Dear Sisters and Brothers: Following discussions today with Southwest Airlines leadership, I have received confirmation from Steve Goldberg that action has been taken at all locations regarding the BEBOP program. Specifically, the company has stated that Customer Service Agents (CSAs) should not be moving bags down the jetway. This clarification is important, and we expect it […]
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: The IAM/Aer Lingus CBA is approaching the amendable time period. This bulletin will serve as an official call for contract proposals. All proposals are to be submitted on a contract proposal form and should be received at the District 142. When submitting more than one proposal, please use a separate form
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To All Southwest Airline Members of District 142: District 142 Leadership/General Chairs want to remind our members that all IAM represented members at Southwest Airlines have the right to have Union Representation anytime you have a meeting with leadership that may lead to discipline specifically; Article 20 C states: An employee who completes his probationary period will
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: District Lodge 142 is proud to announce that our Second Annual Charity Golf Outing, held on September 12, 2025, was an overwhelming success! Thanks to the generosity, hard work, and solidarity of our members, sponsors, and volunteers, we raised over $25,000 in donations to support Guide Dogs of America | Tender
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District 142 has secured a location and time for the Hybrid in person / Teams meeting for August 25, 2025. The physical location that has been reserved is Tops Building, Lonestar 101. Below is the TEAMS meeting link and times if you can not make in person 0930-1100 CST 1130-1330
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Occurring this week was a station visit from the IAM Union representative for Signature Flight Support at the MDW Airport. During this visit, meetings occurred with the local Shop Stewards, the MDW Signature IAM members as well as with your management representatives. The actions by the Company concerning the recent shift
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your Negotiating Committee recently met with Qantas management in Los Angeles, CA, for the fifteenth round of direct negotiations. We are pleased to report that we reached two additional Tentative Agreements (TAs) during this session, building on the strong progress we have made over the past months. With these agreements, we
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: District 142 members at McGee Air Services have overwhelmingly voted YES for tentative agreement 🔹 What’s New?The redline CBA clearly outlines every proposed change, giving you full transparency on what’s different. The old language will have a strike through it, while the new language will be in red. Any language in blue signifies that it
Dear Sisters and Brothers: The IAM met with Southwest Labor Department, Ground Ops and Customer Care Leadership at Southwest Headquarters on August 11 and 12th We discussed the general grievances for BEBOP and Sky Caps covered work at length. For BEBOP – We discussed the inconsistencies in the stations and most importantly, the safety of
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Hawaiian Airlines first established Allocator positions in 2020 at the Honolulu and Maui stations. These allocator positions were deemed Non-Union positions by the Company and staffed with non-IAM members. The IAM disagreed, believing the work of the allocator was IAM covered work and initiated a grievance that progressed through the process,
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