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

Please click on the following link to view the latest edition of Council 19 Connections!

Council 19 Connections September 2013

LEC Officer/Council Representative(2 positions)  Nomination and Election Schedule

In accordance with Article VIII of the Constitution & Bylaws, all Local Councils in Election Category I must nominate and elect officers for the term beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2017 (three year term).  Article IX of the Constitution & Bylaws and Union Voting Procedures (Section IX of the Policy Manual) shall govern nominations and elections.

All active members, regardless of dues standing, with good addresses will be mailed the voting instructions and an activation code for both the nomination and election process. In addition, apprentice members who will be off probation on or before the count date will receive a ballot packet.

Attached you will find the nomination and election schedule for Category II.  For the domestic Councils the process will commence in January 2014 and finish before the Annual Board of Directors meeting in April 2014.

For many of you we are introducing a new ballot company, Votenet Solutions.  This company provides AFA with a high level of security and efficiency at a much lower cost.

NEW for everyone is the electronic nomination process. Members will receive a notice for nominations along with a 16-digit activation code.  This code will allow the member to create a login for that ballot.  Once the member is in the ballot they can search for their candidates by name (first or last) or AFA ID number.

New activation codes are issued for each nomination, election, and contract ratification ballot.

Step-by-step instructions, for both the nomination and election process, can be found on the AFA-CWA Election website www.afacwa-elections.org along with the Category II Election schedule, AFA-CWA Election Handbook, and Commitment to Serve form.

For more information you can contact Bon Kenia, AFA International Office

BKenia@cwa-union.org

CATEGORY II NOMINATION SCH 2014-1

CATEGORY II ELECTION SCH 2014-1

 Dear Seattle Flight Attendant,

Multi-national corporations, the WA Restaurant Association, airline and rental car CEOs have tried everything to keep SeaTac Proposition 1, the Good Jobs Initiative, off this November’s ballot. They even appealed all the way to the WA Supreme Court.

We have good news: this week justice prevailed! In just 5 weeks thousands of SeaTac voters will start receiving their ballots and voting Yes! For SeaTac Proposition 1.  Now SeaTac voters and airport employees need our help.

Click here to endorse Yes! For SeaTac Proposition 1 now.

We’ve already endorsed Yes! For SeaTac as an organization. Can you personally endorse Yes! For SeaTac Proposition1 today? It doesn’t matter if you live in SeaTac or not — you can raise your hand to show your support for more full time jobs and a livable wage in SeaTac.

Click here to endorse now.

You’ll be joining King County Councilmember Julia Patterson, the WA State Firefighters, as well as SeaTac residents, businesses and organizations in supporting paid sick leave, more full-time jobs, tip protection and a livable wage for more than 6,000 hard working men and women at SeaTac airport and big airport hotels. The full endorsement list is here.

SeaTac small businesses are exempt — SeaTac Prop 1 applies to big multi-national corporations making record profits at our airport while paying poverty level wages. More money in the pockets of airport employees means more spending at local businesses, and that means better schools and better services for everyone in SeaTac.

That’s why SeaTac businesses, like the SeaTac Bull Pen Bar & Grill, have already endorsed Yes! For SeaTac Proposition 1

How about you? Add your name now to hundreds of others. It doesn’t matter where you live. We need your endorsement to help pass SeaTac Proposition 1 this fall.

Thank you!