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ALASKA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS COMMENCES

Alaska Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee opened negotiations with Alaska Airlines management this week in Seattle, Washington, at the SeaTac DoubleTree. Represented by the Company were: Greg Mays, Vice President/Labor; Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Jason Berry, Managing Director/Cargo; Constance von Muehlen, Managing Director/M&E; Denise Kliskey, COPS Labor Manager; and Maranda Rosenthal, Senior […]

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ALASKA NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Alaska Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

On July 6, 2017, District 142 served notice to Alaska Airlines that we intended to begin negotiations for the RSSA and the COPS Agreements. On July 17, the company objected to negotiating the COPS agreement insisting to break our negotiations apart. A week later, the company filed a grievance against the union and our membership for

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IAM/PSA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

PSA Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

We recently received confirmation that our application for Mediation has been received, accepted and docketed as NMB Case Number A-13856. The National Mediation Board has assigned Mediator Jack Kane to oversee the process for the remainder of these negotiations. As soon as we hear from the Mediator, the next meeting dates will be set based

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IAM/PSA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

PSA Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

The last meeting between the Company and Union took place on May 29, 2017 of this year to engage the PSA leadership in a very specific conversation about the economic divide in negotiations, the state of the industry and to explore any potential to bring the IAM membership an agreement to vote on. The Union

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IAM/BRITISH AIRWAYS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

British Airways, Uncategorized / Trustee

As was communicated previously, the Company and Union commenced formal Section 6 negotiations with the first meeting occurring on July 13, 2017. At that meeting, your Union negotiating committee received the same presentation most if not all of you have seen by now, followed by a proposal to outsource the remaining 10 stations that are

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Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

American Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee informed American Airlines they would not meet face to face with the company this week while in Washington D.C. Your negotiating committees continued to evaluate the proposal presented last week and worked on crafting language to respond to this woefully inadequate company document that is far from industry leading. It is becoming abundantly clear that

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Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

American Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of July 17th, in Washington D.C. On the afternoon of July 19th, American Airlines presented their initial proposal covering the remaining articles to your Executive Committee. Upon initial review, the company’s proposal is inadequate and falls far short in providing the contract

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IAM / BRITISH AIRWAYS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

British Airways, Uncategorized / Trustee

The Company and Union commenced formal Section 6 negotiations today. Present for the Union were James M. Samuel, General Chairperson, Mike Manzo, Grand Lodge Special Representative, Reggie Gauthier, JFK CS and John Reisert, JFK Engineering. The Company committee was comprised of 5 representatives with Doug Caines acting as the spokesperson. As most of you heard

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Jumpseat Update

CommutAir, ExpressJet, Uncategorized / Trustee

In discussions with the IAM, United Airlines has said that the reciprocal jumpseat agreement has a target implementation date of July 25th. The IAM has been working to solve the issue of IAM Flight Attendants being denied access to United Airlines jumpseats since 2013. We held countless meetings with ExpressJet, United and the Association of

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Neutral Javits Issues Initial Integrated Seniority Lists at Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

IAM District 142 today announced that Neutral Joshua Javits issued his Report and Recommendations and initial integrated seniority lists for IAM represented Clerical, Office and Passenger Service Employees of Alaska Airlines and Virgin America Airlines. The IAM retained the services of Neutral Javits, former Chairman of the National Mediation Board and member of the National

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