Brothers and Sisters: Through the Grievance Mediation process, Et. Al. Grievance 1779 has been settled. This grievance was filed based on the contractual language Section 8.A.2 and all other applicable provisions of the CRJ CBA as follows: A Reserve Flight Attendant shall be scheduled for ten (10) days off in a bid period. Three (3) of these days shall be Golden Days. A […]
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Over the past months, actions taken by the Company have had a significant impact on the status of healthcare for our British Airways Retirees. This has led to your Union pursuing a resolution through the filing of a grievance which is currently pending at the System Board level, and which had previously been scheduled to
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Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of December 5th in Washington DC. During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: Hours of Service – M&R, MLS & MCT – We have reached an agreement in principle on this article. We still need to
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United EmployeeRes is currently showing very high charges for flight attendants for travel in 2017. We have addressed this with the Company and this is being caused by a glitch in their system, which is expected to be resolved later in December 2016. However, we realize this could cause issues regarding the ERJ Conscientious Reporting/Commuter
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Please tune in on December 12th at 8:00pm Eastern to our interactive IAM/XJT Negotiations Webcast. Please Post On All IAM Bulletin Boards
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Don’t we all wish there was a simpler way to follow all the aspects of our legislative branch? With the Congress app for Android and GovTrack for your internet browser, you can! For both platforms, you can: follow any Congressmen or Senator you choose, get notifications when they sponsor a bill, follow a bill, stay completely up to date
Washington D.C., December 6, 2016— The Department of Justice (DOJ) today cleared the way for the merger between Alaska Airlines and Virgin America. Following the DOJ’s announcement, Alaska Airlines immediately recognized the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) as the representative of more than 3,500 Reservations, Office and Clerical, Passenger Service, Fleet Service
After 18 months of negotiations and one rejected tentative agreement, the IAM filed a request for mediation with the National Mediation Board (NMB). Today we were notified that the NMB has assigned Mediator Victoria Gray to the OpenSkies case. We are hopeful this will be a positive step in reaching a tentative agreement that the
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As most of you are aware on November 8, 2016 voters in Arizona passed Proposition 206 which raises the minimum wage and provides for Company paid sick leave. The Company had previously given the Union Negotiators their “Last Best and Final” proposal that did not meet either of these minimums required by this new law.
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On November 8, 2016 voters in Arizona passed Proposition 206 which raises the minimum wage and provides for Company paid sick leave. This new law raises the bar from which we will begin negotiations very soon. Your Union with Union Members like yourselves and other community groups worked tirelessly to get this Proposition on the
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