Sisters and Brothers, Jeff Butler responded to my membership report Monday regarding the Alaska- Virgin merger transition talks and tentative agreement. While his remarks were filled with alternate facts, one thing he conveniently left out was that Alaska is trying to walk away from an agreement made with the IAM that protected the work of […]
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Sisters and Brothers, In preparing for the upcoming negotiations at Alaska Airlines, we have developed a survey to get your input into what matters most to you in a new CBA. We will soon be asking for contract proposals, so they too will help us focus on what is the high priority issues of the
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Just moments before a transition agreement between the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Alaska Airlines was to be signed, Alaska Airlines insisted the IAM change the terms both parties already agreed to in that transition agreement to allow it to outsource work currently protected under the IAM contract, targeting reservations first.
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Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of February 6, 2017 in DFW. During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged and discussed the following Articles: Hours of Service – M&R, MLS & MCT – We have reached an agreement in principle on this article and will reach a
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The parties met again this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Dayton, Ohio to continue negotiations for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Union negotiating committee was present and again joined by Grand Lodge Representative John Werkmeister. Present for the Company was Karl Hanisch, DOM and Anthony Bralich, outside counsel from FH Solutions. Progress
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The IAM today announced it filed for a determination of single carrier status at Alaska Airlines with the National Mediation Board (NMB). The filing requests that the federal agency affirm that post-merger Alaska Airlines and Virgin America are now functioning as a single transportation system for representation purposes for Clerical, Office, Fleet and Passenger Service
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Sisters and Brothers: On February 6, 2017 the IAM met with Alaska Airlines for continued discussions of the Award and Order of the recent HMO Arbitration. This discussion was focused primarily on determining a remedy for past overcharges of health care costs for our COPS Employees enrolled in an HMO. Although we were unable to
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Brothers and Sisters, The Union and Company met again this week on February 1 and 2 to continue working towards a resolution for the grievance filed last year covering the changes in pre-65 retiree healthcare. Present for the Union were myself, Mike Manzo, Grand Lodge Rep and Rob Clayman, IAM Counsel. Present for the Company
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Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of January 23, 2017. During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged and discussed the following Articles: Limited Duty- M&R, MLS, MTS and MCT – We have reached a tentative agreement on this Article, which provides enhanced protections for our members.
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Brothers and Sisters, The following is a basic format for the year 2017 District #142 Scholarship Program and is intended for the guidance of all members and legal children of members who may be eligible to participate in the competition. The competition will be open to all members in good standing of District Lodge 142
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