Greetings!
Today, we face yet another uncertainty in our industry. Early
Wednesday morning, a press release was issued indicating ExpressJet has
accepted an agreement from Skywest to purchase ExpressJet and plans to
merge ExpressJet with Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA). Atlantic
Southeast Airlines is currently under the representation of the AFA
which puts ExpressJet flight attendants in a very similar position to
that of Continental flight attendants in the UA/CO merger. I want to once again remind
every member that NOW is our time we must unite and put any differences
we may have to the side in order to secure the future of all of our
flight attendants here at LL2339-N. Whether you work for ExpressJet or
Continental we are all in this together as brothers and sisters in
LL2339 and we look forward to your involvement. The best way to begin
to get involved is by attending your monthly Local Lodge business
meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 3pm at the Renaissance
Hotel.
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  XJT/ASA Merger Update
Just this morning your IAM
representatives
met with the company regarding the ASA/ExpressJet
merger.
As expected there was not much specific information provided
and basically what had already been released in the news was just
reiterated. They have made a commitment to keep the IAM & AW
informed as any updates occur and we make that same commitment to our
membership. We are currently attempting to schedule a meeting with
Skywest to discuss the intentions and implications of this proposed
merger. ExpressJet has agreed to continue contract negotiations as
planned and should be scheduling our first meeting for those
negotiations within the next month. Look for more updates soon and for
more detailed information available at the Local Lodge business meeting August 10th at 3pm at the Renaissance Hotel! |
CAL Negotiation Update
Your CAL Negotiation team is continuing to work hard to reach an
agreement with the company. We will be meeting again from August
16th-27th and plan to dedicate as much of our time that is necessary to
improve the lives of our flight attendants by securing an agreement
that will improve on our already industry leading contract. |
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Sincerely,
E-Board
IAM&AW LL2339N
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