Contract
Download IAM Contract with Hawaiian Airlines Members in Hawaiian Airlines Clerical, Office, Stores, Fleet, and Passenger Service, effective on January 1, 2010, and amendable on December 31, 2013.
Approved!
Large majority of Hawaiian Airlines Members vote to accept
January 18, 2010 — To All IAM District 141 Clerical Members
Congratulations! By a majority vote, the tentative agreement was accepted by the Membership.
Your Negotiating Committee would like to thank all those who participated in the meetings and voting from all locations in the Hawaiian Airlines Inc. system.
We would also like to thank President and General Chairman, Rich Delaney, for his assistance and involvement in making sure that our concerns were in our Members’ best interest and assuring that our International would fully support our tentative agreement.
In addition, Brother Delaney made sure that District Officers were assigned at each of our stations on the west coast, and to all of them, a big mahalo.
To Local Lodge 1979 President, Brian Simmonson, to officers and tellers, we appreciate all of their hard work to make this a successful ratification.
Last but not least, we would like to extend a huge mahalo to the company’s negotiating committee, led by V.P. Operations, Blaine Miyasato and Sr. Director, Janis Bumgardner, for their support, participation and understanding in reaching this agreement. Mahalo!
Your Negotiating Committee —
Jolene Christopherson, Rudy Lacaden, Randy Kauhane
Chief Negotiator Hawaiian Airlines Agreement
Honolulu, Hawaii
Local 1979 Officers
Members look on as Local Lodge officers at Local 1979 are sworn in by Dave Atkinson, District 141 Secretary-Treasurer, on January 11, 2010, at Union Hall, 1934 Hau Street in Honolulu, Hawaii. Local 1979 executive board officers serve three year terms, commencing on the first day of January.
photo, left to right — Richard Kaneko, Trustee; Randy Bengay, Trustee; Marshall Lum, Trustee; Dave Figueira, Conductor Sentinel; John Burwinkel, Recording Secretary; Brian Simonson, President; Jerry Liu, Secretary Treasurer
Kanekop, Bengay, Lum, Figueira, Burwinkel, Simonson, and Lui are all returning officers. Not pictured is Rudy Lacadan, Local 1979’s newly elected Vice President.
Contract Vote
Contract 2010
Contract language has been reviewed and approved by the grand lodge. The next step is for Members at Hawaiian to review the contract and vote on Monday, January 18, 2010.
There are four separate pdf documents for your review.
Meeting Schedule — The first meeting is scheduled for January 7, 2010. This download contains the entire schedule.
Wages — (Hired prior to January 1, 2010)
New Hires — (Hired after January 1, 2010)
You Tube interview
Hawaiian Airlines negotiating team discusses the upcoming tentative agreement with members on this YouTube video. (Large video file; download times vary. If video skips, try allowing additional time for download).
tentative agreement
December 11, 2009 — A tentative agreement between District 141 and Hawaiian Airlines has been reached, and the tentative agreement will be subject to ratification by Members of 141 at Hawaiian Airlines. The official document will be published on this website.
Hawaiian Contract Negotiations
October–November 2009 IAM Negotiations Update
Present at the last session held at Bally’s Las Vegas were Blaine Miyasato, Janis Bumgarner, Jason Yamamoto and Fred Piroute for the company; Gerry McGuckin and Victoria Gray , Federal Mediators; Randy Kauhane, Rudy Lacaden and Jolene Christopherson from your IAM committee.
Download the latest Hawaiian Airlines negotiations update in pdf format.
Sick Time
We discussed the concepts of the Attendance Control Policy and how it is applied to our membership. Since this is something that can be resolved prior to a contract ratification, the mediator asked that we hammer out details in our next session without him present.
