IAM/AA NEGOTIATIONS
Philly has a message they want heard! https://youtu.be/fb0VWe_2CDc
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June 2018
Association, American Meet
Brothers and Sisters, Association negotiators met with American Airlines Monday and Tuesday this week. The purpose of the meetings was to discuss minor, but important open issues. Some progress was made, but American remains unreasonable by not settling issues they should be able to agree to. The Company’s public statements that they desire to conclude
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DISTRICT 142 PHONE OUTAGE
Over the weekend, Kansas City had severe thunderstorms. It appears one of these storms knocked out the phone system in the District office. When the staff arrived Monday, they found the computers were down and the phones not working. The computers came back up, but we were unable to re-establish phone service. AT&T has been
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ALASKA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee continued negotiations with Alaska Airlines management this past week in Seattle, Washington. This session was dedicated to COPS contract issues. Represented by the Company were: Greg Mays, Vice President/Labor; Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Jeff Butler, Vice President/Call Centers; Bob Hartnett, Labor Director; Denise Kliskey, COPS Labor
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EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE
Your negotiation committee met with ExpressJet the week of June 4, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia. We had very productive talks with the Company over the open economic issues and we have agreed to meet with the Company over the next 2 weeks to proof read the final language of the Sections that we have already
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TWU-IAM Association Aircraft Maintenance Offshoring Bill
June 7, 2018 Brothers and Sisters, On behalf of the members of the TWU-IAM Association, we would like to extend our enthusiastic support for the Aircraft Maintenance Offshoring Bill, federal legislation that would support US aircraft maintenance workers. This bill is intended to draw attention to the airline industry-wide trend of offshoring aircraft maintenance. “The
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Why Do I Have To Use My Seat Belt At Work?
Watch both of these videos for a clear explanation! MIA AA van – Orlando Luna, an American Airlines maintenance training instructor from Miami, was seriously injured in an accident while at work last week. As of today, he is still in the ICU with serious injuries, along with various cuts and
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IAM / BRITISH AIRWAYS MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
On Tuesday, May 8, the Company released some information concerning a new concept within the Customer Service Classification call the “Concorde Team”. In my last bulletin on April 26, 2018, I referenced the fact that we had addressed the Union’s (and our memberships) issues with Doug Caines at that meeting. While we discussed the concept
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ALLIED AVIATION – EWR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE May 31, 2018
On Wednesday May 30, 2018, District Lodge 142 General Chair Kenny Champagne along with Grand Lodge Representative John Werkmeister and members of your Negotiation Committee conducted contract informational meetings. On Thursday May 31, 2018, members of Allied Aviation EWR voted on their contract proposal. The vote was conducted from 06:00 until 15:00 at the Allied
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IAM SOUTHWEST STEWARD CONFERENCE
The Southwest Airlines Shop Steward Conference was held May 30 and 31, 2018 at the Winpisinger Center. President-Directing General Chair Dave Supplee made opening remarks and introduced Airline Coordinator Tim Klima, who gave an update of the approaching negotiations between District Lodge 142 and Southwest Airlines. Grand Lodge Representative Rich Johnsen and District Lodge 142
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