The process of calculating and verifying the True-up provisions of the IAM contract on Southwest continues. The negotiated protections to wages, bonus payments and 401(k) contributions are significant and require the necessary care to ensure the proper future rates of pay and lump sum bonus payments are accurate. Southwest Airlines has been fully cooperative and […]
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IAM’s Forward Thinking Negotiations Strategy at Southwest Results in Windfall of Cash for Members. When IAM members at Southwest Airlines ratified their most recent contract in December 2014, they not only received wage increases, lump sum payments and other improvements, they also ratified IAM negotiated protections against falling behind other Southwest employee groups who were
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THANK YOU TO ALL IAM MEMBERS!!! GREAT DAY ON CAPITOL HILL! THANK YOU IAM LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT!! BOTH THE ASSAULT AMENDMENT AND THE 10 HOUR REST RULE FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PASSED AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 2016 FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL. AWESOME JOB!
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To the IAM Membership at Southwest Airlines: As you have seen, the TWU has a tentative agreement with their Ops and Ramp agents. Congratulations to them. Like negotiations with many companies with multiple unions on the property, each union follows the other and gets more, in essence, leap-frogging each other. The IAM anticipated this when
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The Union and Southwest Airlines met in Dallas, Texas for scheduled discussions on Monday August 31, September 1 and 2, 2015. The purpose of the meetings were to continue reviewing all of the Articles of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between Southwest Airlines and the IAMAW for any necessary modifications specific to SOS. There are
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The second round of discussions with Southwest took place August 19, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. The parties are still reviewing the Articles of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement that can be adopted for the SOS group and articles that modifications for SOS specific will be needed. The next meeting dates will be August 31, September
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On Wednesday, August 5, 2015, the initial meeting between the IAM and Southwest Airlines opened the negotiations for the Source of Support represented group. It was an exchange of documentation: the list of the covered group and job descriptions. A review of the current collective bargaining agreement that covers the CS&S Reps and the Customer
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On Friday, May 1st, the National Mediation Board (NMB) issued their ruling on the Union’s filing to accrete the Southwest Source of Support (SOS) group. The Union made the initial filing with the NMB after a majority of the SOS employees signed authorization cards seeking union representation. The NMB found that those employees who signed
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Ratification voting was conducted yesterday throughout the system. The tentative agreement has been ratified by a majority of the voting membership. The negotiation committee would like to thank you for your patience and support in achieving another industry leading contract. POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS PDF VERSION
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