We only discussed the principles of the ACP and there is much common ground. The intent is to encourage dependability of workers without interfering with our right to use sick leave for legitimate illness purposes. The union has no problem with the company’s right to question excessive absences when there is suspicion of abuse, but we have no intention of removing the language of the contract declaring that no employee shall be reprimanded for the legitimate use of sick leave. We also agreed that progression on the ACP steps may always be subject to review on a case by case basis with no absolutes and opportunity to be taken off the program will be given when improvement is shown.
Part Time
Most of the remaining week, we tackled a lot of the concepts regarding our regular part-time agents and signed off on many of them. The union position is equal pay for equal work.
In reviewing the contracts for US Air, Alaska and Southwest it was noted that they have no different pay scale for part time and full time. We agree that there should be a progressive longevity pay scale for part time agents. Many examples were explored and computed with the financial officers of the company with proposals and counter proposals.
Full Time
Our other objective for Part time is to assure them a more stable work schedule and if more 8- hour shifts are needed to maintain operations, then the company should create more full time positions. Much of this success depends on the company being able to plan ahead with their scheduling needs.
We discussed an entirely new concept for an entry level on-call system, for new hires only, to satisfy the company’s flexibility needs.
We are writing language to cover the filling of vacancies when transferring from one Part Time classification to another whether it be Regular PT, WPT, MCSR or Contract Services and language to cover the filling of vacancies from Part Time to Full Time. There will also be language to cover breaks and any changes to shift hours.
It is recognized there is a need to add a glossary of definitions of the terms used in the contract such as: work unit, qualified, emergency, etc.
Since the company desires ease of administration, we discussed simpler ways to handle offering overtime to full time agents. There will be no deletion of the overtime equalization system as outlined in 7.8. It is still the intention for FT to be offered overtime before part timers are offered voluntary extended hours.
What’s Next
Next session without the mediator present will be November 9 – 13 in Honolulu. Next session scheduled with the Federal Mediator will be January 26- 29 in Washington D.C.
Fraternally yours, Jolene Christopherson, Negotiation Committee Recording Secretary
September 2009 Hawaiian Airlines IAM-C Negotiations Update from sessions September 8, 9, 10, 11, 2009
Jolene Christopherson — September 25, 2009
To keep the momentum started with our Federal Mediator, your Negotiation Committee met with the company for 4 days this month, September 8, 9, 10 and 11. Present from HAL were Blaine Miyasato, Janis Bumgarner and Jason Yamamoto. IAM-C representatives were Randy Kauhane, AGC District 141, Bob Winner, Local Committee Chairperson, Rudy Lacaden, Negotiation Committee, Jolene Christopherson, Negotiation Committee Recording Secretary.
On the table the whole week was improvements for Regular Part Time agents and what needs to be rewritten specifically for this group. We have discussed vacation accrual and vacation earning, a progressive wage scale, ratios, limits of shifts’ duration, parameters of scheduling, breaks and leaves of absence such as bereavement. The goal is to provide stability for the part time agents with a philosophy of equal pay for equal work. Conceptually, we agree on many Part Time issues.
The second major issue was the Attendance Control Program. The union believes the same policy should be in force for all employees of HAL – non contract, as well as every contract work group. In lieu of that, we have already agreed to eliminate LOA #9 from our red book and make the Attendance Control Program (ACP) part of our contractual agreement. We want consistency at all locations and we want it spelled out. The union has been demanding a copy from HR of the actual company policy in force explaining how it is presently being applied to our members. We have brought it to the company’s attention that an ACP policy is not accessible on HAPeople.com along with the other House Rules and various company policies; recent memos do not suffice. The company conceded that the current HR policy is inaccessible to the IAM-C members affected. They also concede that according to LOA #9 from our present contract, the ACP program must be developed in partnership with the union.
To comply with our requests, Manager Rhonda Matthews met with Bob Winner and Jolene Christopherson on September 28. HR had prepared a rough draft of the present ACP and how it is being executed in regards to our membership. We gave suggestions to clarify but in no way did this session constitute agreement to the present ACP company policy. Once that draft is finalized, it will be ready to negotiate at our next session with the mediator.
