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RED Hot Informational Picketing Bidding Reminder

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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Save The Date for More RED Hot Informational Picketing

Mark your calendar and plan to bid Wednesday, November 12 off for our next RED Hot informational picketing event! 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 picketing times for each base will be coming soon!

In Solidarity,

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

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)

August 27 RED Hot Informational Picketing – Sign Up Now!

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 

LAX EAP/Professional Standards Committee Opening. Apply NOW.

Dear LAX Flight Attendants,

Our LAX EAP-Critical Response-Professional Standards Committee has one position open to fill.  Our committee reaches out to flight attendants experiencing stressful personal  & workplace issues.  New committee members are required to attend two initial trainings within the first year on the committee.  The first training will be August 19-20 in Portland Oregon, your expenses & training fees are covered.  Both initial trainings are volunteer hours.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the EAP-CIRP-PS committee, please apply at www.afacwa.org, you will find the application in the EAP section. Once you have completed the application, it will be forward to AFA Alaska EAP.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Jeanne McCleave or Elizabeth Dillon at 949-470-1606.  The deadline for applying is Monday July 7th.

Jeanne McCleave NACA-1,LAP-C, SAP
AFA Alaska Airlines MEC Co-Chair
EAP-CIRP-Professional Standards

Thank you,

Sandra

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