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AFA Alaska eJCBA 2018-2021

The Master Executive Council (MEC) is very pleased to announce the electronic version of the AFA Alaska Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA) 2018-2021 is now available on the AFA Alaska contract page.

Click here for the AFA Alaska eJCBA 2018-2021 >

For those of you who wish to have a print version of the contract, AFA and management are actively finalizing the details in preparation for publication and distribution as soon as possible.

The MEC greatly appreciates Negotiating Committee member Kristy Stratton’s invaluable assistance in optimizing the contract for electronic access and for formatting the print version. We anticipate the prep time for publication to be relatively short.

In Solidarity,

Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Linda Christou, Lisa Pinkston, Terry Taylor, Mario de’Medici, Melissa Osborne, Tim Green and Brice McGee

Merger TA Voting Information

With the upcoming merger tentative agreement (TA) vote, it’s important to exercise your right to cast your ballot.  Please review the information below to ensure that you will be able to receive your ballot in a timely manner and will be eligible to vote.

Voting Timeline

03/13/2018 Ballots mailed to address on file with AFA International
03/16/2018 Polls open/voting begins
04/03/2018 Polls close/voting ends

What Is a Member?

A Flight Attendant must be a member to cast a vote.  If you are a non-member, you can make yourself active by completing a membership application and returning it to AFA Membership Services.  Please contact AFA Membership Services for assistance at (800) 424-2401, option 7.

Pre-merger Alaska Airlines (pmAS) Flight Attendants must also ensure that all membership dues are current and up-to-date.  If you have received an invoice from AFA Membership Service for missed payments, please contact AFA Membership Services to make payment arrangements. Dues payments can also be made online.

How Can I Check To See If I’m a Member?

If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact AFA Membership Services for assistance at (800) 424-2401, option 7.

New Hire Flight Attendants

Pre-merger Alaska Airlines (pmAS) Flight Attendants who have not been employed for 4 full calendar months as of 04/03/2018 are not eligible to vote and cannot make themselves eligible to vote, nor will they receive the voting instructions.  However, if a new hire Flight Attendant has completed 4 full calendar months of employment on or before 04/03/2018 they are eligible to vote during the entire voting period.

Pre-merger Virgin America (pmVX) Flight Attendants do not have a first contract in place and need only complete a membership application to be eligible to vote regardless of date of hire.

Make Sure You Get Your Ballot—Update Your Address

If you’ve recently moved or have a new address, please submit an address update to AFA International using the change of address form at www.afacwa.org/coa.  Please note that updating your address with the company does not automatically update your address with AFA; a separate change of address must be submitted using the link above.

AFA Membership Services will be uploading the roster into the ballot system on or about March 7.  Until then, you may submit an address update via the AFA Membership Services change of address form.  Ballots will be mailed on March 13 and will be sent to the address that was on file with AFA at the time the membership roster was uploaded.

More Information

You can find additional information on the merger TA voting page of the AFA Alaska website.  If you have questions about membership status or voting eligibility, please contact AFA Membership Services at (800) 424-2401, option 7.

In Solidarity,

Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Linda Christou, Lisa Pinkston, Terry Taylor, Mario de’Medici, Melissa Osborne, Tim Green and Brice McGee

Merger Tentative Agreements & Resources

The Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) has prepared the comprehensive full text tentative agreements (TAs) that make up the overall Merger Agreement.

The Merger Agreement is the global ‘umbrella’ document and incorporates all agreements related to the merger by reference. Keep in mind that in order to transition pre-merger Virgin America (pmVX) Flight Attendants onto the pre-merger Alaska Airlines (pmAS) pay, work rules and other contract provisions, some letters of agreement (LOAs) apply only to the pmVX FAs, some apply to only pmAS FAs, and some apply to both. However, all eligible pmAS and pm VX FAs will be voting on the collection of TAs, so you should familiarize yourself with every LOA.

AFA AS-VX Merger TAs & Resources >

Now that the comprehensive full text documents have been posted, the JNC blog will go live shortly.

JNC blog >

Email us at jnc@afaalaska.org for topic suggestions, questions or general feedback.

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 in the February 3, 2018 ”Save the Date: Tentative Merger Agreement Roadshows” membership release. AFA anticipates voting will open shortly after the completion of roadshows in mid-March and will end in early April. 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.

JCBA Payscale Comparisons

AFA has prepared Flight Attendant industry payscale comparisons for the step rates of pay contained in the tentative Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA).

Keep in mind that pre-merger Virgin America (pmVX) Flight Attendants are currently paid in dollars per block-hour ($/block-hour), and pre-merger Alaska Airlines (pmAS) Flight Attendants are paid in dollars per Trips for Pay ($/TFP). Until pmVX FA are completely transitioned to the Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA) and payroll system (estimated March 2019), pmVX FAs will continue to be paid in block-hours in the existing VX system. In order to match the Alaska pay rates (in TFP) in block-hours, one must convert from $/TFP to $/block-hour.

TFP -> block-hour = 1.13 TFP/block-hour

[Note: Industry comparison documents have been updated to reflect the latest JetBlue (B6) pay rates effective January 1, 2018./ jtp 02.16.2018] 

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[pmAS] FA Industry Comps in TFP for AS-VX JCBA 2018-2021 >

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[pmVX] FA Industry Comps in BLOCK HOURS for AS-VX JCBA 2018-2021 >

 

Questions about individual Merger Agreement provisions will be answered once the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) publishes the full text language of the tentative Merger Agreement on Friday (tomorrow). We thank you in advance for your patience.

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 in the February 3, 2018 ”Save the Date: Tentative Merger Agreement Roadshows” membership release. AFA anticipates voting will open shortly after the completion of roadshows in mid-March and will end in early April. 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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