Dear Sisters and Brothers: Preparations for Contract Negotiations between IAM District 142 and CommuteAir have begun. In January of 2023, your District 142 leadership met with CommuteAir leadership to explore the possibility of opening negotiations early. While the company was originally open to this option, they were ultimately not able to find time in their […]
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Negotiations resumed this week in CLT under the auspices of the National Mediation Board (NMB) with Mediators Jack Stephan and Mike Tosi leading the meetings. Your IAM District 142 negotiating committee were all in attendance as well as that of the Company. This week’s meeting agenda was focused solely on the
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Swissport LAS leadership contacted IAM District 142 leadership today to inform us that Delta Airlines and Spirit Airlines will be terminating their agreements with Swissport at LAS. The agreement with Spirit will end on May 1, 2023. The agreement with Delta will end on May 15, 2023. FSM Group will be
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IAM District 142 leadership met with senior leadership from McGee Air Services on Thursday, March 9, 2023, to officially sign the contract extension ratified in January of this year. We would like to thank District 142 General Chairs, Justin Bates and Jason McAdoo, for their work ethic and commitment throughout the weeks culminating in this
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Since opening negotiations with National Airlines in August of 2022, your District Lodge 142 negotiating committee has met with the company on five occasions. During this time the company has made no meaningful proposals and has not shown a desire to reach an agreement in a timely manner. Because of this
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Negotiations continued this week with Allied management for your DCA contract. The meetings were virtual, with NMB Mediators Mike Tosi and Gerry McGuckin again leading the discussions. Very little progress was made at this meeting due solely to the Company’s insistence on putting forth concessionary proposals. The Company has continued using
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, has published an advisory on CBD which addresses the potential harmful aspects, side effects and unknowns. Read the SAMHSA CBD Advisory Here.. CBD and hemp oil products are readily available in stores and online and have become very popular. The producers of these
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: As you may or may not have read, Southwest Airlines has finally fixed the Uniform Allowance amounts negotiated by your IAM District 142 representatives, and voted on by you the members back in December 2022. The Union negotiated increases for uniforms annually from $250.00 to $300.00, along with an accrual amount
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your IAM Negotiating committee met on February 14, 2023, to review our position prior to meeting face to face with Menzies negotiators on February 15 and 16. During these meetings, all open proposals were reviewed with the company to determine their status. We then exchanged proposals on Schedule “A” wages and premiums,
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Dear Sisters and Brothers: IAM District 142 is aware of the challenges of contacting and interacting with IAM Shop Stewards for our Southwest Airlines CS&S members who work remotely and are not physically in the same location as their assigned Stewards. In an effort to enable all our CS&S members to contact a Shop Steward
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