Dear Sisters and Brothers: Approximately 150 Qantas Airways Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AME’s) based in Los Angeles (LAX) have voted YES to join the IAM. Qantas AMEs reached out to the IAM in late 2023 to explore the idea of forming a union. In January 2024, they filed for a National Mediation Board Election, which took […]
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NOTICE: The deadline to enter the 2024 Scholarship Competition has been extended to 11:59 p.m. MST on Sunday, April 14, 2024. The updated Rules and Regulations and Application Form are linked at the bottom of this post. Dear Sisters and Brothers, This letter is to announce the Year 2024 essay competition for the District Lodge
DISTRICT 142 SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION 2024 – EXTENDED! Read More »
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 IAM District 142 Engineering Negotiation Committee met with British Airways Leadership at the District 142 Headquarters in Phoenix on March 26 and 27, 2024. There were several passes and discussions during this session, and we are pleased to announce we have secured tentative agreements on the following articles: As these
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM Air Transport Territory Airline Coordinator Tom Regan and I met with the National Mediation Board (NMB) today to discuss contracts for Allied Aviation at the following locations: EWR, SAT, DCA, LGA, and IAH. The NMB informed us that they will reach out to Allied and establish future dates for negotiations
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District 142 is actively engaging Southwest Airlines leadership in discussions regarding the Me-Too clauses of our contract. These discussions are centered on: We are continuing to work through this process. Once we have all the data compiled, including dollar amounts and the time frame for implementation determined, we will inform
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM District 142 Negotiation Committee for Customer Service met with British Airways at the District 142 offices in Phoenix on March 20 and 21, 2024. British Airways exceeded our expectations in addressing the members’ needs and concerns. We are pleased to announce that we reached tentative agreements on the following
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: District 142 would like to congratulate the TWU members at Southwest Airlines on the ratification of their new contract. We have reached out to the Company and will be establishing dates soon to discuss any improvements to our agreement that may be in order as a result of today’s ratification and
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM District 142 negotiations team met with Air Wisconsin the week of March 19, 2024, at the District 141 offices in ORD. On March 20, Air Wisconsin passed counters to the Union on COFPS ART 13 and ART 26, and MRP ART 12 and ART 18. The Union gave the company
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District 142 is proud to announce that our members at Signature Flight Support ORD have overwhelmingly voted YES to ratify a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that includes wage increases, increased Lead and QA premiums, increased sick pay usage, and Attendance Policy enhancements. The next step will be to get the
