Tag: Seattle-Tacoma Airport

Workers at Sea-Tac Airport agree first contract with the Teamsters labour union

A group of over 150 fuellers, dispatchers and mechanics working at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle voted to ratify their first contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). The contract makes them among the highest paid Swissport fuellers in the country, and puts into writing protec...

Sea-Tac plans to be first airport heated solely by renewable gas

The Port of Seattle is planning for Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport to become the first airport in the United States to be solely heated by renewable gas. Costs of the project will depend on the proposals the Port receives. If proposers offer full replacement of the Port’s natural ...

Sea-Tac ground service staff set to strike against Swissport

A group of nearly 150 aircraft fuelers have authorized a strike against their employer, escalating their fight for a first contract with Swissport. The workers, who fuel nearly all aircraft departing from Sea-Tac International Airport, have been working to negotiate a first contract since voting in...

Airport electrification is growing from ‘ground-up’

Source: Posicharge. The future of aviation is electric or hybrid-electric, according to many in the industry and external analysts. How this will be adopted is more up for debate. Uber recently announced a move towards investing in all-electric air taxi as the company proposes that the skies need t...

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