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        Alaska & Hawaiian MECs Meeting – April 26, 2024

        May 1, 2024 13:00

        Master Executive Council (MEC)

        • On April 26, our AFA International President convened a virtual meeting with the Alaska and Hawaiian Master Executive Councils (MECs).
        • The group met to review progress on the demands set by the MECs’ previous unanimously adopted resolution. While there has been progress, the first demand — an industry-leading AFA Alaska contract — has not been met.
        • The group passed a resolution extending the deadline for determining our support, opposition, or neutrality to the merger. The Alaska and Hawaiian MECs will reconvene the week of May 20th to evaluate conditions and review management’s action/inaction to review our position.

        On April 26, 2024, our International President convened a virtual meeting with the Alaska and Hawaiian Master Executive Councils (MEC). This includes the directly elected Local Council Presidents and MEC officers at each airline. Our AFA professionals from Legal, Collective Bargaining, Government Affairs, and Communications were in attendance to support the elected Flight Attendant representatives.

        The group met to review progress on the demands set by the MECs’ previous unanimously adopted resolution. While there has been progress, the first demand — an industry-leading AFA Alaska contract — has not been met. The group passed a resolution extending the deadline for determining our support, opposition, or neutrality to the merger. Read the full resolution.

        The Alaska and Hawaiian MECs will reconvene the week of May 20th to evaluate conditions and review management’s action/inaction to review our position.

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        Filed Under: AFA News Now, AS/HA Merger, Master Executive Council (MEC) Tagged With: AS/HA Merger

        Comments

        1. Sarah says

          May 3, 2024 at 17:27

          Alaska Airlines as a company has top leading attorneys working for them concerning our award winning contract. Who exactly are our top leading attorneys? We certainly pay monthly for AFA to be able to afford top lawyers. This is an important contract and we need to “battle” on equal footing.

          Respectfully,
          Sarah

          • Brian Palmer (MEC Vice President) says

            May 7, 2024 at 19:15

            Our AFA Staff Negotiator and Staff Attorney are profiled in this post on the Negotiations website: https://contract2022.afaalaska.org/news/introducing-our-afa-staff-negotiator-and-staff-attorney/

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