Sisters and Brothers, The IAM today announced that Neutral Joshua Javits issued his final integrated seniority lists for the COPS work group at Alaska Airlines. The final lists are the completion of an investigation Neutral Javits conducted regarding protests of the initial seniority lists, issued on July 12, 2017. The final integrated seniority lists show […]
Brothers and Sisters, Alaska has at this point paid out most of the 1.3 million dollars it owes to eligible employees as a result of the IAM’s successful arbitration regarding HMO coverage. Not surprisingly, because the arbitration covered hundreds of employees and a time frame going back ten years, several questions and issues came to
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Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee opened 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; Jason Berry, Managing Director/Cargo; Constance von Muehlen, Managing Director/M&E; Denise Kliskey, COPS Labor Manager; and Maranda Rosenthal, Senior
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On July 6, 2017, District 142 served notice to Alaska Airlines that we intended to begin negotiations for the RSSA and the COPS Agreements. On July 17, the company objected to negotiating the COPS agreement insisting to break our negotiations apart. A week later, the company filed a grievance against the union and our membership for
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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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IAM members will be receiving approximately 1.5 million dollars as a result of the IAM’s successful arbitration against Alaska Airlines regarding HMO coverage. In its December 20, 2016 Order, the IAM-Alaska System Board of Adjustment, through Arbitrator John LaRocco, ordered Alaska to cease and desist from violating its contractual obligation to contribute the “same amount”
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The NMB today certified the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) as the representative for the entire Clerical, Office, Fleet and Passenger Service Employees craft or class at Alaska Airlines, Inc. The NMB certification confirms that the post-merger Alaska Airlines and Virgin America are now functioning as a single transportation system for representation
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Sisters and Brothers, The IAM went back to the IAM-Alaska System Board of Adjustment to obtain an order establishing a complete remedy in the HMO Arbitration. Arbitrator John LaRocco has set a schedule for the parties to identify all of the evidence they may have regarding the scope of the remedy. The parties will reconvene
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Sisters and Brothers, As we continue to prepare for Alaska Airlines contract negotiations, we invite RSSA members and COPS members (including IAM represented Virgin America employees) to now submit proposals for changes to our collective bargaining agreements. We have held negotiation preparation training with our negotiations committee and we have asked for your participation in
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Sisters and Brothers, Yesterday, April 6, 2017, the National Mediation Board (NMB) issued its single carrier determination for IAM represented Clerical, Office, Fleet and Passenger Service (COFPS) Alaska Airlines and Virgin America employees. This determination is in response to the IAM application requesting this action. Yesterday’s NMB decision is a procedural step on the road
