Dec 17, 2018 | Airlines, American, Hawaiian, Home, Philippine, Spirit, United
Union contracts protect paychecks.
While millions of America’s non-union workers watch their take-home pay shrink due to increasing health care costs and wage stagnation, IAM members at our nation’s airlines are prospering.
With wages rising to record levels, new contracts that make outsourcing almost impossible, and no shortage of profits for carriers, unionized airline workers have never had it better than they do right now. Reversing national trends that outsource work, labor agreements are also driving an increase in airline sector hiring. Hundreds of new and insourced employees are being recruited at a rate not seen since before 9/11.
IAM members at United Airlines are the best paid airline workers in their classifications. In December of 2018, the IAM wage premium will increase again, and most IAM members at United will earn a base rate of over $30 per hour, many of them for the first time.
Although contract negotiations at American are ongoing, insiders predict that wages at that airline will remain competitive once a Tentative Agreement is ratified. IAM members at American Airlines, like their counterparts at United, earn top wages already. A major goal of the negotiations in progress at American is to improve on the wage and benefits at United, creating industry leading pay at American and protecting the enviable health care provisions that they already have.
These raises will deliver millions of dollars in additional wages to IAM141 members. The wage increases will help counter the escalating costs of living that are eroding the wages of most non-union workers.
The recent raises at United are only the second of six total negotiated raises for IAM-represented workers at the airline. Under their current agreement, IAM members at United will get guaranteed raises like this one for the next four years.
Thanks to these advances, Machinists Union contracts have dramatically re-defined what constitutes a fair market rate for airline work. “Standard” wages for airline workers at the top of the pay scale are now higher than those of most American workers. And this is not likely to fall anytime soon.
Dec 1, 2018 | Airlines, Airmail, American, Community Service, Departments, EAP, Education, Hawaiian, Home, MNPL, Organizing, Philippine, Safety, Spirit, United
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Nov 1, 2018 | Airlines, Airmail, American, Departments, EAP, Education, Hawaiian, Home, MNPL, Organizing, Philippine, Safety, Spirit, United
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Feb 13, 2017 | Spirit |
IAMAW Members at Spirit Airlines Ratify Their First Complete Contract
June 23, 2016
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today announced that approximately 190 fleet service workers at Spirit Airlines overwhelmingly ratified their first, complete contract today.
An interim agreement covering wages, job security, union security, benefits, and the grievance process / system board of adjustment (arbitration) process was in place, after being ratified in June of 2015. The new, complete Contract also addresses job scope, hours of service & overtime, seniority, uniforms, safety and health, among other things.
The four-year contract runs through June of 2020. Besides providing the group their first, complete collective bargaining agreement, they now have a solid platform to build on.
Our entire Union thanks those members that participated in the station voting process. We especially thank the members of the Negotiating Team for their hard work to bring back an overwhelming endorsement from the members.
District 141 will certify the ratification votes on Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Fraternally,
Mike Klemm
PDGC
District Lodge 141, IAMAW
Feb 13, 2017 | Spirit |
IAM and Spirit Airlines reach a Tentative Agreement
June 07, 2016
The IAM and Spirit Airlines have reached a Tentative Agreement today completing negotiation of their first collective bargaining agreement covering the airline’s Ramp Service Employees, all located at Fort Lauderdale –Hollywood International Airport (“FLL”).
The parties reached an interim agreement in June of 2015 covering wages, job security, union security, benefits, and the grievance process / system board of adjustment (arbitration) process. The new Tentative Agreement also addresses job scope, hours of service & overtime, seniority, uniforms, safety and health, among other things.
The IAM and Spirit Airlines were committed to negotiating a mutually agreeable contract that addresses the needs and concerns of Spirit’s Ramp Service Employees and the airline. The entire IAM negotiations committee unanimously endorses the passage of this Tentative Agreement.
IAM Assistant General Chairman Tony Gibson will be in FLL on June 07, 2016 and Gil Simmons will be in FLL on June 16, 20, & 21, 2016, along with Grand Lodge Rep Joe Stassi, holding informational sessions on the Tentative Agreement.
A Highlight sheet and the full Tentative Agreement are available, with the schedule of meetings, on the IAM District 141 website.
The contract ratification vote will take place Wednesday June 22 from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Thursday June 23 from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm on the FLL airport property to ensure that all Ramp Service Agents will have the opportunity to vote on the negotiated agreement. Both Assistant General Chairmen Tony Gibson and Gil Simmons will be in FLL for the ratification dates of June 22nd and 23rd.
The entire negotiations committee unanimously endorses the passage of this Tentative Agreement.
Spirit Airlines Highlights
Spirit Airlines Tentative Agreement
