Membership Updates

The System Contract Re-write Steering Committee is scheduled to complete the re-write during the third week of October. A Section Six letter has been sent to Continental Airlines informing them of the Unions desire to open full contract negotiations. Dates to meet with the Company following the re-write are being discussed. There will be a […]

Due to the aftermath of Hurricane Ike the re-write meetings that were to be held this week in Houston Texas will be re-scheduled at a later date.  Once new information becomes readily available the Union will notify all members. As previously updated, a full membership meeting will take place with a presentation of the language

The System Contract Rewrite Steering Committee (SCRSC) met for its first set of meetings in Houston from July 31, 2008 thru August 2, 2008. Representatives from various Stations including EWR, IAH, HOU, MCO, DIA, CLE, ORD, LAX, MSY and HNL attended the sessions. The Committee worked into Article 14 and is scheduled to meet again the

As previously reported our Collective Bargaining Agreement will become amendable on December31, 2008. For all of us to achieve the objectives set forth by this membership it is imperative that we become a well informed cohesive unit. In order for us to remain a cohesive unit the chains of communication had to be improved. Your

A craft membership meeting was held in April and as previously reported the turnout was very good. At this meeting we discussed the chronological chain of events “moving forward” through the spring and into contract negotiations. We have also been visiting different work areas explaining the same and we will continue to do so. Since

With airline safety already in the public spotlight, new alarms are being raised about U.S. airlines’ growing reliance on foreign repair stations, in Asia, Eurpoe and elsewhere for everything from simple maintenance to major aircraft overhauls. Some transportation experts and lawmakers, including Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo), say lax oversight of such repair stations represents a

Date: 5/6/2008 Re:    Website Committee We are looking for volunteers to sit on a local union “Website Committee”. The committee’s function shall be to interface with the local union’s Internet Technician (IT) to share ideas, concerns and input on a website we are trying to spool up for our craft and class. If you are