Daun Ito gave a presentation for an optional medical plan with a lower premium. This is only considered as long as everyone can remain with the same medical plan they have now; any change is purely optional. She asked that the union consider a new vendor for the optional benefits for easier management and better service to the employees.
Still on the table:
The issue of medical group coverage possibilities for retirees who choose to take a severance package offer.
Different pay scales for anyone hired after the ratification date of this new contract.
The IAM Pension Plan.
Our next session with Gerry McGuckin, Federal Mediator, will be October 5 -9 in Las Vegas.
Fraternally Yours, Jolene Christopherson
September 25, 2009
Update
August 21, 2009
After filing for Federal Mediation, Mr. Gerry McGuckin has been assigned as our mediator for the remainder of negotiations. This is the same mediator assigned to the IAM-M (mechanics) members of HAL.
We met with Mr McGuckin on August 6 and August 7 together with Janis Bumgarner, Blaine Miyasato and Jason Yamamoto representing the company. Mr. McGuckin is one of only 13 mediators under the National Labor Board who deals exclusively with collective bargaining governed by the Railway Labor Act. A Federal Mediator determines when we meet and how long. Only he can decide if the talks have ceased to be productive and impasses cannot be overcome. If no settlement is reached beyond that time, this is when the membership could vote to strike or not. This is many steps away. Hopefully, we can settle before reaching that stage.
Mr McGuckin is currently assigned to 9 ongoing negotiation sessions. His availability is limited and our next session with him is scheduled in Seattle from October 5-9. We are still able to meet without him and have been encouraged to do so. We will meet with the company again from September 8 - 11.
Our mediator's method is to keep a list displayed of all the items we already agree on and put it in writing with signatures. We also post the items still on the table and where each side stands on these issues. We are signing off on basic concepts at this point; we still have to rewrite much of the language so that the intention is conveyed in the contract without confusion.
However, anything signed at this point can still be retracted in order to bargain for something of more importance in a compromise.
Let me reassure all members that your committee is standing firm - there will be no concessionary bargaining. The company is profitable because of us. There will only be recovery of items previously lost and the addition of new improvements.
Our mediator is pushing all of us to move quickly, however, we are being cautious and will proceed with your well being in mind for a fair agreement to be ratified. Our goal is to reach a settlement in the next 6 months, but we intend to take the time to get the best job done.
Fraternally Yours, //Signed// Randy Kauhane, Jolene Christopherson, Rudy Lacaden and Bob Winner
August 12, 2009 Update
Like United, our Members at Hawaiian Airlines have also been assigned a federal mediator for their negotiations.
AGC Randy Kauhane has discussed the IAM’s view of these talks with Mediator, Gerry McGuckin, and talks with the mediator will commence in October.
Until then, both the IAM and HAL negotiators will meet together in an effort to reduce the number of unresolved issues prior to the October meetings.
August 4, 2009 — Negotiations with Hawaiian Airlines have been going on for over a year with no agreement. A Tentative Agreement that was intended to provide more immediate relief for our Members was not ratified earlier this year. Negotiations resumed but it has become apparent to our Negotiating Team that no real progress can be made by continuing to talk to the company without an outside influence.
Therefore, District 141 applied for the assistance of the National Mediation Board. Mediator Gerry McGuckin has been assigned by the Board to our negotiations. Mr. McGuckin has directed both parties to meet with him to begin this process next week. Mediated negotiations will start on August 6th.
This phase of negotiations, outlined in the Railway Labor Act, has no defined time period and will continue as long as Mr. McGuckin believes progress toward an agreement can be made. top | full story
From Your Negotiating Committee
August 2009 HA IAM-C Negotiations Update to Members
Summary of meetings on July 7,8,9,10, 13,20,21,22,23,24
and feedback sessions with members on July 14,15,16,17.
Brothers and Sisters,
Let me begin by telling you how our last round of talks ended. On July 23, we advised the company and our Grand Lodge that we are applying for National Mediation Services after reaching an impasse in the settlement of a fair and equitable agreement for the IAM-clerical members.
