Quarterly Meeting Minutes
Monday, September 22, 2014
10 AM – 2 PM
Room 227, Alaska Airlines Flight Operations Building, Seattle
Representing the Flight Attendants of Alaska + Hawaiian
Monday, September 22, 2014
10 AM – 2 PM
Room 227, Alaska Airlines Flight Operations Building, Seattle
The Master Executive Council (MEC) has recently become aware of situations involving Inflight management discouraging new hires from exercising their contractual ability to trade, reposition, or give away trips or reserve days. This kind of pressure violates our contract.
When you were on probation, did a member of Inflight management discourage you from exercising your contractual rights to trade? We’re looking for first-hand examples of Inflight supervisors or managers discouraging you from:
If you have a first-hand example of an Inflight supervisor or manager pressuring you not to exercise your contractual right, we’re looking for your feedback. Flight Attendants currently on probation: please participate! However, be assured that AFA will hold any responses from probationary Flight Attendants in strict confidence until the completion of probation.
Send an email to probation@afaalaska.org
In Solidarity,
Your MEC—Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow and Stephen Couckuyt
As we approach the thirteenth anniversary of September 11th, many of us will begin to plan how we’ll recognize this day. Anniversaries offer an opportunity to acknowledge our memories and experiences, to connect with others who share in them, and to pay tribute to our individual and collective journeys. Anniversaries can also serve as personal and professional milestones of our healing and resiliency. For some, September 11th will be marked with private personal gestures such as observing a moment of silence, spending quiet time reflecting, or dedicating our flying to our profession. For others, it will be marked with collective activities such as ceremonies and memorial services.
There is no right way or better way to recognize the anniversary; but, there are some suggestions that may prove helpful as we approach the anniversary of September 11th.
In solidarity,
Your AFA International and AFA Alaska EAP
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
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
Picket times for each base are as follows:
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.
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