Negotiations resumed this week in Miami, Florida under the auspices of the NMB and Mediator Gerry McGuckin. The full negotiation committees for the Union and Company were present. Tuesday and Wednesday were allocated by the Mediator to the Engineering CBA. A number of tentative agreements were reached; however, no progress was made on the larger, […]
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Sisters & Brothers: Your IAM negotiations committee, Lisa Ferm and Mark Diefenbach along with IAM General Chairperson Sara Gonzales, met with the Company to continue negotiations February 19-21, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. We exchanged proposals on the following Sections: Section 5 – Scheduling (Bidding) Section 3 – General Section 6 – Training Section 16 –
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As of my last bulletin to the BA membership, it had become clear that the negotiations for a new customer service CBA had stalled to the point that meetings were not productive and there was no need for future meetings as stated by the NMB staff Mediator Gerry McGuckin. Early this morning I received notice
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This past week of February 12, 2019 discussions continued at Southwest Airlines Headquarters in Dallas, Texas. These discussions led to an Agreement in Principal to Article Fifteen: Reduction in Force and the Company responded to Article Two: Scope of Agreement. Further exchange took place with Articles Seventeen: Safety and Health, Eighteen: General and Miscellaneous and
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Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations continued in Atlanta this week. The Executive and the full negotiating committees continued working together at each step of the process and all were fully updated. The company’s hard-line attack on the work Association members do, our Scope, continued throughout the week. The Association’s basic Scope proposals remain to secure the
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Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Committee met with the assigned mediators and a member of the National Mediation Board to gain a better understanding of the remaining open items. The robust dialogue was productive and ensured the meetings would continue throughout the week. We were able to resolve and TA the M&R/MLS Field Trip
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Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee continued negotiations with Alaska Airlines management February 5-6, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. Represented by the Company were: Shane Tackett, Executive Vice President/Strategic Planning; Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Jason Berry, Managing Director/Cargo; Bob Hartnett, Director/Labor; Jeanne Davis, Director/Call Centers; Denise Kliskey, Manager/Labor; Rebecca Meissner, Senior Attorney; and
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Sisters and Brothers: The ballots you cast in the Ratification Vote yesterday, February 7, 2019, have been tallied. You, the membership at IAD, have voted to accept the tentative agreement. With this accomplished, your new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) becomes effective today, February 8, 2019. All provisions, including wage increases, premiums, improvements and enhancements will
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Since the last Tentative Agreement (TA) on a Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement was voted down by the membership, ExpressJet has furloughed hundreds of flight attendants, closed crew bases, completed the sale of the company to a third-party investor, changed senior management and announced the acquisition of 25 new aircraft. The union and company had dialogue
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As announced, here is the language for the Tentative Agreement for your review. Click here for TA Language
