Trustee Update May 15, 2025

Allegiant Pilots,

I know it’s been frustrating to watch the volley of attacks on your contract and representation. I’m surprised at the lengths that Allegiant is willing to go to create disruption: manufacturing terms that were not negotiated in your CBA, outright demonstrable fabrications to the NMB in its response to the union’s request for proffer, and using pilots and their families as fodder.

As frustrating as it is, it’s a heads-down, keep our eyes on the target moment.

We will be hosting a Zoom Webinar next Tuesday, May 20th, at 3 PM PT to discuss the current state of affairs and focus on the Bylaw referendum, Nomination Hearing, and Officer elections.

Link Here: WEBINAR

GOM Revision

The Union sent a letter to Allegiant today regarding its latest GOM revision. Please read the letter here: 2025.05.15 Letter to Fishburn re GOM

Ft Lauderdale

Mr. Fishburn responded to our letter inquiring when Allegiant will post a displacement bid for the FLL 320. Mr. Fishburn’s patronizing, wrong, and misleading reply can be read here: EMAIL 

A320 Pilots, you are NOT required to bid for a vacancy. We are filing a grievance in response to Mr. Fishburn’s response.

Bylaws

The referendum for the Bylaws was sent to your home this week. A link to the redline of the 2021 Bylaws can be found here.

Department of Labor, response to member questions

In the first week of April, the US Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards was at the Local as part of an investigation of the local affairs under the removed officers and the reported loss of over one million dollars. The OLMS took possession of approximately 10 bankers’ boxes of records and documents that were responsive to its initial request.

The investigation is ongoing, and we anticipate that it will conduct several interviews and request additional documents and records. The investigation is in its early stages, but it remains very much in an active status. Local 2118 has also filed a claim with its fidelity bond insurance carrier regarding the more than $1 million loss described above. Finally, the former officers who were charged and found guilty of numerous violations of the IBT Constitution and Local 2118 Bylaws and ordered to repay the monies that were embezzled from the union have appealed those decisions to the IBT General Executive Board. The next IBT General Executive Board is scheduled to take place next month. The General Executive Board may decide the appeals at that June meeting.

Fraternally,

Greg Unterseher
Trustee, APA Teamsters Local 2118