5.20.24 – Negotiations Update #54: Bargaining Moves To Washington, D.C.

This week, your negotiating committee heads to Washington, D.C., for intensive mediation in the offices of the National Mediation Board. The mediation sessions take place Thursday and Friday of this week and Tuesday to Friday next week.

1.19.24 – Negotiations Update #47: Mediation Release Request

This week, APFA National President Julie Hedrick submitted a request to the National Mediation Board (NMB) stating that contract negotiations are at an impasse and Flight Attendants should be free to strike American Airlines.

1.16.24 – Negotiations Update #46: Bargaining Update

On November 20th, APFA submitted a request to the National Mediation Board (NMB) to be released into 30-day cooling-off period. The NMB did not approve our request and ordered the parties to continue mediated talks.

9.19.23 – Negotiations Update #34- Where We Are/Next Steps/Video Message

With our 99.47% strike vote in hand, we are heading back into federal mediation this week. We plan to present management with a comprehensive counterproposal that will address the remaining priority open issues.

9.13.23 – Negotiations Update #33- Management Returns Economic Proposal

We received management’s initial economic proposal at our last federally mediated session. As part of our transparent negotiations, we are including details of the proposal in this hotline.

9.06.23 – Negotiations Update #32

We made some movement in our last two mediated bargaining talks. Our meetings in DFW this week are September 6th-8th. As indicated previously, management has committed to providing us with an economic proposal this week.

8.02.23 – Negotiations Update #29: Management’s Proposed Concessions In Section 10: Scheduling

American Airlines Management is proposing concessions in scheduling which would significantly undermine our working conditions. We have been very clear at the bargaining table that we will not agree to concessions. These proposals are unacceptable.

7.23.23 – Negotiations Update #28: Illegal Self-Help Tactics

As negotiations intensify, we must be careful on social media about how we talk about negotiations and how to pressure the Company. Under the Railway Labor Act, we cannot engage in “self-help” until the National Mediation Board releases us following a thirty-day cooling-off period.

7.21.23 – Negotiations Update #27

Your negotiations team met the week of July 11th -13th in DFW in our second week of mediated bargaining. As we previously reported, at our first mediated session, we made some headway. At this session, progress ground to a halt.

7.19.23 – Video Update: What is a Strike Authorization Vote?

This week, the APFA Board of Directors unanimously authorized your APFA Negotiating Committee to conduct a strike authorization vote. The strike authorization vote will open on July 28th and will close on August 29th

7.18.23 – An Important Video Message From Your National President: July 18, 2023

A Message From Your National President Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Yesterday the APFA Board of Directors, comprised of your Base Presidents, unanimously voted to conduct a strike authorization vote. It’s time…

7.17.23 – An Important Video Update From Your Negotiating Committee: July 17, 2023

After passing all sections of the Contract and entering federal mediation, your APFA Negotiating Committee recommends that your APFA Board of Directors approve a strike authorization vote (SAV) by the Membership.

7.14.23 – Negotiations Update #26

In an important milestone in our push to win an industry-leading contract for Flight Attendants, we held our first bargaining sessions with federal mediators from the National Mediation Board during the last week of June.

6.15.23 – Negotiations Update #25

After a briefing with your APFA Base Presidents, your Negotiating Committee passed a reserve proposal to the company intending to lower the number of years Flight Attendants are required to serve reserve.

5.04.23 – Negotiations Update #24

We are scheduled to meet with the company two weeks every month through September and will be joined by the mediator for fifteen of those sessions. In April, we continued bargaining with the company to work on the outstanding issues in Section 10-Scheduling and Section 12-Reserve.

4.14.23 – Negotiations Update #23

Thank you to everyone every who joined us on the picket line throughout the system on April 4th. The “We Are Ready!” luggage tags are in the mail to each Flight Attendant’s address on file with APFA.

3.09.23 – Negotiations Update #22- Economic Proposal

On Tuesday, March 7th, your APFA Negotiating Committee presented an economic proposal to the company. Our comprehensive economic proposal includes all remaining sections of the agreement including Compensation, Expenses, Vacation, Sick Leave, Insurance, Retirement, Other Benefits, Training, and Profit Sharing

3.04.23 – Negotiations Update #21

We bargained with the Company in January and February. During these sessions, the company and APFA exchanged updated proposals on Section 10- Scheduling and Section 12– Reserve.

3.03.23 – APFA Files for Federal Mediation

Today, APFA filed for federal mediation in our contract talks. As we previously discussed, federal mediation is part of the process for reaching an agreement under the Railway Labor Act.

2.22.23 – Negotiations Update: Our Next Steps in Bargaining

We are entering a critical period of our bargaining for a new contract. We have bargained over all the non-economic sections of the agreement and will soon pass our economic proposals across the table.

12.28.22 – Negotiations Update #20

Negotiations continued in November and December. During these sessions, the company and APFA exchanged updated proposals on Section 10- Scheduling. APFA also passed our opening proposal on Section 12 – Reserve.

11.10.22 – Negotiations Update #19

During these sessions, the company and APFA exchanged updated proposals on Section 10- Scheduling. APFA also passed our opening proposal on Section 12 – Reserve.

9.17.22 – Negotiations Update #18

During this session, the Company passed its third version of Section 10 – Scheduling, which contained both rejections of our proposed items and substantive changes that are eye-opening to say the least.

8.20.22 – Negotiations Update #17

Saturday, August 20, 2022 Negotiations Update #17 Negotiations continued in DFW on August 10th and 11th. During these sessions, we furthered discussions on Section 10 – Scheduling. As mentioned in the…

8.13.22 – Negotiations Update #16

Saturday, August 13, 2022 Negotiations Update #16 Negotiations continued in DFW on July 19th and 21st and this week. During these sessions, we furthered discussions on Section 10 – Scheduling. As mentioned…

7.08.22 – Negotiations Update #15

Friday, July 8, 2022 Negotiations Update #15 Negotiations continued in DFW on June 7th-9th and June 28th and 29th. During these sessions, we continued discussions with Management on Section 11-Hours…

5.31.22 – Negotiations Update #14 – JCBA Sections 30 and 31

One of the key subjects of bargaining over the last several months has been the broken grievance and arbitration procedures at American Airlines. The problems are clear: contract issues not getting resolved at the local level, and a grievance and arbitrator procedure that leaves important issues unresolved.

5.28.22 – Negotiations Update #13

We continued discussions with Management on Section 14- International Flying, Section 11-Hours of Service, Section 30- Dispute Resolution and Grievance Procedure, and Section 31 – System Board of Adjustment. This week we reached an agreement on three items Hours of Service: standby duty day limitations, ODAN duty day limitations, and voluntary extension (VE).

5.14.22 – Negotiations Update #12

During this session, we continued discussion with the company on Section 14- International Flying. We also opened and passed a proposal on Section 11-Hours of Service. In the International Section, the Company is proposing to be able to reduce IPD rest down to ten hours in actual operations. Currently, the Company must provide 14 hours of rest on IPD layovers, which cannot be reduced.

4.20.22 – Negotiations Update #11

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Negotiations Update #11 Negotiations continued in DFW on April 4th-7th. During this session, we continued discussion on Section 8-Vacation, Section 9-Sick Leave, Section 15-Foreign Language Speaker,…

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