March 26, 2019 Brothers and Sisters, If American Airlines wants to throw down their version of facts from two people who have never participated in a negotiating session, that’s their prerogative, we’ll throw down the real facts from those who were actually there. Fact: The Mediators assigned by the NMB were informed by the lead […]
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March 22, 2019 Brothers and Sisters, This week, American Airlines not only continued to slow roll negotiations, THEY ACTUALLY JUST STOPPED. American’s arrogance and obstinance at the table is a tell-tale sign of their mistaken belief that this membership is okay with them forcing massive concessions on us in Scope and several other Articles. Without
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March 15, 2019 Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee opened negotiations with Alaska Airlines management March 12-14, 2019, in Seattle, Washington. Represented by the Company were: Shane Tackett, Executive Vice President/Strategic Planning; Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Jason Berry, Managing Director/Cargo; Jeanne Davis, Director/Call Centers; Denise Kliskey, COPS Labor Manager; Rebecca Meissner, Senior
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Negotiations continued the week of March 4, 2019, at Southwest Airlines Headquarters Dallas, Texas. Your Negotiation Committee started the week with continued work on open issues. Extensive dialog took place with the Company regarding Article Seven (Overtime) with a focus on Customer Service Agent Overtime. The scheduled upcoming session is April 15 -17, 2019 in
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Negotiations continued at Southwest Airlines Headquarters Dallas, Texas February 26 – 28, 2019. To date, Agreements in Principle have been reached on clarification language. This week discussions continued with the following Articles; Two (Scope of Agreement), Five (Classifications), Six (Hours of Service), Ten (Part -Time), Eleven (Filling of Vacancies), Twelve (Leaves of Absence), Seventeen (Safety
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Negotiations resumed this week in Miami, Florida under the auspices of the NMB and Mediator Gerry McGuckin. The full negotiation committees for the Union and Company were present. Tuesday and Wednesday were allocated by the Mediator to the Engineering CBA. A number of tentative agreements were reached; however, no progress was made on the larger,
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As of my last bulletin to the BA membership, it had become clear that the negotiations for a new customer service CBA had stalled to the point that meetings were not productive and there was no need for future meetings as stated by the NMB staff Mediator Gerry McGuckin. Early this morning I received notice
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This past week of February 12, 2019 discussions continued at Southwest Airlines Headquarters in Dallas, Texas. These discussions led to an Agreement in Principal to Article Fifteen: Reduction in Force and the Company responded to Article Two: Scope of Agreement. Further exchange took place with Articles Seventeen: Safety and Health, Eighteen: General and Miscellaneous and
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Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations continued in Atlanta this week. The Executive and the full negotiating committees continued working together at each step of the process and all were fully updated. The company’s hard-line attack on the work Association members do, our Scope, continued throughout the week. The Association’s basic Scope proposals remain to secure the
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Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Committee met with the assigned mediators and a member of the National Mediation Board to gain a better understanding of the remaining open items. The robust dialogue was productive and ensured the meetings would continue throughout the week. We were able to resolve and TA the M&R/MLS Field Trip
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