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: Flight Attendants at CommuteAir have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, including wage increases on the date of implementation and regular wage increases over the 4-year life of the agreement, additional holidays, increased per diem pay, including international per diem, improvements to rest language and line/trade language, additional
You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Host: Jesse Wilson, IAM District 142 General ChairTopic: CommuteAir Tentative AgreementDate: May 28, 2024 at 09:00 AM Eastern TimeJoin Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89797782530?pwd=NaipwtAU7E3dY2Psb3S3pa6kHlAOXr.1Meeting ID: 897 9778 2530Passcode: s3n9s8 You are invited to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Host: Jesse Wilson, IAM District 142 General ChairTopic: CommuteAir Tentative AgreementDate: May 29, 2024
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Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Siblings: The ratification vote for your Tentative Agreement will take place online on the IAM Ballot Site at https://iamballot.iamaw.org/. Voting will open May 29, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. Central Time and close on June 5, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. Central Time. IAM District 142 members at CommuteAir will receive an email
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Dear Sisters, Brothers, and Siblings: Your IAM Negotiating Team is proud to announce that we have reached a Tentative Agreement for the CommuteAir Flight Attendants. This Tentative Agreement brings significant improvements to the contract. Some of the highlights include: • Across the board pay raises, 20% on date of implementation.• Additional downline raises totaling 5%
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM District 142 Negotiation Committee met with CommuteAir leadership on March 19 – 21, 2024, in Houston. We reached three more tentative agreements this week on: There are now only three sections remaining open, all of which directly address your pay. Those sections have been passed multiple times and the
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your District 142 Negotiating Committee met with CommuteAir leadership at District 142 Headquarters in Phoenix on February 20-22, 2024. We are happy to report that meaningful progress is being made at the table. The Union and Company have passed all open sections of the contract at least once, and we’ve reached
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Last week the IAM was informed by CommuteAir that they intend to close the DEN base in June 2024. While transitions of this nature can be difficult, the Union has been in communication with the Company, and they have clarified that their intent is not to reduce the number of Flight
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