Business Services Industry
Alaska Airlines' Success Depends on Good Labor Relations, CEO Says.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 1999 by Maharry, Mike
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 19 -- SEATTLE -- John F. Kelly, Alaska Airlines chief executive officer, said Tuesday the airline's future success depends on finding ways to win labor peace with the company's unionized employees.
Speaking at a press conference before the company's annual shareholders meeting, Kelly said Alaska's "No. 1 goal" for the year is to conclude contract negotiations with four of its six major bargaining units.
The airline has been forced to cancel more than 600 flights in the past four weeks -- double the normal rate -- and company officials have blamed the cancellations on a "sickout" by customer service representatives and a work slowdown by mechanics.
The unions representing those workers have...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
