TA2024
The Executive Board approved, by unanimous consent, to send the TA to the Membership for a vote. The TA will be released to Members on March 25. More details to follow.
The Process: Negotiations & the Executive Board
In this edition of Catching up with Local 556: Officer and Board Member Election, Worldwide Flight Attendant Day of Action Recaps and Photos, 2023 Bylaws, DRT Awards – Known Issue, Text Messaging, Grievance Team – By the Numbers.
Negotiations Survey Results
Your Negotiating Team greatly appreciates the Members for participating in the February 2024 Negotiating Team Survey. Your level of participation was powerful, and your Negotiating Committee provided these results directly to Southwest Airlines Negotiating Team and our assigned Mediators in our most recent mediation sessions.
Winter Storm Qadir
Winter Storm Qadir will bring very heavy snow and some gusty winds to Colorado, including Denver, through Thursday and possibly Friday. Snowfall is expected to reach 4-6 feet in certain areas. We encourage you to monitor and take orders from local officials seriously, remember safety first.
Happenings with the NMB
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.
Latest Information from NT
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.
