Since the spring of this year, we have been investigating the California Protected Sick Leave (KinCAre) law and its impact on our members. Currently, there have been multiple grievances filed in regards to how the company has implemented this state law. We have turned this issue over to our attorneys for further clarification on the […]
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Click To View Documents: Rep. Garamendi’s Airline Customer Service Letter to DOT & DOJ.pdf (999KB); International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers 9000 Machinists Place Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-2687 Area Code 301 967-4500OFFICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT September 13, 2016 Dear Representative, On behalf of the largest airline union in North America and the
Brothers and Sisters: As with many weather disasters, we have yet again been left with an unbelievable amount of rain, flooding, damage, and loss of life in the southern region of our country. From Southwest Airlines Agents, to ExpressJet Airlines Flight Attendants–we have come together in a critical time to support those in need, in
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Hello Brothers and Sisters: We thank you for your patience and cooperation with the very sensitive issue of repayment of funds to Southwest Airlines by our members. This was a payroll issue with Southwest and they have assured the District that all of our members have had an opportunity to sit with a Center Leader
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The ratification vote was held on June 24, 2016, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. With the majority of membership voting, the Agreement was ratified by 80% of those who voted. The Union would like to thank everyone for their support and participation in this process. We welcome the Southwest Airlines SOS
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We will hold informational meetings on the Southwest SOS TA on Friday June 24, 2016. The meetings will be held in the Freedom Stories Conference Room on the fourth floor in the TOPS building. It is directly across from SOS. We will hold informational meetings beginning at 10am and will do meetings through the day,
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After a year of negotiations, your negotiating committee has reached a tentative agreement with the Company. Without your solidarity and support, this would not have been possible. Highlights of the proposed tentative agreement are attached below. In accordance with District 142 By-Laws, your committee will work to compile copies of the Tentative Agreement, for the
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Please be advised, there is no steward conference scheduled for 2016 for the Southwest stewards. We held a conference last year and spent a large portion of the time discussing the new contract. It was determined with all the other activities scheduled this year, we would not hold a conference this year and look at
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Fresh off a two-week recess, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell kicked off today’s session by getting the legislative ball rolling on the Senate’s FAA bill. McConnell moved to proceed to an unrelated House bill (H.R. 636), which will serve as the legislative shell for the Senate’s FAA measure (S. 2658), the first of several steps
As the largest union in the airline industry, the IAM has led the fight to protect Customer Service Agents from assault by hostile customers. We need our IAM members to call their senators immediately and tell them to vote YES to an amendment to the FAA Reauthorization bill offered by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) that
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