Trustee Update – April 25, 2025 – Allegiant Local 2118

Reorganizing for Strength!

Trustee Update: April 25, 2025

Fellow Pilots,

Thursday, General President O’Brien approved our proposed bylaws. We will mail out a referendum explaining eligibility, voting timelines, and the bylaws next week.

As I have communicated recently, Kristin Lancaster, along with Assistant Trustee Jim Clark, completed a thorough audit of membership dues records to get our membership records corrected. It was clear as we started to focus on election-related matters that Local 2118 did not properly document the good standing and the continuous good standing of its members, as required by the constitution. I wrote the General Secretary-Treasurer and the General President separately to ask for relief under the constitution on two separate issues.

1. 172 current members owed a cumulative $22,000 and would be ineligible to vote in the upcoming voting.

Per Article X, Section 5(f), the General Secretary-Treasurer has approved this “zero correct”

To be eligible to run for an officer position, you must have been a member in continuous good standing for the last 24 months. The local did not properly issue withdrawal cards, and did not explain to members their rights to remain in continuous good standing while on withdrawal by paying minimum dues.

I am awaiting a reply regarding the request that the General President, in accordance with Article II, Section 4(h), waive the 24-month good standing and continuous good standing requirements for members who have been on dues checkoff since July 2023.

These are rather extraordinary things to request and highlight how little regard was given to required bookkeeping operations.

PILOT MEETING REMINDER

Pilot Meeting; Zoom Meetings – REGISTER
Join us for an all-pilot call on Tuesday, April 29, at 3 PM Pacific Time.
We will discuss:

Bylaw Vote, Nomination Meeting, and Officer Elections
LM2 and Financial Review
Negotiations and Request for a Proffer from the NMB
Safety Committee Briefing
Q&A

Negotiations update to follow.

Fraternally,

Greg Unterseher
Trustee, APA Teamsters Local 2118

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