A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia this morning after an uncontained engine failure blew out a window and injured several people on board the aircraft. “The IAM extends its heartfelt compassion to the passengers and crew from Southwest Airlines Flight 1380,” said IAM General Vice President Sito Pantoja. “Three members of […]
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Based on the review of candidate eligibility and candidate acceptance, the candidates whose names are in bold print below will appear on the ballot for the June 8, 2018 Officer Election. Those names that have an asterisk (*) beside the name have won by acclamation. If you have any questions, contact Ian Scott-Anderman at (816)
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: As we move closer to the start of negotiations, we need your input into the importance of the issues raised in the proposal submissions. The screening committee sorted all proposals and ranked them. Those proposals were used to create the survey and now you put your ranking in those proposals. Please
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Brother and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association is committed to achieving on American Airlines an industry-best contract that will benefit all Association members and, consequently, be the benchmark for future airline contract negotiations. The five main issues that remain in our negotiations with American are: scope (protecting our work and jobs), affordable healthcare, meaningful profit sharing,
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Message to American Airlines: While the TWU-IAM Association patiently waits for American to contact us, we encourage them to offer Association members the Early Out package they are promising. Don’t wait. Do it now. The Company can do that now or anytime. An Early Out package is not tied to our joint contract negotiations. American,
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Job security is the most important part of any collective bargaining agreement. And your negotiating committee is fighting to make sure it’s something you never have to worry about. But when we finally see a tentative agreement, we all know the first thing many of us will do is flip back to the wage schedule
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With the memberships acceptance of the Tentative Agreement last week, work began shortly thereafter on implementation and associated timelines. Conversations began Friday towards the first steps needed. I am pleased to report to you that with the support of your Negotiating Committee, we discussed and agreed with the Company to make all wage provisions pursuant
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Brothers and Sisters, The full M&R and Fleet Association Negotiating Committees met this week with the Association Executive Committee in Washington, D.C. Your Committees were fully briefed by the Executive Committee on the negotiation sessions that were held over the last month. As you have seen in our communications over the last week, the company’s
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The TWU-IAM Association bargaining committee is committed to fighting for industry-best retirement security. Aside from frozen pension and PBGC benefits that apply to pre-merger employees, today’s retirement benefits for Legacy American Airlines Association members come in the form of a 401(k) with company matching contributions while Legacy U.S. Airways Association members have a Defined Benefit
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Voting on the recently released 2nd Tentative Agreement reached with PSA Airlines was conducted yesterday in CAK, DAY, CVG, CLT GSP, ORF and SAV. With approximately 70% of the total membership participating in this ratification, the Tentative Agreement was approved by a majority of those who voted. Work will begin immediately on proofing of a
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