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Arbitration Decision
in the Matter of:
Case #22-99-103-06 - 2%
Daily Domicile Cap
By: Debora Sutor MEC Grievance Chair
Many of you will remember receiving an MEC Grievance
update in which I explained AFA’s position regarding the
above referenced MEC Grievance and asked for your help
in providing examples of the alleged violation. Before I
launch into the details of the arbitration decision, I’d
like to take a moment to thank all of the line Flight
Attendants who provided examples of the alleged
violation and to those who agreed to testify during the
arbitration hearing. Your assistance and your interest
in the issues that affect our workplace is greatly
appreciated.
Click here for more info:
http://www.afaeagle.org/daily_domicile_cap.htm
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Government Affairs Committee
Updates:
Got Union?
Legislate NOT Negotiate!
Let me tell you what your Government Affairs Committees
has been up to, along with YOUR help.
The Omnibus Bill has been signed by the House and
Senate this week. The benefit of this Bill to Flight
Attendants:
Fatigue Funding
- The final bill includes approximately $1 million for
researchers to do a comprehensive study of flight
attendant fatigue. Several years ago, the FAA completed
a small study of flight attendant fatigue and outlined
several other areas that needed further evaluation. We
were successful in getting Congress to provide funding
for the FAA to make this a priority. Now, the FAA will
not be able to claim that they do not have the funds
available to carry out the detailed, comprehensive study
that has been called for by researchers.
Seniority Protections
in Airline Mergers - After working very closely
with Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) over this past year
(Senator McCaskill was strongly supported by AFA and
FlightPAC) to attempt to get these protections
passed into law, we were finally successful in including
this provision in the Omnibus appropriations bill. This
provision requires that in the case of a merger between
two or more airlines, that the workgroups must "fairly
and equitably" integrate the seniority lists. If they
cannot reach an agreement, then it must go to binding
arbitration. This is a fundamental protection that will
help avoid the same situation faced by the TWA flight
attendants, when APFA and American stapled them to the
bottom of the seniority list. As merger and
consolidation mania seems to sweep the industry, our
members can now rest a bit easier knowing that their
seniority is now a bit safer thanks to AFA and Senator
Claire McCaskill.
For More, click here:
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