Over the past months, the Company’s announcement concerning their intention to eliminate the pre-65 Retiree Health Care Coverage beginning on January 1, 2017, has led to the Union filing a grievance in the interest of all of our current and future retirees. To date, no resolution has been proffered by the Company. With no resolution […]
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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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After three days of shift briefings, August 3 – 5, 2015, a ratification vote was held on Thursday, August 6 at British Airways – Terminal 7 between the hours of 12:00PM – 9:00PM. Overall more than seventy-five (75%) of the membership that participated in the ratification process voted in favor of the amendments to the
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In view of new lease arrangements negotiated by British Airways and the Port Authority JFK concerning Terminal 7 and the announcement that United Airlines will be relocating their operation to Newark Airport we have agreed to negotiate changes to the current Letter of Understanding regarding Third Party handling in the terminal. These changes were negotiated
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Posted October 1, 2014. There is a document circulating at all stations called “Implementation Support” and that document is asking for volunteers to train the GHA staff at the seven locations British Airways has decided to outsource. After over two and one half years of difficult negotiations that included the outsourcing of seven stations and
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Posted September 12, 2014. Ratification voting was conducted, September 3 – 5, 2014, throughout the system. The tentative agreements for Customer Service, Reservations and Engineering have been ratified by a majority of the voting membership. Once again your negotiating committee would like to thank you for your support and patience during his process. POST ON ALL IAM
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