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MAJOR MOVEMENT TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF CABIN AIR QUALITY SAFETY CONCERNS

CommutAir, ExpressJet, Flight Safety, Legislative, Open Skies, Uncategorized / Trustee

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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UNITED JUMPSEAT FOR EXPRESSJET AND COMMUTAIR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

CommutAir, ExpressJet / Trustee

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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EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

ExpressJet / Trustee

Your negotiation committee met with ExpressJet the week of June 21, 2017 in Springfield Missouri. Your committee remains frustrated that the company continues to drag these negotiations with no reasonable proposal on Section 3, (compensation) and Section 10 (OJI). It has been made clear to the company that parity is our end goal for Section

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EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

ExpressJet / Trustee

Sisters and Brothers, While we are waiting on a response from the National Mediation Board (NMB) regarding our proffer, your IAM joint contract negotiations committee met from Monday, June 12, 2017, and continued through Friday, June 16, 2017, in Springfield, Missouri. The company presented your negotiations committee with a Section 3 (Compensation) proposal, including a

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EXPRESSJET CRJ TDY FOLLOW-UP

ExpressJet / Trustee

The IAM sent out a bulletin on June 5, 2017, concerning multiple violations that occurred when the company offered a month of TDY/Temporary Vacancy Assignments. As of June 7, the Union continued discussions with the company concerning the violations and the company agreed that the contract has been violated. The company also agreed that they will no

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EXPRESSJET CRJ TDY VIOLATIONS

ExpressJet / Trustee

The IAM is aware that the Company is diligently and willfully trying to take away the negotiated rights of our CRJ Flight Attendants. The Union is appalled at the Company’s willingness to abuse the contract and then further injure the Flight Attendants by not properly compensating those who were willing to “volunteer” at a huge

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EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

ExpressJet / Trustee

While we are waiting on a response from the National Mediation Board (NMB) regarding our proffer, your IAM joint contract negotiations committee met from Monday, May 29 and continued through Friday, June 2, 2017 in Springfield, Missouri. Your committee exchanged proposals with the Company on the following Sections: Section 4, Scheduling and Section 11, Leaves

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2017 IAM FLIGHT ATTENDANT CONFERENCE

CommutAir, ExpressJet, Flight Attendants, Open Skies / Trustee

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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EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

ExpressJet / Trustee

While we are still awaiting a response from the National Mediation Board (NMB) regarding our request to move the negotiating process to the next step, your IAM joint contract negotiations committee met from Monday, May 15 and continued through Friday, May 19, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Your negotiation committee is dedicated to negotiating a contract

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IAM FLIGHT SAFETY WORKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

ExpressJet / Trustee

Sisters and Brothers, In the last month several events have occurred and discussed with the Company concerning Safety. During the monthly Inflight Safety Meeting, turbulence injuries were discussed. It was noted that although some injuries occurred during clear air, several were during rough air. An email was sent to all the line pilots at Expressjet

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