Horizon Air and dispatchers ratify new four-year contract

Horizon Air and the Transport Workers Union jointly announced that the carrier’s 17 dispatchers have ratified a new four-year contract by a ratio of 82%. Under the Railway Labor Act, which governs collective bargaining agreements in the airline industry, contracts do not expire. Instead they become amendable. The ratified agreement for Horizon’s dispatchers becomes amendable on Aug. 26, 2018. Horizon Air is a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group and flies to 39 cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico.