Rotorcraft
PHI reaches agreement with striking helo pilots
The labor union representing helicopter pilots employed by PHI voted November 10 to end a two-month-long strike against the company.

The labor union representing helicopter pilots employed by PHI voted November 10 to end a two-month-long strike against the company. The work stoppage, which at its peak involved nearly half of PHI’s pilot workforce, was the first helicopter pilots’ strike in U.S. history.

The New Iberia, La.-based Local 108 chapter of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), with headquarters in New York City, stated on its Web site that its executive board made an “unconditional offer to return to work” immediately. In the statement, the union told pilots that it made the offer “because it provides the best possible protection of your rights.”

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