
Continental Airlines
Flight Attendants Call For Contract Proposals
Extended! Due to numerous
requests the deadline to submit contract
proposals has been extended. Each proposed
change should be submitted separately on a
contract proposal form. Proposal forms can
be obtained from the grievance committee, or
submitted online via
http://www.iamdl142.org/proposals.
You must include the following information:
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Identify the section and
paragraph to be amended
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Proposed contract
language change or modification.
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Example of problem or
reason for change.
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Your name, employee
number, and Local Lodge.
All proposed changes must be
submitted online or to your
base grievance committee for screening and
categorization no later than July 24,
2009.
Continental Offering Special COLA’s to
Flight Attendant Group – Flight
attendants that are active and available to fly
on August 31, 2009 as indicated by Continental’s
Administration system as of August 5, 2009 will
be eligible for the Special Cola. If you
are currently on leave such as (MLOA, OI, LOA,
or on sick leave and your physician has pulled
you from duty through December 2009), you will
not qualify for the Special COLA as the company
considers that you are inactive as of August 31,
2009. The following Special COLA durations
are being offered; 5 months
(August 31, 2009 through the end of the January
2010 bid month); 9 months
(August 31, 2009 through the end of the May 2010
bid month). You may request one or both of
the options, however, if you choose both options
you must also indicate your order of preference.
This company has provided a Special COLA Request
Screen that is now available in CCS.
Access the Special COLA Request Screen by
selecting the “Bidding
tab” and then select the “Special
COLA Request tab”. For
more detailed information please refer to
Inflight Bulletin 09-97, dated June 30, 2009.
The company’s deadline to submit your request
for the Special COLA is 1000 base local time,
Wednesday, August 5, 2009. If you have
specific questions regarding the Special COLA,
please contact your Inflight supervisor or
Inflight Administration at 800-421-1789.
Continental Airlines
announced on Monday, June 29, 2009 the
commencement of a Reciprocal Cabin Seat
Agreement (RCSA) with United
Airlines. For more than a year, the Union
has been pressing the company to provide a
RCSA for the flight attendants
at Continental. The IAM originally began
negotiating with the company for a Reciprocal
Jumpseat Agreement (RJSA)
during the 1996 contract negotiations. The
Union has been in communication with the
company, encouraging them to move forward with
an agreement. While the Union is pleased
with the current development of an RCSA
between Continental and United, the Union has
launched a postcard campaign to coincide with
the recent announcement of the RCSA
encouraging the company to provide flight
attendants at Continental with the same type of
Reciprocal Jumpseat
Agreement’s that the rest of the industry
currently enjoys. Postcards are
available for signing at the grievance tables in
all bases.
UAL Flying –
ExpressJet: If you work a United flight
and have any concerns, please advise your
supervisor in writing via an
Enroute report or an email, providing flight
numbers, dates, times, and routing, e.g. (ORD -
CLE), and also send a copy to your Union
representatives. Please be specific,
identifying your area of concern, e.g. catering,
boarding, etc.
IAM Members Earn
College Degrees – Sixteen IAM members
were among more than 100 union
members
who earned degrees from the AFL-CIO’s National
Labor College (NLC) in Silver Spring, MD, and
were honored at the College’s graduation
ceremony. The NLC coordinates their degree
program with the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger
Education and Technology Center, which allows
IAM students to use the Winpisinger Center for
part of their course work. Many of the
Winpisinger Center programs are now accredited
and can be used for college-degree programs.
“Earning a college degree is a great achievement
and we’re proud that the hard work and
dedication shows in this year’s IAM graduates,”
said Winpisinger Center Director Chris Wagoner.
For information about earning a college degree
through the National Labor College, contact
Charlie Micallef at 301-373-3300.
We
would like to encourage all members to attend
your Local Lodge business meeting. Each
Local Lodge must have a quorum to conduct
business. The following is a schedule for
upcoming meetings:
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Cleveland: |
Thursday, July 9, 2009, 2009, 1:00 p.m. at 669 North
Rocky River Drive.
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Newark: |
Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 3:00 p.m. at the
Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel.
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Guam: |
Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
at the Airport Conference Room.
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Houston: |
Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 1:00 p.m. at Houston
Airport Marriott Hotel |