Dear Sisters and Brothers: Dates for negotiations to commence for the Air Wisconsin COFPS IAM members have been set to start during the week of March 20, 2023 and will occur at or near the MKE station. At that meeting, your committee will present the opening proposal to the Company that has been generated based […]
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: This letter is to announce the Year 2023 competition for the District Lodge 142 Scholarship Program. This program is based on a scholarship competition open to members of District Lodge 142 and all Year 2023 graduating high school seniors who are legal children of members of District Lodge 142. To effectively
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: After communicating with National Mediation Board (NMB) Mediators Jack Stephan and Mike Tosi, and the Company, dates for the first meeting under the auspices of the NMB have been set for March 14 and 15, 2023. The meetings will take place at the Local Lodge 1725 building in Charlotte, NC. The
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Dear Sisters and Brothers, This coming May of 2023, District Lodge 142 will again hold a Flight Safety Conference at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center. The conference is scheduled to take place on May 30 and 31 and June 1, 2023, with travel days occurring on May 29 and June 2, 2023.
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAMAW District Lodge 142 has reached a tentative agreement with Swissport in Las Vegas, Nevada (LAS). If ratified our members would see an average 3.9% wage increase on date of signing with an average 6% wage increase over the life of the three-year agreement. In addition to wage increases, highlights of
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: As you are aware, all our IAM District Lodge 142 members at Southwest Airlines should have received their signing bonus in their paycheck for Friday, January 20, 2023. Many of you have reached out this morning to inform us that the amount of your signing bonus was incorrect. IAM and Southwest
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: We have confirmed with Labor at Southwest Airlines that the signing bonus will be included in your regular paycheck on January 20, 2023. If you DO NOT receive your signing bonus on January 20, please reach out to one of your IAM District Lodge 142 General Chairs immediately so we can
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“The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.” Dear Sisters
Dear Sisters and Brothers: Negotiations continued this week, virtually, under the control of the National Mediation Board (NMB) and Mediators Mike Tosi and Gerry McGuckin. The efforts in this session were still centered on completion of the Houston (IAH) Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). While I am pleased that we have finished the greater majority of
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District 142 members at McGee Air Services, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, have overwhelmingly ratified a new two-year contract extension which includes substantial wage increases, improved benefits, enhanced grievance procedure language and a new 401k plan. This agreement puts over 2300 members at McGee at one of the highest
