– TeamstersAEI Joint Development Committee. The parties recognize that the unionized air freight industry is losing market share and jobs to competitors. The parties recognize that it is in the interest of the Union and the Employers to return the air freight industry to health and to xxxxxx its growth. Only if the industry prospers and grows will the industry’s employees, whom the Union represents, achieve true job and economic security. Only if the industry prospers and grows will the industry have access to the resources it needs to capitalize and be competitive. Recognizing that returning the industry to health should be a cooperative, long-term effort, the designated national union negotiating committee and the Employer agree to establish a Joint Industry Development Committee to serve as a vehicle for this effort. The purpose of the Committee will be to perform the following tasks: address the principles of the air freight industry as a means of creating new jobs; develop data to evaluate and monitor industry and competitor productivity, costs and operations; catalogue, compare and evaluate work rules, practices and procedures among the various AEI supplements; make joint recommendations to the parties about any changes in the Master Agreement and its supplements that the Committee believes should be considered in the next round of negotiations for the new AEI Master Agreement; solicit grants for joint activities that benefit the industry and its bargaining unit employees, such as driver training schools; and monitor pending legislation and executive action on the national, state and local level that may affect the welfare of the industry and, where appropriate, jointly recommend actions that further the interests of the industry and its bargaining unit employees and jointly present the views of the Joint Committee to legislative and executive bodies. The Committee shall operate as a labor-management committee within the meaning of Section 302(c)(9) of the LMRA, as amended, established and functioning so as to fulfill one or more of the purposes set forth in Section 6(c)(2) of the Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978. The Committee shall have the full support of both the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Employer in the Committee’s efforts to identify problems, formulate plans to solve those problems and, where appropriate, conduct joint activities designed to implement the plans. The Chairman of the designated national union committee will appoint five (5) Union representativ...
