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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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: 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