Dear Sisters and Brothers: The IAM and Southwest Airlines have signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) that will now provide a 4% Non-Elective Contribution (NEC) to the 401(k) accounts of all Southwest employees represented by the IAM. Along with this change, the current 9.3% match will be reduced to 5.3%, which combined will still equal 9.3% as long as the employee contributes […]
Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District 142 was contacted by Southwest Airlines leadership regarding paid parking for our members who work at a station or crew base. The company has announced that paid parking for those employees will be available beginning September 1, 2023. The company shared the following details with the union: Additional workgroup-specific
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: National Group Protection (NGP) has informed us of the upcoming enrollment opportunity for the supplemental benefits offered to IAM District 142 CS&S members at Southwest Airlines. In addition to the already valuable benefits NGP offers, they have assured us they are continually working on ways to better engage with our CS&S
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: Your IAM District 142 leadership had a conversation with Southwest Airlines leadership on March 23, 2023, concerning parking provisions for our IAM members. The company has agreed to provide paid parking for all its Customer Service employees at all stations in the very near future. We will share more details concerning
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: As you may or may not have read, Southwest Airlines has finally fixed the Uniform Allowance amounts negotiated by your IAM District 142 representatives, and voted on by you the members back in December 2022. The Union negotiated increases for uniforms annually from $250.00 to $300.00, along with an accrual amount
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District 142 is aware of the challenges of contacting and interacting with IAM Shop Stewards for our Southwest Airlines CS&S members who work remotely and are not physically in the same location as their assigned Stewards. In an effort to enable all our CS&S members to contact a Shop Steward
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Leadership and Negotiating Team members from IAM District 142 and Southwest Airlines met on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at Southwest Airlines Headquarters in Dallas, TX to officially sign the contract ratified in December of 2022. We would like to thank our dedicated Negotiating Team members and General Chairs for their steadfast resolve, commitment and solidarity
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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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