The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today said they are weighing all available options following an election to determine representation rights for more than 24,000 Flight Attendants at the new United Airlines. The election was between the IAM, which represented approximately 9,500 Continental and Continental Micronesia Flight Attendants, and the AFA-CWA, which [...]

It takes only two minutes to vote for the IAM and secure yourself $13,035.60 more than what United’s union negotiated for their members, the ability to choose between retirement income options and the type of democracy that puts important decisions into the hands of Flight Attendants. Hopefully you have voted already, but if not, do [...]

• If you want to earn $13,035.60 (plus incentives) a year more than what was negotiated in the current United Flight Attendant contract, the IAM is your union. • If you want a progressive union that is responsive to its membership, the IAM is your union. • If you want a union that has adapted to a transforming [...]

Question: Does the IAM have a voluntary furlough program in its contract? Answer: Yes. The Continental-IAM agreement has a voluntary furlough program, called COLA, for Company Offered Leave of Absence. A COLA is similar to voluntary furloughs at United. These voluntary leaves of absence allow Flight Attendants to continue receiving the same medical benefits and [...]

Harassing phone calls, shouting at Flight Attendants in airports, violating election rules, suppressing votes, fabricating voting irregularities,  making public statements against their members – this is the campaign the CWA-AFA and their supporters have launched in order to win the election. If you feel threatened by your union, you are in the wrong union. The [...]

Continental Airlines has proposed a crossover flying program where Flight Attendants on a voluntary furlough from United Airlines and Continental Micronesia would be offered an opportunity to work at Continental while maintaining all the rights they have, including rights to recall, at their pre-merger carrier. From the day Continental proposed the program the IAM has [...]

When I was 24 I began working in the airline industry as a Continental Ticket Agent. At 28, I was hired by TWA as an International Flight Purser. Wanting to improve things, I was elected to a Flight Attendant Union Rep position and continued to represent Flight Attendants, full time, until my recent retirement. I [...]

United's current Flight Attendant union this week sent a communication to its members stating they "...discovered an error in the NMB’s processing of some requests for duplicate voting instructions from Flight Attendants with international addresses. We advised the NMB of the issue and the process is being corrected. \" The IAM has contacted the NMB [...]

The IAM has been receiving many questions from United Flight Attendants. Below we answer some of the most frequently asked questions. 1. What type of insurance options will be available if the IAM is elected? Your medical options would not change as a result of the IAM being elected. The IAM will represent over 55,000 [...]

You face a serious choice. The union you select today will affect not only the rest of your working life, but the lives of those people closest to you. Everything — from where you go on vacation, to what kind of house you can aff ord, to how well you educate your children if you [...]