Sisters & Brothers: We have a meeting scheduled with CommutAir management next week on October 19, 2017. There are many issues we will be addressing with the Company including the most recent problem with vacation accrual, which is already being addressed. If you are experiencing overall issues that you would like to be brought to […]
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The reciprocal jump seat implementation with United Airlines has been pushed back from the initial target date due to continuing IT issues. As soon as these issues are resolved, we will be able to implement the agreement and occupy vacant United jump seats. Thank you again for all your support and patience throughout this process.
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On Tuesday, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) along with Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA) introduced the Cabin Air Safety Act, a bill that seeks to protect airline passengers and cabin crew from toxic cabin air. Academic research indicates that approximately 20,000 toxic fume events have occurred during the past 10 years – an
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In discussions with the IAM, United Airlines has said that the reciprocal jumpseat agreement has a target implementation date of July 25th. The IAM has been working to solve the issue of IAM Flight Attendants being denied access to United Airlines jumpseats since 2013. We held countless meetings with ExpressJet, United and the Association of
Late last year, IAM Legislative Director Hasan Solomon and myself met with staff of Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal. Senator Blumenthal had several constituents who thought they had been exposed to contaminated cabin air and the Senator asked the Machinists Union to explain how that happens and what needs to be done to protect the flying
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The IAM has been in communication with United regarding jumpseat implementation since we were able to negotiate the return of a reciprocal program in late 2016. The United IT/EmployeeRes team is in the process of updating the profiles of all eligible Flight Attendants from ExpressJet and CommutAir, which is why some CommutAir members earlier this
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Dear Sisters & Brothers: The IAM is excited to host the 2017 IAM Flight Attendant Conference. The conference is scheduled to take place on July 22 – 25, 2017 at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education & Technology Center. This conference is geared toward educating our rank and file membership on the IAM and the labor movement. Just
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Sisters and Brothers, Last week, your IAM representatives met with Inflight and labor relations management at CommutAir for our regular quarterly meeting to discuss overall concerns that have been brought to us. Passenger Photos/Videos One of our major concerns was how to handle passengers who are taking photos and/or video of Flight Attendants without their
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Sisters and Brothers, On January 23, 2017 IAM CommutAir Committee Chairperson Mark Diefenbach and IAM District Lodge 142 Chairperson Sara Gonzales met with CommutAir management in Cleveland, Ohio and was very successful in addressing several issues. Gate Return Pay Gate return pay was addressed and the Company agreed that contractually you should be paid for
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