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IAM/Southwest Airlines Tentative Agreement Station Visits Schedule

October 28, 2022 Dear Sisters and Brothers: The schedule for station visits has now been set for the new tentative agreement between the IAM and Southwest Airlines. Over the course of the next few weeks, your IAM District Lodge 142 Representatives will be visiting each location to explain the changes to the Collective Bargaining Agreement […]

IAM/PSA Airlines 2022 Negotiations Update

September 29, 2022 POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS Dear Sisters and Brothers: Negotiations resumed this week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the Union and Company conducting the meetings virtually. Your entire negotiating committee was present as was the Company’s. We may conduct one additional meeting virtually before reverting to in-person meetings again. The […]

IAM/Southwest Airlines Contract Ratification Update

May 27, 2022 Dear Sisters and Brothers: Assuring to keep you, the dedicated membership, informed, engaged and participating in the ongoing work of the campaign to secure a Collective Bargaining Agreement that will uphold and strengthen the fight for dignity and respect for our families through the labor of our workers, we are planning the […]

Southwest Airlines Members Reject Agreement

May 7, 2022 Sisters and Brothers, Our members have spoken and the contract was rejected with an overwhelming majority vote to authorize the union to strike. We would like to thank everyone who voted and your Negotiating Committee for their hard work during this process. Your leadership will be meeting in the coming days to […]

Southwest Airlines (WN) Ratification Vote

April 28, 2022 Via Email and Posting on All – IAM Bulletin Boards, IAM Websites (Do Not Use Company Equipment for Printing) The IAM/Southwest Airlines CBA Tentative Agreement Ratification Vote will be held electronically only. No member will be going to voting polls in-person.  There will be no Local Lodge polls open. Members eligible to […]

Negotiations Continue in Houston

April 16, 2022 This week, the IAM District 141 Negotiations Committee and United Airlines continued negotiations in Houston, Texas. Both parties exchanged proposals and responded to open items regarding issues in Articles 1, 4, and 10 in the collective bargaining agreements. While we hoped to be much further along in this expedited negotiations process, we […]

IAM / Southwest Airlines TA Informational Meetings Changes and Additions

April 14, 2022 Brothers and Sisters: Your Negotiating Committee and Stewards from across the USA continue to visit locations on the Southwest Airlines system. These Informational Meetings provide an opportunity for you to ask questions and get answers regarding the Tentative Agreement (TA) reached between District Lodge 142 and Southwest Airlines. Please take note of the following changes and […]

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IAM / PSA Airlines 2022 Negotiations Update

April 8, 2022 Dear Sisters and Brothers:Negotiations resumed this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with in-person meetings taking place at the Local Lodge 1725 facility in CLT (Charlotte). The full committees for the Union and the Company were present at this meeting. With the pace we have had thus far, it has allowed to us […]

IAM/Southwest Airlines TA Road Show FAQ

Dear Brothers and Sisters: As your Union representatives are working diligently to assist you with understanding the vital information contained within the IAMAW/Southwest Airlines TA, we wanted to share some questions from the voices of the membership.  The questions below may be info you, too, may have wanted to ask. 1Q. Are there any protections […]