Sisters and Brothers: Today, we are pleased to announce, the IAM and ExpressJet has signed MOU #15 – Hotels Unscheduled Overnights as an enhancement to the current CRJ CBA. MOU #15 – Hotels Unscheduled Overnights This memorandum made and entered into in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, will confirm our understand reached during or recent discussions, involving Section 6: […]
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There have been several questions regarding the recent announcement, we hope this will clarify some of your concerns. CRJ Standing Bid The bid is currently open and will close December 5, 2017, at 12:00 EST. Based on operational needs, if you voluntarily went to a new domicile, the 6-month waiting period may be waived. Training There is a
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Sisters and Brothers, We are pleased to report that NMB Mediator Jack Kane has scheduled negotiations to resume December 7 to 8, 2017 and December 12 to 14, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The IAM acted to cause a resumption of negotiations immediately following the NMB determination that there will be no representation election. We are
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Voting on the recently released Tentative Agreement reached with your carrier was conducted this week in CAK, DAY, CVG, CLT and GSP. With just under 80% of the total membership participating in this ratification, the Tentative Agreement was rejected by over 92% by the voting membership. We will begin the process of soliciting the membership
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Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. This session was focused on Maintenance Training Specialists (MTS) and was very productive. Non-economic articles were discussed. Constructive dialog in a productive environment helped the parties significantly narrow their positions in numerous articles that produced an agreement on most outstanding language issues. Complete Tentative Agreements were
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Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee continued negotiations with Alaska Airlines management this week in Seattle, Washington, at the SeaTac DoubleTree. Represented by the Company were: Greg Mays, Vice President/Labor; Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Constance von Muehlen, Managing Director/M&E; Bob Hartnett, Labor Director; Denise Kliskey, COPS Labor Manager; Maranda Rosenthal, Senior Attorney,
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Sisters and Brothers, As you know, the Company made the unfortunate announcement today that they will be furloughing 68 flight attendants on the ERJ side of the operation. We are hopeful that this will be temporary but the eventual duration of the furloughs is unknown. The impact will greatly depend on the ERJ flight attendant
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Sisters and Brothers: I have recently received a number of calls regarding the Preferential Hiring Agreement and the Vacation Bid process. In order to eliminate the rumors and misinformation I would like to address these issues here. Preferential Hiring Agreement signed 8/6/2014 This agreement provided a pathway for an employee that was furloughed from a
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Sisters and Brothers: As you all know by now the TOWOP bidding for Holiday Bidding has slightly changed for this year. The purpose for this change is to include all members working on the Holiday the ability to TOWOP according to their Seniority. The Union and Company have agreed for the benefit of all members
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Many people have been questioning the rules and requirements that are being communicated for the upcoming ratification vote. They can be found on page 18 of the District Lodge 142 By-Laws which read in part: ARTICLE XIII Section 1. All negotiated contracts shall be submitted to the membership affected for ratification. Each negotiated airline contract
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