C19 Government Affairs Day of Action for Sky Chefs!

April 14, 2017

3:30 pm

Alaska Corporate Headquarters

It has been ruled that Sky Chefs has violated the minimum wage for workers in Seattle and the city of SeaTac has been ordered to pay their workers over $300,000 in back wages. Despite the courts ruling, Sky Chefs has refused to pay their workers. Alaska Airlines chooses to continue to do business with Sky Chefs while knowing that they are under paying their workers.

We are asking Alaska Airlines to step up and tell Sky Chefs to honor their workers and pay them a fair wage!

Join the Rally with workers from Unite Here! Local 8, the Union that represents the workers for Sky Chefs, at 3:30pm on Friday April 14th, 2017, in front of Alaska Airlines Headquarters.

Let’s help tell Alaska Airlines that it shouldn’t do business with companies that don’t pay their workers properly.

Remember, you cannot travel non-revenue to attend this rally and you are not allowed to wear your uniform. If you have an AFA shirt, please feel free to wear that!

Questions? Contact Seattle Government Affairs LEC Chair, Kris Mason

In Solidarity,

Kris Mason

Council 19, SEA, LEC Chair, Government Affairs

christelnhall@gmail.com

C19 Seattle Election Results

The polls closed at 12:00 pm (pst) today

Congratulations to the following Officer-Elects

LEC President: Terry Taylor

LEC Vice President: Jake Jones

LEC Secretary/Treasurer: Adam Clarey

Council Representative: Megan Brown

Council Representative: Melinda Jorge

The certified results will be available on the AFA election website shortly.

The new officer term begins July 1, 2017.

Save the Date(s): Crew Access Info Sessions

Please note the following dates and locations for upcoming Crew Access information sessions.

For this round we added dates at the Alaska Airlines Flight Ops building, in addition to the dates at the base. We hope this provides more options to accommodate your schedules.

To see the list of times on each day and sign up for a classroom session click on the following link:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4babae2fa1f58-crew6

Thank you,

Seattle Scheduling Committee Chair, Martin Vance, and Vice-Chair, Rita Tillou.

Dear Seattle Flight Attendants,

I realize in the past few months Seattle experienced a change in the type of pairings we normally see. I want to thank you for taking the time to email and share your thoughts with your Seattle scheduling committee, the AFA pairings analyst, Karen Ferrell, and me. I am working with Karen to try and balance the flying for all of us. However, Karen is only part of the equation, as we have the company pairing analyst team to reach out to, as well.

I have spent most of this week compiling your emails to share with Andy Schneider, Chad Koehnke, and his pairings team. Also, the MEC is trying to evaluate data from the April runs to see if we can try to enhance the flying for Seattle, ensuring the other bases receive their desired flying, too.

It’s not uncommon to experience months where the flying seems a little off. Part of this is due to aircraft rotation, mid-month schedule changes, and rapid growth over the past few months. However, drastic changes that affect our quality of life, productivity, and financial status should not occur as often as they have been the past few months.

Equitable flying for all flight attendants is the ultimate goal of AFA. With the amount of growth we are experiencing AFA is trying to understand the best way to apply filters for the optimizer and work with multiple influences that affect pairings.

I have sent an email to Andy and Chad with hopes of alerting them to your concerns and the necessity to work with AFA to find a balance of flying for pairings that does not affect Seattle’s quality of life. At a moments notice any base could face, and a few have experienced, a deterioration of the quality of life in their parings and when this happens it’s imperative that AFA evaluate the reasons and work to find solutions.

We need to work together to find a process that ensures flight attendants in all bases can rely on the pairings to provide quality of life, productivity, and most importantly, equality in the type of flying.

I thank you for your patience and support while we work to find a better process.

In solidarity,

Laura Masserant

LEC President, Seattle

Where’s My Ballot?

Please note, AFA International mailed ballots to arrive to your home on or before March 22, 2107. However, based on your individual address, it may take a little longer to receive your balloting information. 

If you DON’T receive your ballot by March 26, 2017 please contact the AFA ballot helpline via the contact information below.

Remember, polls open March 22 and close April 11th at 12:00 (pst) and once you vote you cannot change your ballot.

Credentials for Voting
If you have not received your Voting Instructions by March 26, 2017, please contact the AFA Ballot Helpline at 1-800-424-2401 EXT 706 (press 1 then 706). If the call is not answered, please leave a message. All calls received by 5 pm ET will be returned the same day.

The AFA Ballot Helpline can provide you with a new 16-digit activation code. This will allow you to enter the voting system and cast your vote. The 16-digit code will be sent via email along with instructions for voting via the internet or telephone.

When calling to obtain a new 16-digit activation code please verify your email address and current status with AFA. If you must leave a message, please make sure you leave your name, airline, employee ID & telephone number along with your email address. The email should be in your inbox however be sure to check your spam/junk folder just in case.

In solidarity,

Your LEC Officers