April 2017 - District 142

IAMAW/AIR WISCONSIN AIRLINES CORPORATION MRP NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Brothers ans Sisters, The parties met for Negotiations on April 24, 25, and 26 at the Hyatt Place Downtown, Charlotte, North Carolina. Present for the Company were Tina Vos, Managing Director Human Resources, Randall Moulton, ORF Base Manager and Ashley Krueger, Employee Relations Manager. Present for the Union were Grand Lodge Rep Rich Johnsen, General […]

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American Announces Mid-Term Pay Increases for Pilots & Flight Attendants

American Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

American Airlines yesterday announced mid-contract pay increases for its pilot and flight attendant groups. The Company states its reasoning is that those two groups have fallen significantly behind their industry peers with long durations before their collective bargaining agreements are open for negotiations. The TWU-IAM Association negotiated industry leading pay increases last fall for the

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ALLIED AVIATION FUELING – LGA RATIFICATION SCHEDULE

Allied Aviation / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, The ratification vote for the recently negotiated tentative agreement will be held on Monday, May 8, 2017 between the hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm at the LaGuardia, Hangar 11, Class room A, on the third floor across from the fuel farm. In addition to the ratification vote, we will also be doing

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IAM FLIGHT SAFETY WORKING TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR EXPRESSJET FLIGHT ATTENDANTS

ExpressJet / Trustee

Sisters and Brothers, In the last month several events have occurred and discussed with the Company concerning Safety. During the monthly Inflight Safety Meeting, turbulence injuries were discussed. It was noted that although some injuries occurred during clear air, several were during rough air. An email was sent to all the line pilots at Expressjet

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Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

American Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, American negotiations continued this week in Washington, DC. By mutual agreement, the Chairperson of the National Mediation Board (NMB), Linda Puchala, joined our negotiations. The purpose of entering Executive level negotiations is to bring the talks to a successful conclusion and to the degree the NMB can assist in that goal, Ms.

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IAM Renews Its Request for a ‘Proffer of Arbitration’ As a Step to Conclude Negotiations with ExpressJet

ExpressJet / Trustee

Sisters and Brothers, After more than six years of negotiations, IAM International President Robert Martinez, Jr. 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

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IAM Seeks System Board Ruling for Alaska Airlines HMO Arbitration Remedy

Alaska Airlines, Uncategorized / Trustee

Sisters and Brothers, The IAM went back to the IAM-Alaska System Board of Adjustment to obtain an order establishing a complete remedy in the HMO Arbitration. Arbitrator John LaRocco has set a schedule for the parties to identify all of the evidence they may have regarding the scope of the remedy. The parties will reconvene

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IAM statement on United Airlines

News / Trustee

While the Machinists Union encourages the airline industry to use the unfortunate passenger removal incident as a moment to reform passenger re-accommodations, we take exception to those who characterize our passenger service members as responsible for such behavior. Policies are written by management, not front-line employees. Any decision to remove a passenger in an overbooking

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SWISSPORT-LAS NEGOTIATIONS CALL FOR CONTRACT PROPOSALS

SwissPort / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations have been scheduled for June 20 – 22, 2017. In order to better address issues that are important to you the IAM has prepared a survey. In the next few days your steward Johnny Wilson will be distributing these surveys. Please take the time to fill out the survey and return

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ATLANTIC AVIATION-PNE Call for Contract Proposals

Atlantic Aviation / Trustee

Brothers and Sisters, The IAM/ATV-PNE Agreement will expire June 15, 2017. Accordingly, a call for contract proposals is now being made. All proposals are to be submitted on a contract proposal form and received in the District office no later than May 16, 2017. When submitting more than one proposal, please use separate forms. Each

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