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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Southwest Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Negotiations continued in Dallas, Texas December 4 – 6, 2018. This session bargaining continued with Articles Five (Classifications), Ten (Part-Time Employees), Eleven (Filling of Vacancies), and Fifteen (Reduction in Force) also revisiting Article Twenty-Two (Holidays/ Flexible Time Off). The Committee passed proposals for Articles Two (Scope of Agreement), Twelve (Leaves of Absence), and Eighteen (General […]

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IAM / BRITISH AIRWAYS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

British Airways, Uncategorized / Trustee

Negotiations continued on Monday and Tuesday of this week in NYC with Engineering as the sole focus. Many proposals were exchanged, and some progress was made in non-economic areas of the contract. The remaining economic positions remain considerably far apart and bridging that divide remains as priority #1 for your Negotiating Committee. In last week’s

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IAM / BRITISH AIRWAYS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

British Airways, Uncategorized / Trustee

Mediated negotiations resumed this week for the Customer Services group in NYC under the auspices of the NMB and Mediator Gerry McGuckin. The Union received another proposal from the Company on Tuesday that was not even close to being realistic for where these talks will eventually end up. Their proposal consisted of a cherry-picked version

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Kansas City Office Closed Monday, November 26th

Uncategorized / Trustee

Due to Winter Storm Bruce, the Kansas City area is under a state of emergency. As a result, the District office will be closed on Monday, November 26th. It is scheduled to re-open Tuesday morning, November 27th. If you have any problems, please reach out to your General Chair.

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Association, American Hold Joint Conference Call

American Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, As previously announced, the Association leadership and American Airlines Management participated in a joint conference call with the NMB mediators assigned to assist in our JCBA negotiations. The mediators are now responsible for setting the agenda, including dates for the mediated sessions. The mediators opened the call requesting the parties discuss the

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Southwest Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Negotiations continued in Dallas, Texas the week of November 6-8, 2018. This session your Committee continued work with Articles Five (Classifications), Ten (Part-Time Employees) and Eleven (Filling of Vacancies) also responding to Article Six (Hours of Service). Continued open dialog took place concerning Article Seven (Overtime). The company countered Sixteen (Severance Pay), as well as

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IAM / BRITISH AIRWAYS IMPORTANT INFORMATION

British Airways, Uncategorized / Trustee

Recently the Company released the information and processes for the 2019 medical and dental open enrollment. The process is different this year as compared to past years in that everyone must participate to some degree in the open enrollment process. Even if you intend to change nothing with your benefit selections or your dependents, you

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Association Participates in Mediated Negotiations

American Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association met with American Airlines October 30 in Dallas, TX for mediated negotiations under the supervision of the National Mediation Board. The purpose of this first mediated session was to bring the Federal mediators up to speed on the status of our negotiations. Areas covered were compensation, healthcare, retirement, work

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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Uncategorized / Trustee

Negotiations resumed in Dallas, Texas the week of October 22, 2018. This week your negotiation team passed Article Seven (Overtime) and the company responded, resulting in continued work with this Article as well as Article Ten (Part-Time Employees). Your continued solidarity and support are appreciated through this process. Present for the company were: Adam Carlisle

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ALASKA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Alaska Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee continued negotiations with Alaska Airlines management October 23-25, 2018, in Seattle, Washington. Both the COPS and RSSA agreements were discussed during this session. Represented by the Company were: Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Jeff Butler, VP/Inflight and Call Centers; Jason Barry, Managing Director of Cargo; Bob Hartnett,

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