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***UPDATE 15th April 2012***
Negotiations - Our AFA International Office continues their dialogue with the NMB, to get dates for our next session. The NMB has stated that we can meet outside of mediation, your Compass AFA Negotiations Team is perfectly willing to meet, however, management refuses to meet outside of mediation.
Uniforms - We recommend that you NOT buy any of the new Navy pieces of uniform. There are 11 months left in this transition, many things can happen between now and then. Please see the email we sent to all Compass AFA members on Friday 13th April. If you need any new pieces, please feel free to use the Classified Ad section, link is on the left hand side of the homepage or click here, to see if other FAs have pieces you can have. In our Classified Ad section, we have a Uniform section for you to advertise any pieces you want to sell or buy. In addition, you can post information on our FaceBook group page as well.
401K - We have asked to meet with management regarding the company policy changes to our 401K plan. The changes management made, resulted in a 2% pay cut for those who participate in this plan, with 5 years or less service, and a 3% pay cut for those who participate in this plan, with more than 5 years of service. Management has indicated that this is a negotiations issue and won't meet outside of mediation. As we do not have a CBA at this time, for management to hide behind a facade, is very disappointing. These are company policy changes, not negotiations issues.
We continue in our push to meet with management, we will keep you informed along the way.
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Negotiations Survey Complete - THANK YOU to all who participated. Based on the results of the survey, where you prioritised the improvements needed to get a contract you will ratify, your negotiations team has been working hard at revising the proposals for the Scheduling/Compensation/Insurance sections. Your MEC Office is in discussions with the NMB, via our AFA International Office, to get everyone back to the table. As soon as we hear something, we will let you know. THANK YOU for your continued support.
Keep wearing those AFA pins, displaying bagtags and make sure your co-workers are informed.
TA Voting Results Are In! Press Release can be viewed here.
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The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) Legal Department sent an official complaint to Trans States Holdings and Compass Airlines, and demanded a retraction, regarding the letter sent out by the General Manager of In-Flight on the 6th January, claiming that your Compass AFA Negotiations Committee, "agreed to recommend this Tentative Agreement". AFA-CWA Legal has also strongly advised the company, to desist from interfering with the voting process. Click here for more information.
To view this letter, click here.
Minimum Wage Violations at Compass Airlines, are now in the hands of the AFA-CWA Legal Team. Click here for more information.
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Delta FAs just got raises! 2 percent raise 1-11 years 3 percent for year 12 onwards:
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FACTS:
1) Let us be clear, not one member of your negotiations committee or the MEC, EVER stated to the company or to AFA International or to the mediator, or to our negotiator, that we would recommend this TA for ratification.
2) Mgt also states that there was NO bad faith bargaining. The mediator has the notes as to what transpired, so do we. Let us also be very clear, the company stated that if we resolved the insurance premiums, the 37.5 hours and the duty rig issues, that the company would go to industry standard for ALL of the longevity steps. We resolved those issues and the following morning, the company reneged on going to industry standard for ALL longevity steps. The mediator was furious and even the NMB was notified as to the actions of the company's team at the table. Mediators in other parts of the country, who were with other AFA groups, were also aware later that day, as to what had happened at the Compass bargaining table.
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MINIMUM WAGE VIOLATIONS AT COMPASS
Compass flight attendants have taken action against Compass management’s repeated failures to pay front line first responders a living wage. Several Compass Flight Attendants filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Labor office in Minneapolis, in October, alleging management repeatedly failed to meet the minimum wage provisions established by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Click here for full details.
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COMPASS MEDIATION Q & A
What does it mean we have filed for mediation?
Please click here for information.
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CHECK OUT OUR NEW COMPASS AFA FAN FACEBOOK PAGE! Are you a fan yet?
Be the first to get updates, by joining our networks
Facebook Compass AFA Fan page - www.facebook.com/CompassAFA
FaceBook Group: Association of Flight Attendants – Compass Airlines
Website:www.afacompass.org
Hotline: 1-800-424-2401, press 1, then 294#
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Flight Attendant Union Honors 9-11 Heroes And Reminds Public Of Their Roles As First Responders
Earlier this month the union launched an on-line memorial to the honor the 25 crewmembers who were among the first to alert the world to danger and courageously fought back on September 11, 2001. AFA’s memorial Never Forget may be viewed at www.afacwa.org/neverforget/.
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