Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your COFPS and MRP Union Negotiation committee met with Air Wisconsin leadership in Milwaukee the week of March 20, 2023, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Your committee and General Chair opened negotiations on March 21 and 22, 2023, by establishing the ground rules and framework for productive negotiations going forward. Future dates […]
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: The current IAM/Air Wisconsin MRP Collective Bargaining Agreement becomes amendable on September 20, 2023, with bargaining set to commence 6 months prior to the amendable date per Article 38 of the Agreement which is no later than March 22, 2023. Pursuant to the above, please be advised that a call for
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Dates for negotiations to commence for the Air Wisconsin COFPS IAM members have been set to start during the week of March 20, 2023 and will occur at or near the MKE station. At that meeting, your committee will present the opening proposal to the Company that has been generated based
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: I am pleased to report that this morning a discussion occurred between myself and maintenance management from Air Wisconsin Airlines. The subject of this conversation centered around recent industry changes in wages and the effects of those changes on every airline’s recruiting and retention abilities. While there is a large industry-wide
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Dear Sisters and Brothers, IAMAW District Lodge 142 and Air Wisconsin Airlines have signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) outlining the elements that will guide a new Apprenticeship Program in a joint effort to expose potential candidates to a career in aircraft maintenance. These programs are becoming more and more prevalent all throughout the United
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Sisters and Brothers: Greetings everyone and Happy New Year! As you are all aware, a signing bonus was paid out in December of 2021. Many of you had questions about the amounts, and rightfully so. Your questions were valid and on point because the amounts paid were short by a sum of money based on
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Voting on the recently released Tentative Agreement reached with your carrier was conducted over the last week at the DAY, MKE and ATW maintenance bases. With approximately 70% of the eligible membership participating in this ratification, the Tentative Agreement was accepted by a majority of the voting membership. This has been a long and arduous
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Copies of the previously reached Tentative Agreement have been sent to your bases and also has been available since last Friday on the District Lodge 142 website at www.iamdl142.org. Please see your Negotiating Committee member to obtain a copy. The following ratification schedule listed below should afford everyone the opportunity to attend a meeting, receive
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After a resumption of meetings, with all being conducted under the auspices of the National Mediation Board with Mediator Jane Allen, a Tentative Agreement (TA) has been reached between the Union and the Company. This new TA addresses the shortcomings of the previously failed TA and provides the much deserved and needed economic gains and
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Negotiations resumed this week in ORD under the auspices of the NMB and Mediator Jane Allen. The Company and Union committees were present for meetings that occurred from Tuesday through Thursday. At the beginning of the session, the Mediator thought it warranted to again discuss with each party their respective positions and the current divide
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