Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your IAMAW District Lodge 142 Menzies 474 negotiating committee met December 8 and 9, 2022, with the Menzies Aviation leadership at the IAMAW District 141 Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois to continue to negotiate a contract this membership deserves. The proposals exchanged during these meetings were: It has become very apparent to […]
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: On Tuesday, December 20, 2022, the Delaware Bankruptcy Court approved ExpressJet’s plan to exit Chapter 11 with an equity sale. ExpressJet will sell its operating certificates to a new company, Polaris 8, which plans to operate a small, wide-body charter operation starting with one plane. While the buyer and ExpressJet initially
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Congratulations to all our IAM members at Southwest Airlines on the ratification of your new contract. First and foremost, the new wage rates are effective immediately and will be reflected in your January 5, 2023 paycheck. As the President-Directing General Chair of this great District 142, I am in discussions with
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: The Holiday Season is upon us, bringing families and friends together in celebration and fellowship. As an IAM Air Transport District, many of our members we represent will spend all or part of their holidays hard at work, keeping planes in the sky and ensuring that people and packages make it
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Dear Brothers and Sisters: Your IAMAW District Lodge 142 Leadership is proud to announce we have reached a new Tentative Agreement with McGee Air Services for a two-year contract extension with substantial wage increases, improved benefits, enhanced grievance procedure language and a new 401k plan. The agreement would place our members at McGee at one
Dear Sisters and Brothers: I am pleased to report that this morning a discussion occurred between myself and maintenance management from Air Wisconsin Airlines. The subject of this conversation centered around recent industry changes in wages and the effects of those changes on every airline’s recruiting and retention abilities. While there is a large industry-wide
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: As a follow-up to the last bulletin announcing a filing for mediation under the auspices of the National Mediation Board, we have been notified that the case has been docketed and NMB Mediators Jack Stephan and Mike Tosi have been assigned to IAM/PSA negotiations under NMB Case Number: A-14027 IAM-PSA. Although
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District Lodge 142 members at Southwest Airlines have voted to overwhelmingly ratify a strong collective bargaining agreement with wage increases that will place our members at the top of the airline industry’s pay scale. District Lodge 142 represents approximately 8,300 Customer Service Employees at Southwest Airlines, including Customer Representatives, Customer
Dear Sisters and Brothers: The deadline to vote for the Southwest Airlines Tentative Agreement ratification is Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 4:00 PM EST. Most of you should have received your letter from BallotPoint® via USPS with the instructions and unique code for you to vote. If you have NOT received your letter as of
Dear Sisters and Brothers: Today our IAM District Lodge 142 members from Aer Lingus overwhelmingly voted YES to ratify the Transitional Letter of Agreement. This Letter of Agreement provides that the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between Aer Lingus and the IAM will remain in effect as we continue negotiations for a new contract, in
