Upcoming LEC Officer Elections!

ALA Council 19 SEA

Dear Seattle Flight Attendants,

In addition to voting instructions for the Tentative Agreement (TA), Seattle members are being mailed nomination ballots and information for the upcoming LEC Officer Elections. If you are interested in running for one of the 5 LEC Officer positions (LEC President, LEC Vice President, LEC Secretary-Treasurer, and 2 Council Representatives) and have questions you can contact any of your current Officers or Bob Kenia at AFA International:

afacwa-elections.org/councils/ala-council-19-sea/

In accordance with the Article VIII of the Constitution & Bylaws, all Councils in Category II must nominate and elect officers for the term beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2017. Local Council Officers to be elected will be LEC President, LEC Vice President, LEC Secretary, and 2  Council Representatives.

As a union member, you have the right to nominate candidates for office, to run for office and to cast a secret ballot.

Nominations and elections are governed by procedures outlined in the Association’s Constitution & Bylaws, Article VIII and the AFA Policy Manual.

All nominated candidates who have filed a Commitment to Serve, who received at least two (2) votes and are members in good standing at the time of the count will appear on the election ballot.

Nomination Schedule:

·         Mail date:        1-07-2014  (Voting Instructions and Activation Code are mailed)

·         Polls open:       1-13-2014  (Voting begin online only)

·         Polls close:      2-12-2014  (Nomination ballots are tallied).

 Election Schedule:

·         Mail date:        3-06-2014  (Voting Instructions and Activation Code mailed)

·         Polls open:       3-11-2014  (Voting begins online and by telephone)

·         Polls close:      4-11-2014  (Election ballots are tallied)

Hello Seattle Flight Attendants!

You have received notification of the upcoming Road Shows, but I wanted to offer another chance to remind everyone!

January 6 and 7 Seattle Road Shows:

Where: Central Auditorium- Mezzanine Level of the Airport. Just down the hall from Seattle In-Flight.

When: 9am-12pm and 1pm-5pm both days.

Another round of Road Shows will be held in February – Seattle Dates are:

February 6 and 7

Where: Central Auditorium

When: 9am-12pm and 1pm-5pm both days.

We are doing our best to update emails, but if people are still not receiving updates please remind them that they can always log on to www.alaskamec.org for the latest updates and information.

If you have any questions please refer to any Voice Committee member or your LEC Officers.

Please note that Linda Everett is the new Seattle Voice Chair- Her email address is: leverett@alaskamec.org

We look forward to seeing you next week!

Dear Seattle Flight Attendants,

Please remember that next week Council 19 is hosting Q and A sessions for all Alaska Flight Attendants in the Central Annex Room on the Mezzanine Level- down the hall from in-flight.

These sessions will allow you to ask questions of your Local Officers, Local Committee Chairs, and seek clarification on Negotiation Updates and current contract language.

This is an open house forum and we hope that you take a mintue to stop by and say hi!

December 2, 9-12 and 1-5

December 4, 9-12 and 1-5

December 6, 9-12 and 1-5

Questions? Email or call LEC President Laura Masserant

lmasserant@yahoo.com

360-633-3903

Thank you to all who came out to the base meeting! We had an amazing turn out and we were able to tackle a lot of information. We realize that many of you could not attend and will try to schedule a couple more meetings the first part of December.

I will have the dates for you prior to bidding.

Click on the following for the minutes of the meeting:

Seattle LEC Base Meeting Notes for 10_17_13

Click on the follow for the LEC- Chair Committee Reports:

LEC Committee Reports October 2013

Dear Seattle Flight Attendants,

I want to reach out to you and encourage you to attend the company fall meeting October 8, 2013. Your LEC Officers will be outside the hangar handing out blue AFA t-shirts and AFA pins. If you would like to get a new AFA t-shirt simply send an email with your shirt size (the t-shirts are pre-shrunk and true to size) and mail code to Laura Masserant and I will get a shirt to you before the event.

This is a perfect opportunity to show management that we are a strong, united group and that we are serious about obtaining a solid contract with industry leading wages and work rules.

The negotiation committee heads back to Washington DC the last week of October and we need to send a strong message to management that says, “My Negotiation Committee Speaks for Me!”

In solidarity,

Laura Masserant

LEC President, Seattle

Council 19

AFA-CWA