In discussions with the IAM, United Airlines has said that the reciprocal jumpseat agreement has a target implementation date of July 25th. The IAM has been working to solve the issue of IAM Flight Attendants being denied access to United Airlines jumpseats since 2013. We held countless meetings with ExpressJet, United and the Association of […]
On Tuesday, July 11, 2017, the Atlantic Aviation membership at Philadelphia Northeast Airport ratified their tentative agreement by a large majority of the members voting. With this approval, all improvements, enhancements and increases are fully retroactive to June 15, 2017. I would like to thank your Negotiating Committee, Bobby Sullivan and Christina Hernandez, for the
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IAM District 142 today announced that Neutral Joshua Javits issued his Report and Recommendations and initial integrated seniority lists for IAM represented Clerical, Office and Passenger Service Employees of Alaska Airlines and Virgin America Airlines. The IAM retained the services of Neutral Javits, former Chairman of the National Mediation Board and member of the National
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Late last year, IAM Legislative Director Hasan Solomon and myself met with staff of Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal. Senator Blumenthal had several constituents who thought they had been exposed to contaminated cabin air and the Senator asked the Machinists Union to explain how that happens and what needs to be done to protect the flying
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The IAM has been in communication with United regarding jumpseat implementation since we were able to negotiate the return of a reciprocal program in late 2016. The United IT/EmployeeRes team is in the process of updating the profiles of all eligible Flight Attendants from ExpressJet and CommutAir, which is why some CommutAir members earlier this
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The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday approved customer service assault language into their Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill. This language will help protect Customer Service Agents (CSAs) against physical abuse. The IAM applauds both the House and Senate for including this language, along with the 10-hour rest rule for flight attendants, into their bills. But, unlike
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The parties were scheduled to meet for Negotiations on June 20, 21, and 22, 2017 at the Best Western in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Present for the Company were Bob Frisch, COO; Tina Vos, Managing Director Human Resources; Randall Moulton, Base Manager ORF and CAE and Jessica MontMarquette, Employee Relations Manager. Present for the Union were General
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Today is the day to call your U.S. representative and ask them to stand up against assault on Customer Service Agents at U.S. airports. Across the country, an increasing number of Airline Customer Service Representatives are being physically assaulted on a daily basis. Some of these injuries have been life-altering. CALL NOW: 202-224-3121 Tell your
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Negotiations have been completed at PNE and a tentative agreement recommended by your Negotiating Committee has been obtained for the Atlantic Aviation membership. Copies of the terms of this agreement will be made available to the membership next week for their review. Please take the time to read the agreement and take note of any
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Your negotiation committee met with ExpressJet the week of June 21, 2017 in Springfield Missouri. Your committee remains frustrated that the company continues to drag these negotiations with no reasonable proposal on Section 3, (compensation) and Section 10 (OJI). It has been made clear to the company that parity is our end goal for Section
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