In July 2011, the IAM filed a protest of the Continental/United/CMI Flight Attendant election with the National Mediation Board. By mid-September, the parties had made all of their written submissions to the Board. That is the first step in the process. The Board is now reviewing those submissions and will decide if there is sufficient [...]

 In July, 2011 the Communication Workers of America (CWA) filed charges with the AFL-CIO alleging the IAM violated the AFL-CIO Constitution by posting the election interference charges it filed with the National Mediation Board in the United/Continental/Continental Micronesia Flight Attendant election on a website for Flight Attendants to review. The independent umpire assigned by the [...]

The IAM on September 9, 2011 replied to responses from United/Continental/Continental Micronesia and the CWA-AFA in the investigation of election interference by the CWA and the Carrier. The IAM submission to the National Mediation Board provided additional evidence of CWA election interference and is available for viewing, downloading and printing below. IAM Reply, Part I IAM Reply, [...]

On September 1, 2011 each and every Continental Airlines Flight Attendant received an across-the-board 2.5% pay increase as part of their IAM-negotiated contract. This contract, which was reached in January 2011, also contained retroactive pay for all Flight Attendants back to January 1, 2010. Since ratification of this agreement, Continental Flight Attendants have earned nearly [...]