Morning Brothers and Sisters, On behalf of all of District 142 we hope you will be safe as Milton approaches the Florida West Coast. Please keep yourself and your family out of harm’s way and keep in touch with friends, colleagues, and your leadership as need be. We have been monitoring this storm for the […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers: On behalf of all of District 142 we hope you will be safe as Helene approaches the Florida panhandle. Please keep yourself and your family out of harm’s way and keep in touch with friends, colleagues, and your leadership as need be. We have been monitoring this storm for the last
Dear Sisters and Brothers: Another storm battered the Louisiana coast Wednesday night. Francine came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane near Terrebonne Parish and moved inland. The storm is bringing heavy rain across southeastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. Even though the storm is being downgraded, it has brought widespread flooding and damage
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday of September, holds deep significance for working women and men across the United States. While for many, it marks the unofficial end of summer and a day off work, for union members, it is a day to reflect on the enduring struggle for workers’
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: To All District Lodge 142 Stewards, Chief Stewards, Committeepersons, Educators, General Chairpersons, and Admins: Happy Anniversary! Your Grievance Manager Program (GMP) just celebrated its one-year anniversary. This is the first time the District Lodge has communicated with all contractual representatives via mass communication, which is another thing made possible by GMP.
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday, July 8, 2024, near Matagorda, TX, about 100 miles from Houston, battering Southeast Texas and Louisiana with heavy rains and winds. Several deaths have already been attributed to the storm in Texas and Louisiana, and over a million power outages have been reported, including outages
Dear Sisters and Brothers: Engineering members at British Airways have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that includes wage increases, license premium increases, a split shift premium, a ratification bonus, improvements to overtime language, stronger scope language, vacation increases, increased day trades, improvements to uniform/apparel cleaning compensation, an additional holiday, improvements to
Dear Sisters and Brothers: Customer Service members at British Airways have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that includes significant wage increases, lead upgrade premiums, a ratification bonus, improved overtime language, increased day trades, an additional holiday, improvements to uniform/apparel cleaning compensation, improvements to filling of vacancies language, improvements to grievance language,
Sisters and Brothers: Please read the paragraph below. There is an update to the fourth bullet point regarding the signing bonus in the tentative agreement bulletin which is also linked below. Clarification on the signing bonus: The union had a discussion with the company as to who will receive the $4500.00 additional signing bonus. This
Dear Sisters and Brothers: The ratification vote for your Tentative Agreement will take place online via the IAM Ballot Site at https://iamballot.iamaw.org/. Voting will open on June 19, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time and close on June 24, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. IAM District 142 members at British Airways will receive an email before the vote
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