John H. Prater is a former American labor union leader.
Prater served as an airline pilot with Continental Airlines from 1978. He joined the Air Line Pilots' Association (ALPA), rising from chairing a strike committee, to chairing the Master Executive Council for Continental pilots. In this role, he convinced the Independent Association of Continental Pilots to merge into ALPA, in 2001. He also served as vice-chair of the Wings Alliance.[1][2]
In 2006, Prater was elected as president of ALPA, promising to bargain harder, strictly enforce existing contracts, and put more efforts into organizing pilots.[3] He started his term at the beginning of 2007.[2] He also won election to the executive of the AFL-CIO.[1] In 2010, he was defeated for re-election as leader of ALPA by Lee Moak,[4] and in 2011 he left the AFL-CIO executive.[1] He retired as a pilot in 2017.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c "On the Retirement of Capt. John Prater". AFL-CIO. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "The Landing: Celebrating the Retirement of Former ALPA President Capt. John Prater". ALPA. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Airline pilots name new union leader". WIS News. October 19, 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Lee Moak of Delta to head largest pilots union". Reuters. October 13, 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2023.