Ua koho ka poʻe hana ma ExpressJet ERJ e pani ʻia ana e ka International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) e hōʻoia i kahi kuʻikahi tentative hou i kēia lā. Hoʻopili ka ʻaelike hou ma kahi o 500 mechanics, technicians a me nā mea lawelawe lumi mea hana he mau lālā o Teamster Locals 19, 210, 781, 783 a me 964.

Aia ka hui kūkākūkā IBT i nā ʻelele o Teamsters Airline Division, nā ʻelele mai kēlā me kēia kamaʻāina a me nā lālā o ke kōmike kūlana. Loaʻa iā ia nā hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi o ka uku me ka mālama ʻana i nā pae pōmaikaʻi o kēia manawa.

Ua hoʻokō ʻia ka ʻaelike i ka lā 15 o Dekemaba, 2017, a ua hoʻomaka ka lālā e koho i ka ʻaelike ma Ianuali 4. E hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻaelike i hoʻokahi makahiki mai kēia lā.

"Ke hōʻike nei kēia koho balota ua hōʻea mākou i kahi hoʻonā ʻaʻole wale e hāʻawi i kā mākou lālā i ka uku e pono ai lākou, akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i kahi kūpaʻa i ka loaʻa kālā lōʻihi ma ka hui," wahi a Kāpena David Bourne, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Teamsters Airline Division. "Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou ʻaelike hou ma ExpressJet ERJ."