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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 centered around the Fleet Service group and good progress was made working through outstanding language issues. The Mechanic & Related/Stores Committee met internally for important discussions regarding the seniority article and they are pleased to report […]

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ALASKA AIRLINES NEGOTIATIONS COMMENCES

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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Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

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

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

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

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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