 successfully negotiated their first contract for PrimeFlight Fuelers working at Orlando (Florida) International Airport.
The new contract locks in a 15% raise and replaces a management-controlled paid time-off (PTO) system with guaranteed sick and vacation time. It includes a grievance and arbitration procedure process and a discipline policy, and PrimeFlight Fuelers are no longer “at-will” workers with the new contract. Local 504 members approved it unanimously.
“This first contract for PrimeFlight Fuelers in Orlando provides significant economic gains for workers and their families,” said TWU International President John Samuelsen. “The new contract immediately turned the Fuelers represented by the TWU from the lowest-paid Fuelers on property to the highest-paid, and provides workers with both sick time and vacation instead of a management-controlled PTO system.”