Negotiations resumed this week between the IAM and PSA Airlines. Present for the Company was Matthew J. Kernan, Director of Flight Operations, Karl Hanisch, Director of Maintenance and as a new addition to the Company Committee, Anthony Bralich from F&H Solutions. Present for the Union was James M. Samuel, General Chairperson, Todd Roan, Ian Cole […]
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April 29, 2016 Sisters and Brothers: The Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of April 25th in Washington, D.C. During this week’s sessions, your Negotiating Committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: Temporary Employees: We reached a tentative agreement to eliminate this article. Hours of Service: We exchanged proposals
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April 22, 2016 Sisters and Brothers: The Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of April 18th in DFW. During this week’s sessions, your Negotiating Committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: • Sick Leave: After several exchanges with the company on this article, the parties have reached a tentative agreement.
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The following is a basic format for the year 2016 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 as of February
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Sisters and Brothers: The Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of April 11th in DFW. During this week’s sessions, your Negotiating Committee reached tentative agreement on the following articles: • Leaves of Absences: After exchanging multiple proposals with the company we have reached a tentative agreement on this article. •
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After the announcement last Monday, April 4th, of Alaska Airlines acquiring Virgin America, there have been many questions. One that was answered this week was, “When can Alaska employees fly on Virgin America”? Before the announcement, Alaska employees didn’t have an interline agreement to travel on Virgin America but as of April 12th, they can
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Negotiations are scheduled to reconvene on May 4, 2016. The location and time has not been determined. You will be advised of the location and time once the Company has informed the Union. With best wishes, I remain Sincerely and fraternally, Otha “Mac” McSwain, Jr. GENERAL CHAIR POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS
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I am so STRESSED Most of us have felt “stressed out” at some point. Stress is unavoidable. While there is not a universally agreed upon definition of stress the following definition is very popular. Stress is our physical or mental reaction to demanding situations. Therefore a certain amount of daily stress is normal. What Are
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Fresh off a two-week recess, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell kicked off today’s session by getting the legislative ball rolling on the Senate’s FAA bill. McConnell moved to proceed to an unrelated House bill (H.R. 636), which will serve as the legislative shell for the Senate’s FAA measure (S. 2658), the first of several steps
Early this morning, Alaska Airlines announced they were the successful bidder for the purchase of Virgin America Airlines. As we have said before, it seems the airline consolidation is still taking place. With all of our experience with mergers, we are in the best position to do the best for our members. Our positive working
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