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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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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On Thursday, May 24, 2018 we held a ratification vote for the tentative agreement reached by the negotiating committee. The committee supported this TA and gave the membership their unanimous recommendation of a YES vote for the TA. Unfortunately, the contract was not accepted, nor was it rejected – the vote ended in a TIE!
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Brothers and Sisters, In an amateurish and unprofessional move, American Airlines management is trying to bribe Association members into giving away work, abandoning good healthcare and giving up better retirement security by doing an end run around your negotiating committee. Making the biggest mistake possible, American negotiators continue to disrespect you and your leadership by
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In 2001, the FAA created the created the prestigious Charles E. Taylor Master Mechanic Award to honor AMTs, who had served at least 50 years in aircraft maintenance. The following year, California Senator Knight introduced a resolution honoring Aviation Maintenance Technicians annually in honor of Charles Taylor’s birthday. Charles Taylor was the machinist who built
Your Negotiating Committee, along with Union Representatives, met with Company Representatives May 9 and 10, 2018. After two days of meetings, we are pleased to announce the parties have come to an agreement. District #142 President Directing General Chair Dave Supplee, along with Grand Lodge General Vice President Sito Pantoja and his staff have now
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Brothers and Sisters, American Airlines recently changed course by contacting the TWU-IAM Association leadership seeking dates to discuss minor issues that remain open in our negotiations. The Association views all discussions between us and the company as important to achieving our goal of a tentative agreement. For this reason, the TWU-IAM Association Negotiating Committees have
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On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, your negotiating committee met in Dallas at Southwest Airlines Headquarters to begin contract negotiations. Present for the company were: Adam Carlisle, Sr. Director, Labor Relations, Dan Kusek, Sr. Mgr., Labor Relations for CSA; Andrea Nivet, Sr. Mgr. Labor Relations for CS&S; Danielle Reidder, CS&S Regional Director; Jeff Cox, Ground Ops;
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Members of District 142 employed by Allied Aviation LGA participated in a ratification vote to modify the current agreement on Friday May 11, 2018. The members that participated overwhelmingly voted YES to the proposed pay increase addendum to the contract. The majority of the voting members spoke loudly for the new scale to go into
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Since American management walked out of talks in late March, the TWU-IAM Association mechanic and related, stores and fleet service negotiating committees have been fully prepared to resume joint contract bargaining and bring these negotiations to a successful conclusion. Instead of making a good faith effort to to reach a fair agreement with 30,000 American
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