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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Sisters and Brothers, With the majority of members voting, IAM members at OpenSkies have overwhelmingly ratified the recent tentative agreement covering US based cabin crew members at the carrier. This collective bargaining agreement will provide pay increases, reward the seniority of everyone at the Company and secure top of the industry health care rates for
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Sisters and Brothers, We are pleased to announce that we have reached a Tentative Agreement for a new contract, the details of which will be sent to everyone individually. It is of the utmost importance that you review the details of the ratification voting carefully in order to ensure your ability to vote. Ratification results
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Sisters and Brothers, Your negotiating committee met with the Company under the supervision of the National Mediation Board member, Victoria Gray in New York City, January 4-5, 2017. Since this was our first mediated negotiations session with the Company, the mediator gave a detailed presentation on the mediation process. In addition, the Company gave a
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After 18 months of negotiations and one rejected tentative agreement, the IAM filed a request for mediation with the National Mediation Board (NMB). Today we were notified that the NMB has assigned Mediator Victoria Gray to the OpenSkies case. We are hopeful this will be a positive step in reaching a tentative agreement that the
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Sisters and Brothers, We went back to the negotiations table on October 18, 2016 at 2 Park Avenue, New York City. Present for Open Skies were Valerie Francois, Human Resources Director, Tony Scheppens, Peter Nye, Director of Flight Operations and Attorney Rick Vitarelli. In attendance for the Union, General Chair Sara Gonzales and negotiating committee members Cathy Carey and
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As safety professionals and first responders, Flight Attendants are tasked with handling emergencies and caring for thousands of passengers every day. Disturbingly, study after study shows Flight Attendants are impacted by fatigue on a regular basis, negatively affecting their ability to perform safety functions in an emergency. But nothing has been done—yet. While Flight Attendants
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Dear Flight Attendant Group: As Fall is upon us, we are entering the flu and cold season. As flight attendants we need to exercise good judgement as safety professionals, but we must also exercise good judgement when it comes to our health as well. We need to keep ourselves healthy and know when not to
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Sisters and Brothers, The OpenSkies Tentative Agreement was rejected by the membership. The members’ voice was heard as the ballots were tallied on Friday, August 12, 2016. Your IAM Negotiations Committee will continue to press forward with the Company to secure a fair contract for our membership. We will communicate to the membership once we
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Dear Flight Attendants: The following is to clarify a situation which presented itself and to make sure accurate information is out there. A situation arose 7/21/16 which caused some confusion. The situation was that an ERJ 145 had a maintenance issue and revenue passengers were taken off and the aircraft was to be ferried to
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