INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS, LL2339N APRIL, 2011

FLIGHT LINE
Under Siege: Your Freedom
By David Janousek

Your livelihood is under siege. Everything that you value could IN THIS ISSUE
ripped away from you after this election. This is what you currently Under Siege… 1
hold in your hands: Flexibility, Pension, Democracy, and Wages. You
have the option to keep it and share it with your new friends at United, President’s Message 2
or join them in another decade of disappointment and despair. The
Reserve 3
IAM will never let you fall into the trap of silencing your voice or
restricting your way of life. Even during the concessionary contract, “GO” Bag 3
our wages remained the same while other carriers took severe
cutbacks. The IAM has listened to you, giving you the best "Legacy “Contact…” 4
Carrier" contract to date. They have protected you from furlough,
provided OOPS protections, jetway trades and so much more. It takes
ALL of us, to secure a promising future! This is something I cannot
emphasize enough. Spread the word to our fellow brothers and sisters
and new United friends about how much you value your way of life
here at Continental. Encourage them to vote for the IAM! Flight Line
Wear a union pin, a lanyard, or place a bag tag on your A Monthly Publication
luggage. Help dispel the myths that seem to arise everyday about the President-Joey Guider
IAM and your work rules. We the membership have control over V.P. – Mike Becerra
Editor-Michael Zirulnik
our budget, voting on any actions that will affect our way of life, voting
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on officers at all levels, holding them accountable. After all, the IAM Lodge 2339N
does believe in democracy to the fullest. By now you are tired of all of 2011, All Rights Reserved
this, and we understand completely. We are simply trying to protect
not only our own, but also our new friends at United as well. www.LL23394u.org

_____“The IAM…giving you the best

"Legacy Carrier" contract to date.”_____
For voting purposes, please ensure that your address is up to date with the company on
WWW.COAIR.COM. If you have any concerns/questions or if you would like to get involved
with the IAM UNITED campaign, we would love for you to stop by your union desk in the crew
room. Please visit your local lodge website at: WWW.LL23394U.ORG.
Also, WWW.IAMNOW.ORG is available to you with the most current merger
information. You deserve a future filled with a pension, flexibility, high wages from a union that
listens. Remember: It takes ALL of us to secure a promising future!
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President’s Message
Dear Members,

Our group continues to deal with many obstacles that still have to be
overcome. In March alone, we continue to feel the effects of the tragic
events that sadly took place in Japan. We continue to work with the
IAM’s International Lodge, using our alliances that we have in Japan to
ensure our crew members remain safe. We will be utilizing radiation
censors for crewmembers to detect levels of radiation while in Japan and
on the plane. Please continue reporting any concerns you have with these
flights.

The IAM UNITED campaign continues to reach new levels, as we grow

our involvement among the membership. We will begin this month by
hosting a Reserve Summit at the IAM Education Center in Maryland. The
reserves from both Continental and United will come together to generate creative solutions, forming a
resolution to overhaul the antiquated reserve systems currently in place at both companies.

This merger provides opportunity for us to negotiate with the new United. The IAM will continue
listening before and after decisions are made. On April 1, 2011, the National Mediation Board issued
its ruling on the CWA/AFA filing for single carrier. The ruling was render approved. There will be a
14-day window where another union(s) could seek to gain 35% of the group to be on the ballot. We
will have more information in the coming days after this process is complete. We ask that you
continue talking about and explaining why the IAM way of life is the way to go. It is up to all of us to
be in this fight and come out strong IAM members.

ExpressJet is gearing up for its own organizing campaign in yet another fight against AFA to secure
higher wages, job security, and flexibility that the IAM CBA provides. Negotiations will continue in
Orlando, FL during the month of MAY. Your committee continues to stay focused on what matters
most to you. We also ask for your continued support through this process as we move forward.
Please make sure to utilize your communications committee and have your voice heard.

There is no better time to make sure that your address is updated with your UNION and the Company
as we move forward with these representational elections. Union meetings are the place for you to
come out and gather with fellow workers like yourself so you can better understand everything that is
happening all around you.

Best Wishes,

Joey Guider
President

“Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without

breaking.”
— Mahatma Gandhi—

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Are You Ready Reserve?

