T&T PILOTS ASSOC. OPTIMISTIC ABOUT TALKS WITH CAL THE Trinidad and Tobago Pilot’s Association’s (TTALPA) is “guardedly optimistic” about upcoming talks with State-owned Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) about proposals covering the 2010 - 2013 collective bargaining period. TTALPA’s Industrial Relations Consultant, Gerard Pinard, provided the update to Newsday during an interview yesterday morning. “We are guardedly optimistic about bilateral talks on August 18 because CAL finally presented a draft Memorandum of Agreement to us on July 30.” The agreement is in respect of items previously agreed to during negotiations back in 2012. Pinard said the airline also “submitted a calculation of the total outstanding Variable Incentive Payments owed to pilots from 2011 to present.” An estimated 130 pilots are employed by CAL. These developments occurred after TTALPA reported a breakdown in negotiations to the Labour Ministry in June, 2014. Both parties subsequently held conciliation talks at the ministry on July 18, at which time they agreed to a time extension until July 31 “because we had a meeting scheduled for July 30 and there is a 14-day deadline in which the minister must either intervene or refer the matter to the Industrial Court,” Pinard explained. It was that meeting, referred to earlier, when CAL presented the MOA to TTALPA. However other documents were not ready then, so a follow-up meeting was scheduled for August 18. Trinidad Newsday Story
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:57:12 +0000
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