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        You are here: Home / AS/VX Merger / JNC Blog Recap 02.20.2018-03.12.2018

        JNC Blog Recap 02.20.2018-03.12.2018

        March 12, 2018 21:00

        Q&A Only on the JNC Blog

        Please note that in order to facilitate clear communication, the JNC will post only questions and answers on the blog. Opinions and/or comments included in questions will be edited to distill to the basic question(s). Duplicative questions may be condensed into a composite question in order to streamline the posts.

        JNC Blog >

        Blog Post Digest 02.20.2018-03.12.2018

        02.20.2018

        • The ISL, the JCBA and the Merger [misc]
        • Holiday Premium [JCBA]
        • Reduction in Force / Furlough Protections [JCBA]
        • Vacation: No More 1/12th Vacation Reduction [JCBA]
        • Negotiations: Why a Midterm JCBA? [misc.]
        • Healthcare Insurance [JCBA]
        • Negotiations Process [misc.]
        • Negotiations: 401(k) [JCBA]
        • Commuting: Air Commuting [JCBA]

        02.21.2019

        • Disciplinary Eighteen (18) Month Removal [VX]
        • Negotiations: Retro Pay [JCBA]
        • FMLA Lookback for L-VX FAs [VX]
        • Number of Voting FAs [misc]
        • VX “Red-Circled” Pay Rates: GST Transfers [JCBA]
        • “Full Integration” Penalty [VX]
        • ITL Pay [VX]
        • Representation and Pay Rate Disparity [misc]
        • Section 15 [Leaves of Absence]: Four Year MLOAs [JCBA]
        • (More About the) Monthly Parking Stipend – $75 [JCBA]
        • Flight Pay Loss (FPL) Increases for AFA Officers & MEC EAP [JCBA]
        • Seniority [JCBA]
        • Healthcare Insurance 2 [JCBA]
        • The ISL and the Merger [misc]

        02.22.2018

        • Retiree Benefits: 401(k) Vesting and Retiree Pass Privileges [misc]
        • “Every Best Effort” [Merger Agreement]
        • Occupational Seniority “Synch-Up” 2 [AS]
        • Labor Groups and Integration [misc]
        • Healthcare Insurance 3 [JCBA]

        02.23.2018

        • Seniority: Domicile Displacement [JCBA]
        • Commuter Policy: Air Commuting 3 [JCBA]
        • Sick Leave Bank Transition [VX]
        • “Full Implementation” Guarantees / Penalties 3 [VX]

        03.03.2018

        • [L-AS ANCFAs:] Monthly Parking Stipend – $75 [JCBA]
        • Open Time [JCBA]
        • Negotiations: General 2 [misc]
        • Compensation [JCBA]
        • Negotiations: General 3 [JCBA]
        • Reduction in Force / Furlough Protections 2 [JCBA]
        • Recorded Roadshows? [misc]
        • Industry Comparisons: 480 Provisions [misc]
        • Maternity Extension Leave [VX]
        • Union Dues [VX]
        • VX “Red Circled” Pay Rates: Pay Rates vs. Competitive Bidding Seniority [JCBA]
        • Medical Leave and the 480 [JCBA]
        • Industry Comparisons: Per Diem [JCBA]
        • Deadhead Retro Pay [VX]
        • “Full Implementation” Guarantees / Penalties 4 [VX]

        03.12.2018

        • Healthcare Insurance: Premiums 2 [JCBA]
        • Domicile Protections [misc]
        • Transition of ITL to “A” [VX]
        • L-VX ‘Sit Pay’ [VX]
        • L-VX Commuter Policy: Stuff Happens Pass [VX]
        • L-VX Transition to JCBA 480 Provisions [VX]
        • Negotiations: L-VX Integration [misc]
        • Productivity Premium Program (PPP) 2 [JCBA]
        • VX Interim Playbook 2017 [VX]
        • L-AS Retro Pay [AS]
        • L-AS Boeing to Airbus Transition Training [AS]
        • L-AS Work Rules and/or Pay for L-VX FAs? [VX]
        • Healthcare Insurance: Premiums 3 [JCBA]

        You may contact the JNC at jnc@afaalaska.org.

        In Solidarity,

        Your JNC – MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Jennifer Wise MacColl, Jamie Cogen, Lindsey Steele and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo

         

        The roadshow schedule may be found on the Merger TAs & Info page along with other TA-related resources. Any pre-merger Alaska Airlines (pmAS) or pre-merger Virgin America (pmVX) FAs are welcome to attend any and all sessions. Please be aware that only AFA members in good standing may vote on the TA, so it is extremely important that pmAS FAs are current on their dues and pmVX FAs have completed an AFA membership application prior to the vote.

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