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December 15, 2018 ASSOCIATION NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE Brothers and Sisters, THE TWU/IAM Association executive negotiating committee participated on a conference call conducted by National Mediation Board mediators yesterday, December 14, 2018.
Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee opened negotiations with Alaska Airlines management this week in San Francisco, California. Represented by the Company were: Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS;
As of today, the language changes contained in the recently reached Tentative Agreement are being released to the membership. Copies of the Tentative Agreement will be available from your Negotiating
Negotiations resumed this week in ORD under the auspices of the NMB with Mediators Jack Kane and Mike Tosi. The week was dedicated to addressing the remaining open items and
Recently in the month of November, the Union and Company met for negotiations in an effort to conclude terms for an amended Collective Bargaining Agreement. At the conclusion of those
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 Chairperson Sara Gonzales, met with
Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM representatives met with the Company on November 29 to continue to negotiate the effects of the closure of the OpenSkies U.S. base. Present on your
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