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January 2016

Despite DC Blizzard, Association, American Continue Talks

  Sisters and Brothers, With some difficulty traveling due to winter storm Jonas, the Mechanic & Related/Stores and Fleet Service Negotiating Committees met with American Airlines the week of January 25th in Washington DC. We continue to make steady and thorough progress toward a new joint collective bargaining agreement, and remain firm in our stance […]

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IAMAW/AIR WISCONSIN Airlines Corporation MRP Negotiations Update

  The parties met for Negotiations on January 19, 20, and 21, 2016 at the Comfort Suites in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Present for the Company were Bob Frisch, VP Flight Operation and Labor; Gary Pratt, VP Maintenance and Engineering; Tina Vos, Managing Director Human Resources;  Mike McHargue, Director of Maintenance and Ashley Krueger, Employee Relations Manager. 

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Association, American Negotiations Continue This Week in Washington D.C.

Sisters and Brothers, Your TWU-IAM Association Mechanic & Related Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines this week in Washington D.C. to continue joint contract negotiations. The Committee was able to reach preliminary, tentative agreements pertaining some of the articles discussed this week. During this session your Committee continued discussions with the Company and the following

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ALASKA AIRLINES HMO Arbitration Update

  On Wednesday January 20, 2016,  the Arbitration was held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Seattle Washington. In attendance was:  Arbitrator John LaRocco;  Board Member for the Union Isabel Dukes;  Board Member for the Company Keith Abernathy; Union Council Jeffrey Bartos and Co-Council Lisa Vickery; Union General Chair Jackie Fay; Grievant Rachael Ackerman; Company Council

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IAM Requests ‘Proffer of Arbitration’ in Effort to Conclude Negotiations With ExpressJet

After more than five years of negotiations, IAM International President Bob Martinez today requested that the National Mediation Board (NMB) issue a “proffer of arbitration” to the IAM and ExpressJet in an attempt to conclude the years-long contract negotiations. A “proffer of arbitration” can be requested and/or refused by either party and is a legally

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