Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee continued negotiations with Alaska Airlines management October 23-25, 2018, in Seattle, Washington. Both the COPS and RSSA agreements were discussed during this session. Represented by the Company were: Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Jeff Butler, VP/Inflight and Call Centers; Jason Barry, Managing Director of Cargo; Bob Hartnett, […]
ALASKA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Read More »
Negotiations were conducted on Wednesday and Thursday of this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Present for the Company was Selvin Basden, HR Director; Julian Collie, Senior Manager-US and Tamara Lightbourne, HR Manager. Present for the Union was James M. Samuel, General Chair. The discussions this week centered on an operational update concerning the present status
IAM/BAHAMASAIR NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Read More »
Sisters and Brothers: As a furloughed Flight Attendant, what resources are available to me through the IAM? https://www.goiam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/06_20_2018_Dislocated-Worker-Resource-Manual.pdf 2. How can a furloughed Flight Attendant stay current with Union dues? ]You will need to mail a letter stating that you have been furloughed from ExpressJet and you are requesting to be excused as a full
ExpressJet Furloughs and IAM Resources Read More »
Sisters and Brothers: We contacted the Company in regards to the issues with ILIW last month and they assured us there would be no issues this month. However, we saw that was not the case and trips still weren’t able to be dropped or moved via the computer system when coverage allowed. As a remedy
EXPRESSJET ORD ILIW UPDATE Read More »
On October 16-18, 2018 your negotiating committee met in Dallas, Texas Southwest Airlines Headquarters to continue negotiations. The Company passed Article 6 (Hours of Service) and Article 7 (Overtime) in response to the Union’s pass at our last meeting September 18-20. We will resume talks next week, October 21-23, 2018. As talks are ongoing, we
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Read More »
Brothers and Sisters, The two mediators assigned to our negotiations have notified the TWU-IAM Association and the Company that three bargaining dates have been scheduled: October 30, January 29-31 and February 12-14. While the Association welcomes the opportunity to negotiate during these dates, these three sessions are simply not enough. We demand and challenge the
Mediator Schedules Dates, Association Demands More Read More »
As you are aware, the Company presented your Negotiating Committee with a Last Best and Final Offer for your first collective bargaining agreement. Ratification meetings were held, as previously posted on property, this week with your Committee after which, you voted on the company offer on Thursday, October 11, 2018. The result of the vote
Negotiations We were waiting on the outcome of the pilot’s tentative agreement to meet with the Company again on negotiations, due to the vast impact it could have on the future of the Company. Now that it has been ratified we are in the process of setting up future dates for negotiations. ERJ General Grievances
Sisters and Brothers: The National Weather Service has stated that Hurricane Michael could make landfall as soon as Wednesday afternoon. Storm surge, hurricane and tropical storm warnings and watches were placed into effect along the Florida and Alabama coasts as of Monday evening.For those of you who are flying, please stay safe and monitor your schedules
Earlier this week, we announced Swissport presented the Union with their “last, best, final” offer. We will be holding informational meetings explaining this offer on Thursday, October 11, 2018 in the breakroom in BWI. There will be two meetings; 12 noon – 3pm and 9 – 11pm. We will answer all questions and then vote
SWISSPORT BWI RATIFICATION SCHEDULE Read More »
