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10/12/2017 There will be a cookout and bake sale fundraiser for injured Piedmont agent Ayxza Barahona! Here are the details: Date: Friday, October 13th, 2017 Location: Gate E4 Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm and 4:00pm – 6:00pm Piedmont agent Ayxza Barahona was severely injured on the ramp on Wednesday, September 15th, 2017. We are asking all Piedmont Airlines Agents and American [Read More..]

10/12/2017 The winning ticket for the toolbox raffle was drawn at today’s regular business meeting at the Local Lodge. The winner was Bill Edmond, AMT in CLT Base Maintenance. The raffle raised $2220.00 for the family of Paul Armstrong. Brother Paul worked on the Line at Charlotte and passed away earlier this year. His family asked that our Local auction [Read More..]

10/06/2017 Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. Negotiations for M&R were focused on the Filling of Vacancies Articles. Tentative Agreements were reached for these classifications the IAM is responsible for: Filling of Vacancies for Quality Assurance Auditors, Technical Documentation Specialists & Planners in the M&R group. Filling of [Read More..]

10/02/2017 Sisters and Brothers: As we continue to disperse disaster relief checks each week for those affected in Texas, Florida and the surrounding areas due to Harvey and Irma, we would like to take a moment to update everyone on the status of assisting our Sisters and Brothers affected by Maria in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. We have thankfully [Read More..]

Victory Lodge 1725 Membership Appreciation Day Saturday October 21st 10:00am – 6:00pm 3727 Rose Lake Dr. Charlotte N.C. 28217 Inflatable bounce houses, slides and obstacle course for the kids! Catered by Jim’N Nicks Bar-B-Q Lunch provided by Victory Lodge 1725 from 11:00am till 3:00pm Free pumpkins for kids, raffles, corn hole & much, much, more ! Open to all Victory Lodge 1725 [Read More..]

09/29/2017 This week in CLT, negotiations were convened under the supervision of the NMB and staff mediator Jack Kane.  Present for the Company were a few new faces on the Company’s negotiating committee including Margaret Soda, VP-Human Resources, Marcus Valentino, who has been hired as the new Director-Labor Relations, and Karl Hanisch, Director of Maintenance.  Your full Union negotiating committee [Read More..]

09/27/2017 Today, the IAM and American Airlines signed a new MOU on the LUS ASAP program.  This new MOU fixes many of the problems we have had with the original ASAP program – most importantly, disciplinary action taken by the company against members who submit an ASAP report. In August, General Chair Sean Ryan advised the company of our intention [Read More..]