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Your LEC Officers – Stephen Couckuyt, Melanie Buker and Brice McGee
Council 15 July 2014 Newsletter
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Alaska Airlines Master Executive Council
Scheduling Committee Meeting Recap – November 2022
Scheduling Committee On Tuesday, November 22, our AFA Scheduling Committee Chairpersons met to discuss their ongoing work to represent our Flight Attendants and push for improvements in our workplace. Representing you at the meeting were Heather Reier (ANC), Martin Vance Tillou (SEA), Melodie Anderes (PDX), Jaqui Bellenie (SFO), Natalie Codd (LAX), and Kitty Cohen (SAN). […]
Human Rights Committee Meeting Recap – 4th Quarter 2022
On Monday, November 21, our AFA Local Human Rights Committee Chairpersons met to discuss their ongoing activism to build awareness and effect change within our workplace and community. Representing you at the meeting were Matt Cook (ANC), Yan Yan Teague (SEA), Sylvia Newbill (PDX), Melissa Osborne (SFO), and Louise Borras (LAX). Also present were MEC […]
Uniform Committee Meeting Recap – 4th Quarter 2022
Uniform Committee On Tuesday, November 15, our AFA Local Uniform Committee Chairpersons met to discuss their ongoing work to represent our Flight Attendants and push for improvements in our workplace. Representing you at the meeting were Kim Mazzolini (ANC), Dena Heath (SEA), David Jelinek (PDX), Lisa Mueller (SFO), Heather Milner (LAX), and JP Perina (SAN). Also present […]
Be Aware of Sexual Assault
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)/Professional Standards Committee Sexual assault is when someone is sexually touched, coerced, or abused without their consent. Statistics show that every 68 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. It can happen to anyone. Perpetrators can be people you know, but also can be people you don’t know as well. In America, 16% of […]
Inflight Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) Program
Air Safety, Health, & Security Committee (ASHSC) Our AFA Air Safety, Health, & Security Committee (ASHSC) and management regularly review a wide variety of data that allows us to identify and mitigate potential safety risks at our airline, an essential part of the Company’s Safety Management System (SMS). To supplement the safety data generated from […]
Response to the November 18th Inflight Town Hall Webcast
California meal & rest breaks Management’s continued scare tactics and speculative “what-if’s” as put forward during the Inflight Town Hall webcast today regarding California meal & rest breaks are unnecessary and extremely disappointing. Although it is true there are some challenging aspects of compliance with California meal & rest break laws for commercial aviation, AFA […]
ALPA Alaska Approves Tentative Agreement for Pilot Ratification
Master Executive Council (MEC) President Jeffrey Peterson The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Alaska Airlines leadership recently announced they approved a tentative agreement (TA) with Alaska Airlines management for pilot ratification. Click here for the Alaska Airlines Pilots TA Quick Guide (September 2022) > At a quick glance, the TA contains impressive improvements to scope, […]
Masks Are No Longer Required in Airports or Onboard
The CDC and TSA report the federal mask mandate is no longer in effect after today’s court ruling. Additionally, Alaska Airlines management just announced via multiple channels that the mask mandate is lifted effective immediately on all aircraft.
Negotiations News
- Can you clarify insurance premiums in the Insurance Benefits tentative agreement?
- Why isn’t the Negotiating Committee publishing tentative agreements of each section?
- Management has lawyers at the negotiating table – why don’t we?
- Why is the Negotiating Committee working on the “boring but important” stuff first?
- Negotiation Session 4
- Third Negotiation Session
- What impact will the new Alaska pilot contract have on our negotiations?
- There are too many restrictions on trading trips in Open Time – what improvements did we propose to gain more flexibility in our schedules?
- Has AFA United negotiated a starting pay rate of $40? We want that, too!
- We need penalties when management violates our contract, doesn’t follow timelines, or has technical problems!
Recent Posts
- AFA Alaska News in Review – November 25, 2022
- Scheduling Committee Meeting Recap – November 2022
- Human Rights Committee Meeting Recap – 4th Quarter 2022
- AFA Alaska News in Review – November 18, 2022
- Uniform Committee Meeting Recap – 4th Quarter 2022
- Response to the November 18th Inflight Town Hall Webcast
- Be Aware of Sexual Assault
- AFA Alaska News in Review – November 11, 2022
- Inflight Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA) Program
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