Negotiations Update
Your IAM joint contract negotiations committee met from Monday, August 22, 2016 and continued through Thursday, August 25, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Your committee exchanged proposals with the Company on the following Sections:
Section 5 Travel Expenses – Your committee is happy to report that after several exchanges and discussions on this Section, we have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) that will provide improvements for Flight Attendants.
Section 22 Union Activities – Your committee is pleased; that after many proposals and counter proposals on this Section, we have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) that will provide the Union the ability to properly represent our members.
Section 26 Benefits – We opened negotiations on this Section by focusing on the insurance portion. Both the Company and the Union have exchanged proposals and we have narrowed down the outstanding insurance issues and plan to continue working toward resolving these issues during the next session.
The mediator has scheduled the next negotiations session for September 19th – 23rd in St. Louis, Missouri.
Grievance Representative Communication
submitted by Sara Gonzales
Please remember to use your regular email not myMessages to communicate with your grievance representative. You can also use the IAM App to request representation at a meeting or to have a question answered by clicking “Need Support?” from the drop down menu. If you haven’t downloaded the App you can just search for IAMAW on the App Store or Google Play Store and download the IAMAW DL142 App. If you need help or have questions please let your Local reps know.
CRJ
submitted by Marche’ Johnson-Cooper
Grievances
There were 2 grievances submitted to Grievance Mediation this week.
ERJ
Step 2 Grievances
submitted by Sara Gonzales
This week we received three more grievances to be appealed at Step 2. The following is a base breakdown of the pending Step 2 grievances:
ORD-2
EWR-2
We have Step 2 grievances tentatively scheduled to be heard on October 4, 2016 in Houston, Texas.
The next Grievance Mediation session is being held for both CRJ and ERJ November 28-29, 2016.
Upcoming Local Lodge Meeting
2339N
EWR Embassy Suites
95 Glimcher Realty Way, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 1pm
**please note the new meeting time**
transportation provided from EWR P-4
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