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Negotiations continued in Dallas, Texas December 4 – 6, 2018. This session bargaining continued with Articles Five (Classifications), Ten (Part-Time Employees), Eleven (Filling of Vacancies), and Fifteen (Reduction in Force)
Negotiations continued on Monday and Tuesday of this week in NYC with Engineering as the sole focus. Many proposals were exchanged, and some progress was made in non-economic areas of
Sisters and Brothers: Your Negotiating Committee, J.D. Davis, Marshal Evans, Tom Goba, Ezekiel Coates, Alexander Osei and I, met with the Company in direct negotiations the week of November 26,
Mediated negotiations resumed this week for the Customer Services group in NYC under the auspices of the NMB and Mediator Gerry McGuckin. The Union received another proposal from the Company
Sisters and Brothers: As you know the Company sent out a memo title “Permanent Vacancies” that indicated many people would be displaced to EWR. This was a displacement announcement and
Sisters and Brothers: Yesterday, we met with Company regarding the many questions that were received regarding the ERJ furloughs. The Company has agreed to extend the window to elect furlough or
Sisters and Brothers: The Company made the unfortunate announcement that they will be furloughing Flight Attendants on the ERJ side of the operation. At this time, the length of furloughs
Due to Winter Storm Bruce, the Kansas City area is under a state of emergency. As a result, the District office will be closed on Monday, November 26th. It is
Sisters and Brothers: Today, the company announced that the DFW base will be closing January 6, 2019. While this doesn’t come as huge surprise to many of us, it doesn’t
Sisters and Brothers: Our fight against United Airlines discriminatory jumpseat policy has gone on long enough. We are sick and tired of the excuses and IT glitches that prevent IAM
Brothers and Sisters, As previously announced, the Association leadership and American Airlines Management participated in a joint conference call with the NMB mediators assigned to assist in our JCBA negotiations.
Negotiations continued in Dallas, Texas the week of November 6-8, 2018. This session your Committee continued work with Articles Five (Classifications), Ten (Part-Time Employees) and Eleven (Filling of Vacancies) also
Recently the Company released the information and processes for the 2019 medical and dental open enrollment. The process is different this year as compared to past years in that everyone
Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM negotiations committee, which consists of CommutAir flight attendants and IAM representatives Lisa Ferm and Mark Diefenbach along with IAM General Chair Sara Gonzales, met with
Sisters and Brothers, Your IAM representatives met with the Company on November 6, 2018 to negotiate the effects of the closure of the OpenSkies U.S. base. We discussed severance pay,
Sisters and Brothers: The Union and the Company have agreed to re-open the vacation bid to ensure seniority is honored. Bids will open November 7, 2018 at 1700 EST and
