09/04/15 Brothers and Sisters, The merger of American Airlines and US Airways has created the largest airline in the world and your Negotiating Committee is tasked with preparing for joint negotiations with the New American Airlines. As we prepare for these negotiations your Committee is continuing the process of reconciling the labor […]
The Union and Southwest Airlines met in Dallas, Texas for scheduled discussions on Monday August 31, September 1 and 2, 2015. The purpose of the meetings were to continue reviewing all of the Articles of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between Southwest Airlines and the IAMAW for any necessary modifications specific to SOS. There are
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HMO arbitration is scheduled for January 20, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. The arbitration will be conducted by Arbitrator John LaRocco of Sacramento, California and counsel for the Union is Jeff Bartos from the law firm of Guerrieri, Clayman, Bartos and Parcelli, P.C. of Washington D.C. Any questions please contact General Chair Jackie Fay Fraternally, Jackie
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Negotiations were held August 18 -20, 2015. Representing the rank and file was Grand Lodge Representative – Tom Regan, District 142 President-Directing General Chair Dave Supplee, General Chair – Randy Griffith, District 142 Special Representative – Dave Figueira, LL 1979 President & Grievance Committee Chairman – Brian Simonson, and Grievance Committeeman – Randall Bangay.
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The second round of discussions with Southwest took place August 19, 2015 in Dallas, Texas. The parties are still reviewing the Articles of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement that can be adopted for the SOS group and articles that modifications for SOS specific will be needed. The next meeting dates will be August 31, September
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In yet another example of the TWU-IAM Association’s combined power and strategically negotiated pre-merger, stand-alone contracts, Association represented Mechanic and Related, Fleet Service and Stores workers will receive top-of-scale wage increases of between approximately three percent to almost 10 percent, depending on work classification and pre-merger carrier employment in mid September. “When the TWU-IAM Association
After three days of shift briefings, August 3 – 5, 2015, a ratification vote was held on Thursday, August 6 at British Airways – Terminal 7 between the hours of 12:00PM – 9:00PM. Overall more than seventy-five (75%) of the membership that participated in the ratification process voted in favor of the amendments to the
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On Wednesday, August 5, 2015, the initial meeting between the IAM and Southwest Airlines opened the negotiations for the Source of Support represented group. It was an exchange of documentation: the list of the covered group and job descriptions. A review of the current collective bargaining agreement that covers the CS&S Reps and the Customer
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Mechanic and Related Update: Brothers and sisters, As we continue to prepare for negotiations, your committee met for two weeks in Chicago from July 26th through August 7th. We continued the reconciliation process and began writing new language in preparations for the upcoming joint contract negotiations. We have made great progress, as we addressed some
With the call for proposals concluding on July 10, 2015, preparations and work continue to take place leading up to negotiations. All proposals must absolutely be returned to your Shop Stewards immediately. This will ensure they are included in the proposal screening process that will occur during the coming weeks. Meeting dates for negotiations have
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