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MENZIES – ORD/474

Brothers and Sisters: Your IAM Negotiations Committee met with Menzies Aviation the week of October 23, 2017 at District Lodge 141 in ORD. The members of your committee are (Vic) Cenddie Alaban, Clarence Winston and IAM General Chairs Jerry Lemke and John Coveny. During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged proposals on and discussed the following

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IAM/PSA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Negotiations continued this week in Cincinnati, Ohio. Present again for the Company were Margaret Soda, VP-Human Resources as spokesperson, Gary Pratt, VP-Maintenance and Marcus Valentino, Director-Labor Relations. Your full Union negotiating committee was present.  Due to government funding issues, NMB Mediator Jack Kane was unable to attend. The week started with an update on several

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Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in New York City. As was previously reported, an Association subcommittee met last week in Dallas to review and designate what Letters of Agreement would be retained in the JCBA, should be discussed during negotiations to incorporate into articles of

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The Association: INTERIM WAGE INCREASE AGREEMENT

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU/IAM Association and  American Airlines agreed that, as part of the interim wage increase agreement negotiated in August 2016, any members that were disadvantaged would be corrected and made whole. The first correction in 2016 affected 33 members. The parties are pleased to announce that this year, 27 LUS Stock Clerks

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IAM/PSA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Negotiations resumed this week in Kansas City, Missouri.  Present for the Company were Margaret Soda, VP-Human Resources as spokesperson, Gary Pratt, VP-Maintenance and Marcus Valentino, Director-Labor Relations. Your full Union negotiating committee were present and again joined by Grand Lodge Representative John Werkmeister. Multiple passes occurred this week relating to all remaining open economic items

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Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. Negotiations for M&R were focused on the Filling of Vacancies Articles. Tentative Agreements were reached for these classifications the IAM is responsible for: Filling of Vacancies for Quality Assurance Auditors, Technical Documentation Specialists & Planners in the

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IAM and American Airlines Sign New Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  

Today, the IAM and American Airlines signed a new MOU on the LUS ASAP program.  This new MOU fixes many of the problems we have had with the original ASAP program – most importantly, disciplinary action taken by the company against members who submit an ASAP report. In August, General Chair Sean Ryan advised the

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