Dear Sisters and Brothers: In addition to the just-released voting information, we have also scheduled virtual sessions that will be conducted via the Zoom platform. At these meetings, you will be able to ask, and have answered, any question you may have about the Tentative Agreement. Below is a list of the meeting dates/times (all […]
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: For more than a year, a battle has been taking place in the courts of Massachusetts concerning a sick leave law, and whether or not it applies to our airline members in that state. While all airlines followed the law upon its release, an organization called “Airlines for America” challenged the
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: The ratification vote for the new Tentative Agreement (TA) will be online only. Voting will open Monday, June 19, 2023, at 5:00 a.m. EDT and close Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. EDT (adjust for your time zone). The vote is being administered by a company called “BallotPoint.” BallotPoint will
Dear Sisters and Brothers: Since 2001, June 12 has been designated Automotive Service Professionals Day. Today we honor the thousands of automotive technicians, parts and supplies specialists, and automotive-related support professionals for the hard work and dedication they exhibit every day. District 142 represents Ground Support Equipment (GSE) mechanics at Air Wisconsin, American Airlines,
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: On May 1, 2023, District Lodge 142 launched a new initiative to migrate all of the district’s grievance dockets to a virtual platform that we have named the Grievance Manager Program, or GMP for short. With the launch of GMP, we asked that all Committeemen, Chief Stewards, Stewards, and anyone additional
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The 2023 District 142 Flight Safety Conference was held May 29 – June 2, 2023, at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD. This year’s conference was another great success. Participants engaged in discussions and demonstrations on such subjects as Human Factors, PPE, Aviation Law, EAP, and more. As in
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: As was previously announced last week, a tentative agreement has been reached for the IAM members at PSA Airlines. Listed below are some highlights from the tentative agreement: A copy of the Tentative Agreement with changes outlined in red will be available to everyone electronically via the District Lodge 142 website
Dear Sisters and Brothers: With the announcement of the recent tentative agreement, all our members at PSA Airlines must sign up for email, text messaging, or ideally both from District 142. We will be posting the “redline” edition of the tentative agreement soon as well as important information on the ratification vote. To sign up
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM District 142 General Chairs for Southwest Airlines held meetings with company leadership including Labor Managers, Directors, Legal Department, and Vice Presidents of CS&S and Ground Ops, May 23 – 25, 2023 in Dallas. In attendance representing DL 142 were General Chairs Bill Wise, Dave Figueira, Kenny Champagne, April Butler,
Dear Sisters and Brothers: With the announcement of the Tentative Agreement (TA) on June 2, 2023, we understand everyone’s appetite to start seeing the details, and you have made it clear to your committee that wage rates are one of the most important details for you in this Tentative Agreement. Accompanying this bulletin is the
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