Nov 2, 2017 | Airlines, Featured, Home, United
Union contracts are protecting paychecks.
While millions of America’s non-union workers are watching their paychecks erode due to ever-increasing health care costs and wage stagnation, IAM Members at our nation’s airlines are prospering.
With wages that are higher than they have ever been, new contracts that make outsourcing almost impossible, and no shortage of profits for carriers, airline workers have never had it better than they do right now.
Many IAM Members at United Airlines are already the very best paid airline workers in their classifications. In December, the IAM Wage Premium will increase even more, as most IAM members at United will begin earning a base rate of more than $30/hour, many of them for the first time.
Although contract negotiations at American are ongoing, insiders are predicting that wages at that airline will remain strong once a Tentative Agreement with IAM Members gets ratified. American Airlines Members, like their counterparts at United, are at the very top of the pay scale already.
These raises are not small. They will deliver millions of dollars in additional wages to IAM141 members. They are helping to negate the inevitable cost of living increases that are eroding the wages of most non-union workers.
The upcoming raises at United will be only the second of six total negotiated raises for covered Union workers at the airline. IAM Members at United will be getting guaranteed raises just like this one for the next four years.
Thanks to these advances, IAM Contracts have dramatically redefined what constitutes a fair market rate for airline work. “Normal” wages for topped out airline workers are now higher than that of most American workers and are not likely to fall anytime soon.
Oct 17, 2017 | Airlines, American, Departments, Home, Safety, United, Video
IAM District 141 Safety Reps from United Airlines and American Airlines met at Chicagos Willis Tower on Monday. The Safety Reps and company management went to discuss the GSAP Safety Program United Airlines uses in cooperation with the FAA and the IAM. American Airlines management went to see how the ERC board works to resolve Safety related issues…This video report from IAM Local 1776 Dennis Spencer gives more detail of the very productive meeting.
Aug 31, 2017 | Featured, Home, United
Please let the Company know you are ok or are in need of help by calling their resource line at 281-553-1164.
Please leave a message containing:
- 1) Your name
- 2) Your United ID number
- 3) That you are safe
If you have a need that you feel they can assist you with, leave them a call back number as well.
Thank you. We continue to pray that you and your families are all safe.
Fraternally yours,
Michael G. Klemm
President and Directing General Chairman
IAMAW District Lodge 141
Jun 28, 2017 | Airlines, Departments, Home, United
Good afternoon DL 141 IAM member,
I learned early this morning from several of our AGC’s that a social media message threatening our members at United Airlines had surfaced. Threats against our members regardless of carrier are taken very seriously by the IAM and all of us at District 141. I immediately had a few AGC’s contact their local authorities while I contacted United Airlines senior management. United Airlines to their credit was on top of the situation and had been in contact with the proper authorities. Law enforcement informed United that this was a non-credible threat.
Fortunately this turned out to be an empty threat. However we should always take these threats seriously. I know that the old saying can sometimes sound simple but it’s important, “If you see something, say something.” Better to be safe than sorry.
In Solidarity,
Michael G. Klemm
President and Directing General Chairman
IAMAW District Lodge 141
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Feb 14, 2017 | Airlines, Home, United |
United Airlines Members to Receive $2.3m in Final Lump Sum Distribution
December 09, 2016
Beginning December 22, over 26,000 IAM members at United Airlines will receive their final lump sum payout.
The total value of the payout is $2.3 million and is the final contractually-required payout of more than a quarter billion dollars in retro and lump sum payments negotiated by District 141 since 2014.
This payout is in addition to base wage rates in IAM contracts that increased this year by an average of 19% and will increase in 2021 to an average of 32%.
Payments will be made on paychecks through the end of December and will be distributed equally to each eligible IAM member.
“Our members deserve everything they receive because they are an integral part of making United successful again,” said District 141 President Mike Klemm. “These payouts are the result of the continued solidarity shown by our members at United.”
The new agreements, reached in April, also provide a 25% increase to IAM members’ National Pension Plan and improvements to their job security.
Feb 13, 2017 | United |
United Bonus Payment Protest Period Ended
July 19, 2016
On Friday, July 15th, the protest period for bonus payments ended.
All IAM-represented members at United Airlines were notified on May 26, 2016 that if they believed there was a discrepancy in the bonus amount received, or that they were omitted from receiving the bonus payment in error, they must submit the discrepancy in writing to District Lodge 141 no later than July 15, 2016.
As part of the IAM-United Airlines limited issue, expedited negotiations each IAM member at United Airlines received a bonus payment of $205 per year of completed service, totaling approximately $100 million. This $100 million was in addition to the $170 million in retroactive and bonus payments received in 2014, totaling more than a quarter of a billion dollars in a little over two years, as well as achieving industry best wage rates as of November 2016 and industry best work protection.
After all protests are processed, any remaining monies will be distributed in equal amounts to the membership. The amount and date of that distribution will be communicated to the membership when we have that information.
