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Negotiations Update April 25, 2014: AFA Negotiations Online Survey Begins

Dear Flight Attendants,

The second phase of the follow up AFA negotiations survey by Hart Research Associates will begin this afternoon, Friday, April 25th. The first phase was a phone interview, which was capped at a limited number of respondants. The second phase is an online survey.
An email invitation from Hart Research Associates will be sent to all members for which the Master Executive Council (MEC) had an updated email address as of the beginning of the week. In order to prevent duplicate responses, Flight Attendants who completed the phone survey will be excluded.
Important: An individual link to the online survey will be sent in an email invitation by Hart Research Associates. The email address used by Hart for the invitations is FlightAttendantSurvey@hart-research.com. Please ensure this address is in your contact list so that your spam filter does not block the email or place it in your junk folder.
April-May Negotiations Timeline
* Dates are approximate. Following Negotiating Committee appointments, negotiations training for the second round NC is anticipated sometime between the week of April 21 and the next mediation session on May 13.
Week of April 28*: AFA negotiations email survey conducted by Hart Research Associates to be released following completion of the phone survey. Email survey to be live for approximately one week. (*The launch of the online survey was moved up a few days to the Friday of the previous week. However, the bulk of the survey will take place during the week of the 28th.)
Week of May 5: Survey results provided by Hart Research Associates to second round Negotiating Committee
Week of May 12: Round two of mediation begins in Tempe, AZ
May 20: System-wide solidarity action (details to follow)
It is extremely important that your voice be heard. Make sure to complete the survey!
In solidarity,
Your MEC—Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn and Sandra Morrow; and
Your Negotiating Committee—MEC President Jeffrey Peterson, Kristy Stratton, Lisa Pinkston, Jake Jones, Christina Frees and AFA Senior Staff Negotiator Paula Mastrangelo
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