Sisters and Brothers, On Tuesday April 4, 2017, the Joint Seniority Integration Team, comprising of members from Alaska and Virgin America, met with Arbitrator Joshua Javits and attorneys from Guerrieri, Clayman, Bartos, Parcelli & Roma, P.C law firm to discuss the seniority integration of the two carriers COPS employees. During this meeting, both the Virgin
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Brothers and Sisters, Executive level negotiations took place in Washington, DC this week. Chief negotiators for the TWU-IAM Associations met with negotiators from American Airlines to advance our discussions in efforts toward concluding our contract discussions. All negotiating committee members were fully briefed on the sessions and continue to be involved with input and ongoing
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Sisters and Brothers, On April 4, the joint Alaska/Virgin America seniority integration team will be meeting with Joshua Javits, the selected neutral arbitrator to discuss the merging of the two airline’s seniority roster into one roster. During this meeting, Arbitrator Javits will explain his process to the team and the team will explain any concerns
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Brothers and Sisters, Continuing from the progress of the last session in February, negotiations resumed this week between the IAM and PSA Airlines at the Company’s maintenance facility in Dayton, Ohio. Your Union negotiating committee was present and again joined by Grand Lodge Representative John Werkmeister. Present for the Company was Karl Hanisch, DOM and
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Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of March 6th, 2017 in DFW. During this week’s session, the Committee discussed the following Articles: Classifications – We presented the company a complete proposal for the M&R group on this complex article, including QA, Planners & Tech Docs, whose
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Sisters and Brothers, Although there has not been any meetings over the past few weeks, the Union and the Company have had a continued and ongoing dialogue to resolve the remaining issues that have prevented a resolution concerning the retiree health care. I am pleased to report that progress has been made but there remains
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Sisters and Brothers, In preparation for negotiations of the RSSA and COPS contracts, the following members have been appointed to serve on the Negotiating Committee: COPS Jesse Wilson – Local Lodge 601, ANC Dan Suafoa – Local Lodge 2202, SEA Nisha Chaudry – Local Lodge 1781, SFO Jennifer Araujo – Local Lodge 1932, LAX Joe
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Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of February 20th, 2017 in DFW. During this week’s session, the Committee discussed the following Articles: Classifications – We continued to work on this proposal for M&R, MLS, and MCT for a response to the company. Sub-Committee members from
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Sisters and Brothers, On February 18, 2017, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Alaska Airlines announced the reach of a transition agreement that will provide improvements to the working conditions and benefits for Clerical, Office and Passenger Service (COPS) employees. This agreement spells out how Virgin America employees will transition to
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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Alaska Airlines today reached a transition agreement that will provide improvements to the working conditions and benefits for Clerical, Office and Passenger Service (COPS) employees. This agreement spells out how Virgin America employees will transition to the coverage of the existing IAM-Alaska Airlines collective bargaining
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