With election day fast approaching its important to educate yourself on the candidates. To see where they stand on issues that are affecting us check here. You will be able to see where your local representatives stand as well as the presidential candidates. This website will also show their voting records. Below you will see a sample […]
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Sisters and Brothers, Please keep track of schedule updates while we are anticipating Hurricane Matthew hitting and making its way up the east coast. Florida is bracing for impact and will make landfall across South Florida Thursday. For those of you in Florida on an overnight, or there as a resident, please invoke contractual rights
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As safety professionals and first responders, Flight Attendants are tasked with handling emergencies and caring for thousands of passengers every day. Disturbingly, study after study shows Flight Attendants are impacted by fatigue on a regular basis, negatively affecting their ability to perform safety functions in an emergency. But nothing has been done—yet. While Flight Attendants
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The Machinists Non-Partisan Political League is the political arm of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. It was created in 1947 to allow IAM members to gather individual contributions, coordinate political activity, and elect candidates who support IAM members and their families. Candidates we support know that the MNPL stands for economic justice,
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BLUMENTHAL INTRODUCES BILL TO PREVENT FLIGHT ATTENDANT FATIGUE [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, introduced legislation to help prevent flight attendant fatigue. “Too often flight attendants are pushed to the brink, enduring grueling shifts in the sky with little time off for rest,” Blumenthal said.
Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of September 26th in DFW. During this session, your committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: Hours of Service M&R & MLS – We continue to work on this article and are moving closer to an agreement. Rebids- M&R &
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Dear Flight Attendants: Recently via our ASAP program, we have noticed an uptick in passenger misconduct reports. This last meeting we had two instances of passengers making physical contact with 2 of our flight attendants. This is unacceptable. Aggressive and threatening behavior has unfortunately become more common in our society. The problem of unruly passengers
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Dear Sisters and Brothers, In June of this year, the membership was advised that the TWU/IAM Associations had retained the services of Neutral Joshua Javits to create final integrated seniority lists. Shortly thereafter, Neutral Javits met with TWU/IAM negotiators and seniority committee members to receive their thoughts, input and guidance and then sent a communication
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As you know the Company recently sent out a revision to the Flight Attendant Handbook. This revision is currently under review by your IAM representatives for any contractual violations. We have already found several issues but want to make sure we have done a thorough review prior to initiating the grievance process. If you have
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The IAM works hard to advance the interests of working families, promote the cause of our members and defend our members’ rights. Just as IAM solidarity at the bargaining tables helps to improve our jobs, we as the labor force need to stand united and work together to stop the continued assault on working families
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