By David Janousek & Brandon Maberry
We see you and we hear you. We have all been on reserve at some point in our career, and
understand the challenges you face. Is there anyone who could not notice that you are being
worked to the fullest extent of the contract? NO! Are you ready for a new reserve structure? YES!
And so are we. In the meantime, you should know that we are here for you. Here to lend an ear or
shoulder and more to the point, to address your concerns and needs. We are committed to the
promise of a system that works for reserves as well as line-holders at the new, combined
carrier. Come over to the Union table and just have a chat. If you have specific questions we are
here to answer them as well. But there is something that you must do and that's...KNOW YOUR
CONTRACT! When a discrepancy in the operation occurs, be ready and be able to fully
understand what is happening and have your contract handy. (continued on page 5)

Ready to “GO” Bag

By Charlie Hromjah-Black

As flight attendants, we travel to the far reaches of the world, living out of a suitcase or two.
Often, we are tired and jet lagged when we arrive at our layover hotel. All we want is a shower
and a bed to rest our weary bodies. Do you ever think “what would I do in an emergency?” I had
the experience of arriving in Japan just before the 9.0 earthquake and learned a valuable lesson.
Most households in Japan have a “GO” bag. The bag is
small and holds the necessary supplies to survive for a couple of
days. It is important that it is light and accessible. My
suggestion is that we carry a small foldable, empty bag. When
you arrive at your hotel, count the number of rooms from your
room to the nearest exit excluding the elevators. Once in your
room, put any medicines, ID, passport, money, a change of
underwear, cell phone, toothbrush and flashlight in the bag.
Place this bag next to the door.
If you ever needed to evacuate your hotel room in a
hurry, you will have the most important items ready to go. That
“GO” bag can save you precious time and maybe your life.
FLY SAFE

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Professional Standards
CAL Professional Standards......973 461 6595

XJT Professional Standards......973 618 6375

Conflicts with fellow crewmembers? Try and resolve conflicts onboard the aircraft among
yourselves. If your still not satisfied with the outcome, PLEASE call the Union Professional
Standards Committee first before going to your supervisor and involving the company. Going
through the Professional Standards Committee saves flight attendant’s jobs, salvages relationships
between coworkers and avoids disciplinary action from the company.

Get Involved...Get United

Do you want to lose your voice as a dues paying member? Do you want to lose the strength you
have being represented by the IAMAW? Do you enjoy having the right to vote on where your
dues monies are spent? Join the IAM UNITED Campaign in Newark, NJ. We as a Local Lodge
need to stand behind the IAM and show our support by being visible in the base. If you know of
anyone who is willing to give time to the campaign please pass that information onto Brandon
Maberry-Recording Secretary at BrMaberry@gmail.com. Join the campaign, get
involved, DECLARE YOUR FUTURE!

CAL Grievance Committee Contacts

Joey Guider (Base Chair) – 973.681.0086
Eric Kaufman – 862.755.1891 Shaun McNulty – 973.506.9587

Julie Hill – 973.902.9171 Harrison Owens– 973.461.9361

Garry Weeks – 973.309.4554 www.ll23394u.org

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Are You Ready Reserve?

By David Janousek & Brandon Maberry

( CAL & UAL reserve flight attendants in class at the IAM’s Winpisinger Education Center)

(continued from page 3) This week a Reserve Summit was held at the IAM training facility to
address the concerns of reserves and to generate ideas and plan for negotiating a revised reserve
system with the new United. Our Winpisinger, Education Center in Maryland, is a campus-like
facility supported by the interest from our IAM strike fund.
Five of our Newark based, reserve flight attendants were involved in this event, which
brought together reserve flight attendants from both, Legacy Continental and Legacy United. It
was a collection of reserves throughout the combined system that come together and put in
place an action plan going forward. Nothing will ever completely dissolve reserve life, but
we intend to make it a little easier. All we ask is that you keep an open mind, and educate yourself
about the IAM and your industry-leading contract. We have the chance for a brighter future at the
new UNITED and this will be achieved with the IAM. Let us use this once in a lifetime
opportunity to build the best system in the industry. The IAM is about building a contract that
you want…for flight attendants and by flight attendants! It takes all of us to secure a promising
future! IAM UNITED.

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STAY INFORMED
LL2339N Monthly Business Meeting

Date Time:
May 10, 2011 3pm (eastern)

. STAY INFORMED
June 14, 2011
July 12, 2011 Place:
Aug.9, 2011 EWR Marriott Hotel
Sept. 13, 2011 1 Hotel Road
Oct. 11, 2011 Newark, NJ 07114

In Solidarity…Union Strong

IAMAW—LL2339N
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Newark, New Jersey 07105

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