The parties continued to make progress and were granted another day of mediation, which took place on Monday, March 11, and continued through Tuesday, March 12. Our mediators have scheduled an additional day for the parties to meet again. That session will take place on Friday, March 15.
Your Negotiating Committee met all day Monday and into the evening. We resume discussions today with the Southwest Airlines Negotiating Team. As soon as we have an update, we will send out a separate communication. We remain under the National Mediation Board protocol agreement and cannot disclose any further information at this time.
The TWU Officer and Board Member Election is in full swing. Our vendor, Election-America, mailed your secret paper ballots to your home address. We want everyone’s ballot to be counted, in order to do that you must return your prepaid ballot via USPS. If you haven’t done so already, please get those sent in so they are eligible to be counted at the designated location on March 18, 2024 at Noon Central.
It appears Mother Nature has plans to wash all of this pollen away today. Currently, Jacksonville Tower (which controls most of the airflow into and out of Florida) is experiencing intense weather this afternoon and into this evening. We can expect cancellations, and delays our Florida cities, including Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. This tends to cause an effect on the entire operation.
The TWU Officer and Board Member Election is in full swing. Our vendor, Election-America, mailed your secret paper ballots to your home address. We want everyone’s ballot to be counted, in order to do that you must return your prepaid ballot via USPS. If you haven’t done so already, please get those sent in so they are eligible to be counted at the designated location on March 18, 2024 at Noon Central.
