Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District Lodge 142 is pleased to announce that a Tentative Agreement has been reached for the IAM members at Bahamasair. Highlights from the tentative agreement include the following: • Average DOR wage increases of 23.87% for all classifications • Highest DOR wage increase is 24.22% • Backpay calculated for all […]
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: In 2008 the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution to establish May 24 each year as Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Day. AMT Day recognizes the hard work and dedication of aviation maintenance professionals and commemorates the birthday and achievements of Charles E. Taylor, the inventor, machinist, and mechanic hired
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Negotiations were conducted on Wednesday and Thursday of this week in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Present for the Company was Selvin Basden, HR Director; Julian Collie, Senior Manager-US and Tamara Lightbourne, HR Manager. Present for the Union was James M. Samuel, General Chair. The discussions this week centered on an operational update concerning the present status
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The IAM/Bahamasair Collective Bargaining Agreement becomes amendable on December 31, 2018. Per Article 24 of the Agreement, either party may serve notice in accordance with Section 6, Title 1 of the Railway Labor Act, to commence the negotiations process up to one hundred eighty (180) days before the amendable date. This notice has been sent
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The House of Representatives Needs to Vote YES on the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Bill H.R. 4! The House of Representatives will be putting the FAA Reauthorization Bill H.R. 4 to a vote this Thursday, April 26th. We need every IAM member to contact their House Representative and tell them to vote YES on H.R. 4.
Click To View Documents: Rep. Garamendi’s Airline Customer Service Letter to DOT & DOJ.pdf (999KB); International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 9000 Machinists Place Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2687 Area Code 301 967-4500OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT September 13, 2016 Dear Representative, On behalf of the largest airline union in North America and the
Fresh off a two-week recess, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell kicked off today’s session by getting the legislative ball rolling on the Senate’s FAA bill. McConnell moved to proceed to an unrelated House bill (H.R. 636), which will serve as the legislative shell for the Senate’s FAA measure (S. 2658), the first of several steps
As the largest union in the airline industry, the IAM has led the fight to protect Customer Service Agents from assault by hostile customers. We need our IAM members to call their senators immediately and tell them to vote YES to an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill offered by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) that
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THANK YOU TO ALL IAM MEMBERS!!! GREAT DAY ON CAPITOL HILL! THANK YOU IAM LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT!! BOTH THE ASSAULT AMENDMENT AND THE 10 HOUR REST RULE FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PASSED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 2016 FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL. AWESOME JOB!
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A ratification vote on your Tentative Agreement was conducted this week on Tuesday at the MIA station and on Wednesday at the FLL station. With approximately 70 percent of the membership participating in this vote, the Agreement was ratified by an overwhelming majority of the voting membership. I again wish to thank the Bahamasair membership
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