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February Negotiation Road Show Changes

Dear Flight Attendants,

We want to update you with February Negotiation Road Show changes before bidding closes tomorrow:

The February 4th Road Show scheduled for Portland will now be held in Anchorage.  The Portland LEC Officers will still host a Q and A session at the Sheraton Airport as scheduled.

The dates in Anchorage for the Negotiation Road Shows are now February 4th and February 5th at the Millennium Hotel.

Start time 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM both days.

We are also adding a date to the Seattle Road Show schedule. The added date is February 8, 2014 at the SEA TAC Hilton (Saturday).

Start time 9:00 AM to 12:30pm and 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

We encourage you to attend a Road Show! If you cannot attend a Road Show please reach out to your Voice Committee and or your LEC Officers if you have questions!

In solidarity,

Your Negotiating Committee — MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Tracy, Karina Cameron-Fetters, Jake Jones and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

negotiations@alaskamec.org

Negotiations Update January 8, 2014: Tentative Agreement (TA) Roadshow Time Changes

Dear Flight Attendants:

We are halfway through the first week of the Negotiation Road show schedule and we are overwhelmed with the amazing turnout! We thank all of you in Seattle and Portland who have come out thus far and we look forward to Anchorage, San Diego and the Los Angeles Road Shows going forward.

With that said, we have been experiencing higher than expected levels of participation and are therefore running long on our sessions.  We want to ensure that we have adequate time to answer all your questions.  Moving forward with the Portland Road Show on January 9, 2014, we are going to alter the scheduled times of the AM and PM sessions (The January 16th SNA Road Show will not change).

The AM sessions for the remainder of the Road Shows will now start at 9:00 AM and run to 12:30 PM. The PM Sessions will begin at 1:30 PM and run to 5:00 PM.

We appreciate your understanding and hope that the schedule changes do not hinder your ability to come visit us at the shows.

Thursday, January 9, 2014 – PDX, 9 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 5 PM, Sheraton Hotel Portland Airport

Friday, January 10, 2014 – ANC, 9 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 5 PM, Millennium Hotel

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 – SAN, 9 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 5 PM, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Little Italy

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 – LAX, 9 AM to 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM to 5 PM, Westin Hotel Los Angeles Airport

Thursday, January 16, 2014 – SNA (NO Change), 9 AM to 12 PM and 1 PM to 4 PM, Embassy Suites Santa Ana

 

In solidarity,

Your Negotiating Committee — MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Tracy, Karina Cameron-Fetters, Jake Jones and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

negotiations@alaskamec.org

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Negotiations Update January 5, 2014: Tentative Agreement (TA) Roadshows Agenda

Dear Flight Attendants,

The Tentative Agreement (TA) roadshows agenda is now available on the Tentative Agreement (TA) Information page: http://alaskamec.org/ta/ .

Tentative Agreement (TA ) Roadshows Agenda: http://alaskamec.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Roadshows-Agenda-Overview.pdf

See you on the road beginning tomorrow in Seattle!

In solidarity,

Your Negotiating Committee — MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Tracy, Karina Cameron-Fetters, Jake Jones and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

negotiations@alaskamec.org

Negotiations Update January 4, 2014: Tentative Agreement (TA) Summary Updated [Roadshows Edition]

Dear Flight Attendants,

 

 

The Tentative Agreement (TA) Summary has been updated with further clarifications and additional information.

 

 

AFA ALA TA Summary (v.2014-01-04 FA Roadshows)

 

 

It is posted on the Tentative Agreement (TA) Information page (http://alaskamec.org/ta/) and printed copies will be available at the roadshows as well. An agenda for the roadshow sessions will be finalized and posted tomorrow.

 

 

In solidarity,

 

 

Your Negotiating Committee – MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Tracy, Karina Cameron-Fetters, Jake Jones and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

 

MEC Update January 4, 2014: Final Boarding Call for Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study

Dear Flight Attendants,

 

 

The Master Executive Council (MEC) knows everybody is focused on the Tentative Agreement (TA) and upcoming roadshows right now. However the Harvard Flight Attendant Healthy Study is wrapping up next week (the week of January 6th). Because of this the researchers have asked the MEC to send out a final reminder about the survey.

 

Lead researchers Eileen and Sara thank you for carving out the time during the busy holiday season to participate in the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study. The feedback they have received is very positive. Flight attendants expressed that they were grateful and happy for this research.

 

The Harvard researchers want Flight Attendants to know that they are on a mission to understand how the work you do affects your health over time so that everyone can learn how to prevent problems in the future. Many Flight Attendants voiced that they would like to know the results of the survey; Harvard setup www.fahealth.org just for that purpose. Please check it out.

 

The participation response for the survey thus far is around 33%, which is just short of the participation in 2007 (nearly 50%). The Harvard team will continue to recruit and will be headed to LAX and SFO in the next few months. They are looking to get a high participation rate at those locations. If you see them, please say hello.

 

If you haven’t completed the survey yet, there’s still time. They are wrapping up the survey next week (the week of January 6th). Please follow the link:

 

https://harvard.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_4O5cAMbgQV1B4Cp

 

 

In solidarity,

 

 

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

 

 

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