March 28, 2024 -- Throughout the week of March 25, 2024, the parties engaged in continued telephonic negotiations and Zoom conferences in an attempt to regain momentum in a process that has stalled.
March 15, 2024 -- The parties had another productive week of bargaining. On Day 1, AMFA presented opening proposals on Article 3 – Status of Agreement; Article 5 – Covered Classifications and Qualifications; and Article 22 – General and Miscellaneous.
March 14, 2024 -- The votes for the AMFA – Alaska Airlines (AS) Tentative Agreement (TA) Ratification Referendum were tallied on March 14, 2024. Votes for this referendum were counted and certified by ElectionBuddy, and the results are as follows:
February 5, 2024 -- On January 26, 2024, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) advised that WestJet Airlines had filed a Notice of Dispute pursuant to Section 71 of the Canada Labour Code relating to the ongoing contract negotiations between the carrier and its Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AMEs) represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). WestJet filed the notice, without prior consultation with AMFA, after only three negotiation sessions.
February 1, 2024 -- My mom and grandma used to say, “cleanliness is next to godliness.” When those words were spoken, we all knew that we were in trouble. We knew what was to follow; our Saturday was ruined, and we were about to embark on an 8-hour class of cleaning the house, yard, and barn.
March 1, 2024 -- The start of a new year is always exciting to execute our goals while new experiences and relationships await. We are going on the record once again to share that AMFA’s leadership will commit to AMFA’s objective to raise the standards and increase the recognition of our craft/trade in the aviation industry.
October 13, 2023 – After a year of unproductive negotiations with Sun Country Airlines (SCA), the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) has requested that the National Mediation Board (NMB) appoint a federal mediator to oversee the bargaining process.
October 3, 2023 -- The parties met in Minneapolis for a three-day session last week (September 26-28). As you will recall, AMFA presented a cover-to-cover comprehensive proposal to the Company in June. The Company, more than three months later, finally delivered a comprehensive counterproposal on Day 1 of last week’s session. However, the Company’s comprehensive response was, to say the least, underwhelming.
September 26, 2023 -- The parties held a bargaining session, September 12–14, in Dallas , and unfortunately, the Company again arrived unprepared, providing only an initial response to one new article over the course of three days.
August 30, 2023 -- We would like to congratulate you on the one-year mark of AMFA being your craft union representative. You have elected your Spirit Airlines (NKS) negotiation representatives to negotiate your first Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), and the Union and Company have held seven (7) Section 6 negotiation sessions during this one-year period.
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