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RED Hot Informational Picketing Bidding Reminder

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Get ready to show your solidarity on November 12th

Please be sure to bid Wednesday, November 12 off for our next RED Hot informational picketing event!  If you aren’t able to bid the day off, you can also bid around the picketing time for your base.  Your Negotiating Committee is counting on your support to demonstrate our solidarity to management on the opening day of the scheduled November mediation session.  More information including a sign-up link and meeting location for each base will be coming soon!

Picketing times for each base

Base Time
ANC 12 to 2 PM
LAX 8 to 10 AM
PDX 6 to 8 AM
SAN 8 to 11 AM
SEA 3 to 5 PM

In Solidarity,

Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow, Stephen Couckuyt and MEC Mobilization Chairperson Adam Clarey

Your Negotiating Committee – MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Kristy Stratton, Lisa Pinkston, Jake Jones, Christina Frees and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

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Your Negotiating Committee Thanks You…

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Thank you!

Thank you to all of our Flight Attendants for your support today.

To those working and proudly wearing your red pin–thank you!

To those who helped organize and spread the word–thank you!

To those who showed up with signs and voices representing the entire work group–thank you!

Watching your solidarity shine today was encouraging and reenergizing. So many of you took the time to make this day a priority. We are proud and grateful.

We will continue to work hard to bring you what you’ve earned and deserve.

In solidarity,

Your Negotiating Committee—MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Kristy Stratton, Lisa Pinkston, Jake Jones, Christina Frees and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

 

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REMINDER: RED Hot Informational Picketing Tomorrow

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Get ready to show your solidarity at tomorrow’s RED Hot informational picketing in all five bases!  The Negotiating Committee is currently at the table with management during this week’s mediation session.  Your support is critical to show management and the public that we stand behind our Negotiating Committee in their efforts to achieve the contractual improvements we deserve!

Click here to sign up to participate in tomorrow’s event

Information For Tomorrow

Picket times for each base are as follows:

ANC – 11 AM to 2 PM  ▪︎  LAX – 8 AM to 10 AM  ▪︎  PDX – 6 AM to 8 AM
SAN – 8 AM to 11 AM  ▪︎  SEA – 4 PM to 6 PM

Already Working?

If you’re already working tomorrow, you can show your support from wherever you are!  Take a picture with your RED AFA pin and share it on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with hashtag #afaalaska.  Then check out our AFA Alaska tagboard at afaalaska.org/tagboard and watch our sea of RED online!

If you have any questions about tomorrow’s picketing event, contact your Local Mobilization Chairperson.  You’ll find contact information at afaalaska.org/mobilization.

Reminder: AFA RED Hot Summer Picnic – Wednesday, August 20th

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Don’t forget that the AFA RED Hot Summer Picnic is coming up this Wednesday, August 20 from 1 to 4 PM at Angle Lake Park in SeaTac, WA. Alaska Airlines corporate headquarters, located next door, has a beautiful view of the park and Angle Lake. Let’s flood the park with a sea of RED and put our unity and solidarity on clear display!

The Details

  • Wear your RED AFA t-shirt to the event if you have one! We’ll have extra t-shirts available at the event if you haven’t received one.
  • Council 19 (SEA) will be providing hamburgers, hot dogs, and soda
  • If you’re coming from the Seattle area, please bring along a side dish or dessert to share family-style
  • Lawn chairs and blankets will help make you more comfortable at the event
  • If you’re coming from out of town, you’re welcome to use regular non-revenue travel to get to and from the picnic

Let Us Know You’re Coming!

Eventbrite - AFA RED Hot Summer Picnic

Questions?

Contact the Council 19 Seattle LEC Officers or email us at events@afaalaska.org

In Solidarity,

Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow and Stephen Couckuyt

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August 27 RED Hot Informational Picketing – Sign Up Now!

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Your AFA Negotiating Committee will go back to the table with management on August 25 in San Diego, CA for our next mediation session. As a show of support and solidarity for the Negotiating Committee, we will be conducting informational picketing on Wednesday, August 27 in each of our five bases. The Negotiating Committee is counting on you to show management and the public how serious we are about getting a contract with the improvements we deserve!

Sign Up Now And Show Your Support!

Click here to sign up now to participate in the August 27th event

Are you ready to turn up the heat? Your support is vital to help make the event successful. Help to turn the airport RED in solidarity! Click on your base below for times and details.

ANC  LAX  PDX  SAN  SEA

Already Working?

Show your solidarity by proudly wearing your RED AFA pin and RED Five Bases Standing Strong lanyard!

Specific Questions?

If you have specific questions about the event at your base, please contact your Local Mobilization Chairperson for assistance. You’ll find contact information at afaalaska.org/mobilization. You can also see the information below for more details.

In Solidarity,

Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow and Stephen Couckuyt and

Your Negotiating Committee – MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Kristy Stratton, Lisa Pinkston, Jake Jones, Christina Frees and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

MEC 5BSS Logo (Web)

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ANC

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (AKDT)

Meeting Point
Meet on the departure level ramp, south of the domestic terminal

LAX

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
8:00 AM to 10:00 AM (PDT)

Meeting Point
Meet in front of Terminal 6, departures level

PDX

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
6:00 AM to 8:00 AM (PDT)

Meeting Point
Meet in front of Columbia Sportswear, pre-security

SAN

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
8:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PDT)

Meeting Point
Meet in the employee parking lot

SEA

Wednesday, August 27, 2014
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (PDT)

Meeting Point
Meet at Angle Lake Park 

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