There are many items that we do agree on. We agree there must only be improvements and no takeaways. Where we differ is in the amount of improvements. Since the value of every item affects the total package, we are unable to sign off items one at a time. By bringing in the services of an impartial mediator, we hope to receive the most fair disbursement to benefit the greatest number of our membership. We want to break the cycle we have been in since 1983 of settling a generous contract and then be forced into concessions due to bankruptcy or new financial investors.
We realized that we needed to gather more feedback directly from members in order to prioritize our issues. We do not want to present a new contract that brings a NO vote from the members. We took 4 days to personally consult with members in Honolulu and issued an email call for feedback from all the Shop Stewards at other locations.
Armed with this feedback we resumed face to face talks and realized that our major impasses are in the areas of administration of the Attendance Control Program and sick leave and consideration of the IAM Pension Plan and the amount of wage increases.
The ball is rolling quickly now. We meet with our assigned mediator, Gerry McGuckin, from the National Labor Board for the first time on Thursday, August 6, 2009 through Friday, August 7. From here on out, he will control the negotiation schedule. So I will keep you posted.
Fraternally Yours, Negotiation Committee Members
Randy Kauhane, Jolene Christopherson, Rudy Lacaden, Robert Winner
IAM-C June 15 – 19, 2009
During the week of June 15 your committee met with the company representatives Blaine Miyasato and Jason Yamaoto. Janis Bumgarner was unavailable due to her participation in the Pilot’s negotiations now under Federal Mediation.
We began with the company presenting their proposals for changing contract items line by line, we presented ours last session. We realized that we needed to stay focused on major issues to be productive. Once the key items are addressed, the language will follow.
Thanks to the on-line survey results and the open forum meetings with Mark Dunkerley, your committee felt confident in listing the issues that we must resolve and we feel are worth fighting for. There are many common concerns with the company’s issues we are willing to negotiate and which issues are untouchable.
We are clear about no take aways and are making every effort to negotiate the best agreement we can for our entire membership.
The company places value on improvements which give them ease of administration. There was discussion about accrual of sick leave and Attendance Control. They feel it is important that all employees have a stake in when things are going well. We want executive bonuses to be tied to bonuses for our membership.
As a side issue which seems to relate to other problems, there was a brainstorming session on the Overtime List (or lack thereof). We identified problems with some chiefs and members in attendance along with Randy Arnold, and the Negotiating team. We entertained new ideas and approaches.
Sarah Slade and Joanne Hansen from HR are working with Ultipro as an administrative tool for managers to keep the OT list correctly. They went through each aspect of Article 7.8 covering the OT list to make sure they understood how it works. They are conforming the computer program to fit the existing equalization method in the contract. We don’t want to get hung up on this issue in negotiations because the method of distributing OT already agreed upon will work if administered properly.
Next meetings with the company are scheduled for the week of July 20. We will be joined by Samson Po’omaihealani from the Grand Lodge.
Please continue to follow the District 141 website www.iam141.org/Hawaiian to stay informed about your negotiations and what is happening in the transportation industry nationally.
Fraternally Yours, Randy Kauhane, Jolene Christopherson, Rudy Lacaden, Bob Winner
Read existing Hawaiian contract
150 Hawaiian Members Enrolled
District 141’s Hawaiian Airlines Sign Up Drive
Two representatives of District 141 spent the better part of a month traveling the West Coast in an effort to enroll 150 Customer Service Agents from Hawaiian Airlines into the IAMAW. Local 1487 President Joseph Bartz and Local 1287 Secretary Treasurer Allison Leetham visited ten Hawaiian stations in five states to enroll the agents, welcome them into the IAM, answer many questions about their union and show them how they can become involved locally. The pictures are of three stations,Portland, Seattle & San Diego, as they signed their applications for admission. Each of these stations had a 100% enrollment.
