Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM negotiations committee, which consists of CommutAir flight attendants and IAM representatives Lisa Ferm and Mark Diefenbach, along with IAM General Chairperson Sara Gonzales, met with the Company to open negotiations October 1 and 2, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. We were able to discuss the vast changes within the company since […]
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Sisters and Brothers: We will begin negotiations with CommutAir in early October 2018. The next step in this process is for the members to submit proposals for changes to our collective bargaining agreement. Submitting contract proposals is open to ALL CommutAir IAM members. All proposed changes to the contract must be submitted to District Lodge
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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.
Sisters & Brothers: We recently met with the Company for our quarterly meeting. These meetings are held in order to get updates on the status of the Company as well as discuss any concerns of the membership. The issue of flight attendants being denied union representation in investigatory phone calls and meetings was discussed at
Last week, your IAM representative met with the Company in our regular quarterly meeting. The topics discussed were based on the feedback your local representatives received directly from the membership. The first topic we covered was the incorrect accrual of vacation and the vacation audit that we requested on your behalf. Efforts have been made
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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