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Negotiations Update – MEC Reviewing the T/A

Update:  Your Negotiating Committee and Master Executive Council (MEC) are still hard at work.  The MEC decided to continue the meeting through tomorrow evening before releasing more information.  We realize many are anticipating more information this evening, but we ask that you please stand by for an update tomorrow.

In Solidarity,

Your MEC – Jeffrey Peterson, Brian Palmer, Yvette Gesch, Becky Strachan, Laura Masserant, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow and Stephen Couckuyt

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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Agreement In Concept

Dear Flight Attendants,

As you know, a tentative deal – what we are calling an “Agreement in Concept” — has been reached.  This document will remain an Agreement in Concept until it has been presented to and approved by the Master Executive Council (MEC).  Only after MEC approval does it truly become a Tentative Agreement (TA).  At that point, it would be released to the membership for a ratification vote.

Management has stated “voting [is] expected to be complete by December,” which we believe may be a premature estimate.   In the rush of getting TA1 to you last year, it became quite clear that more time could have been spent clarifying and cleaning up the final document.   This time, we are going to be more methodical in our approach and ensure everything is in order before the MEC votes whether or not to accept the agreement.

The Negotiating Committee is working diligently to finalize and then present the agreement to the MEC as quickly as possible.  During this process, we ask for your patience.  We know that you are very anxious to see the details, but you also sent us a strong message during the last round to take the time needed to have complete contract language ready for your consideration.

Although the November 12th Informational Picketing event has been canceled, we still encourage you to wear your RED AFA t-shirts to the upcoming meetings!

Thank you for your support!

In Solidarity,

Your LEC Presidents –Becky Strachan, Cathy Gwynn, Sandra Morrow, Laura Masserant and Stephen Couckuyt

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We’ve Reached an Agreement!!!

After several late nights, long hours and a flurry of activity here in Chicago, management and your Negotiating Committee have reached an agreement in concept.

The next step of the process is the Negotiating Committee will present the agreement to the Master Executive Council (MEC) for approval per the AFA Constitution and Bylaws (C&B). Pending MEC approval, the details of the Tentative Agreement (TA) will be made available to the membership. There is still a fair amount of work to be done and your Negotiating Committee will complete a comprehensive review of the entire TA prior to releasing to the membership.

Thank you to those of you who were planning to bid off for the November solidarity events. At this time, AFA will be canceling the event. Hopefully this will give you enough time to change your bid.

We know you will have a ton of questions, but the Negotiating Committee cannot answer any of them at this time. However, we will get you information as soon as possible.

In solidarity,

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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