On Friday Sept. 14, Dispatchers from the Transport Workers Union of America at Sun Country Airlines filed for contract mediation with the air carrier over wages.
Sun Country’s wage offer was embarrassingly lower, by a large margin, than other carriers they compete against in the marketplace, like Allegiant, Frontier and Spirit Airlines.
The TWU believes any federal mediator will quickly find that Sun Country’s wage proposal is grossly below the market for a Dispatcher required to perform the duties at the carrier. The TWU expects the mediator will push Sun Country into putting a fair and competitive wage rate proposal on the table.