JCBA Quick Reference Guide: What Takes Effect Now?
[This reference guide will be updated at 5 PM PT 4/23/2018 and can be accessed here. /jtp ]
Merged Seniority List
The separate, pre-merger seniority lists for AS and VX have been merged and we now have a single Integrated Seniority List.
The Seniority Merger Integration Committee (SMIC) completed this monumental task over the course of the previous 10 months. The SMIC consists of representatives from each of our pre-merger airlines: AS members Sandra Morrow and Marie Maxwell; and, the VX members Lynne Voigtsberger and Rolando Teran.
The SMIC merged the lists in compliance with the AFA-CWA Constitution and Bylaws. Everyone on each seniority list remains in the same relative order. Everyone on the VX list retains the same seniority date, and those on the AS list have an adjusted seniority date that provides credit for the initial training period.
This merged list establishes the seniority dates and relative order for all 5,000-plus Alaska Flight Attendants. For easy distinction of the merged list, VX members are shaded in a light red. You can either scroll through the list or search on your name to find your seniority number and seniority date.
You can view the merged seniority list in the email version of this article. Please check your personal email for a message from the AFA Alaska Seniority Merger Integration Committee containing the link to the list.
This list is being provided to management. Going forward, this copy of the list will be “static,” but the seniority list that is published monthly on the F/A website will be updated and “live” in approximately 60 days. It will change as new members are added or current members leave, but the seniority dates and relative order will not change.
The SMIC will be sending out an additional communication later this week with answers to the most frequently asked question. It will include background on the methods used to determine initial training adjustments, the methodology used when FAs from both airlines had the same seniority date, and many other general questions.
If you have any questions or would like to contact the SMIC, please do so by email at the following address: seniority@afacwa.org.
In Solidarity,
Your SMIC – Sandra Morrow, Rolando Teran, Lynne Voigtsberger and Marie Maxwell
Merger TA Voting Results
Polls closed today at 9 AM Pacific Time for voting on the Merger Tentative Agreement reached by the Joint Negotiating Committee in February 2018. The results of the vote are as follows:
| Voting FOR the agreement | 3094 | 75% |
| Voting AGAINST the agreement | 1011 | 25% |
| Total Votes | 4105 | |
| Participation Rate of Eligible Voters | 76.34% |
As indicated above, the TA has passed.
Click here for a copy of the certified results.
What’s Next?
Several provisions of the Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA), including new pay rates for both L-AS and L-VX Flight Attendants, take effect immediately. Additional communications regarding JCBA implementation will be coming out over the next several days.
In Solidarity,
Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Linda Christou, Lisa Pinkston, Terry Taylor, Mario de’Medici, Melissa Osborne, Tim Green and Brice McGee; and
Your JNC – MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Jennifer Wise MacColl, Jamie Cogen, Lindsey Steele and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo
Voting Eligibility [misc]
Q. Looking for a clarification on the voting eligibility for this Merger Agreement.
For L-VX Flight Attendants, anyone can vote, no matter their seniority, as long as they have completed a membership application?
For L-AS Flight Attendants, they must have completed four months of seniority before being eligible to vote?
In two different road shows, it was said that all Flight Attendants, L-VX and L-AS, must complete four months of seniority, yet the information on the voting information page of the AFA Alaska website indicates otherwise.
Can you please clarify this discrepancy?
A. The MEC received clarification after the road shows you mentioned (from AFA International Membership Services) that L-VX F/As are eligible to vote as of date of hire. This is due to the fact that there is no first contract in place and there is no apprentice membership at carriers without a first contract. It is the same reason that they are not required to pay dues yet.
So L-VX Flight Attendants are eligible to vote as of date of hire as long as they have a membership application on file and are therefore in good standing.
Have You Voted?
Merger Tentative Agreement voting ends Tuesday, April 3 at 9 AM Pacific Time
Need Help With Voting?
Flight Attendants who have misplaced or not received their voting instructions with the 16-digit activation code must call the AFA Ballot Helpline. Call (800) 424-2401 and choose option 1, then enter extension 706.
Flight Attendants who have dues or membership issues should call AFA Membership Services at (800) 424-2401 and choose option 7.
AFA Membership Services is staffed Monday through Friday from 9:30 AM to 5 PM EST.
TA Information and Resources
For information on the TA, webinar videos and the JNC Blog click here -> http://afaalaska.org/merger/jnc/ta
For information on voting and to see the AFA Voting Tracker click here -> http://afaalaska.org/merger/jnc/ta/voting
Please exercise your right to vote, every vote counts.
In Solidarity,
Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Linda Christou, Lisa Pinkston, Terry Taylor, Mario de’Medici, Melissa Osborne, Tim Green and Brice McGee; and
Your JNC – MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Jennifer Wise MacColl, Jamie Cogen, Lindsey Steele and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo
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