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Local 33 Update Archives - November 2002
November 26, 2002
This is Steve MacFarlane, president of AMFA Local 33. Today is Tuesday, November 26th at 10:00 a.m. CST.
Ballots have been mailed to your homes for the purpose of electing a new local president, an airline representative and three auditors. If you have not received a ballot, or you have spoiled your ballot, contact the local office at . All ballots must be at the post office by December 16th at 8:00 a.m. in order to be counted.
If you currently have recall rights to a station and you want to maintain those rights you must file a new recall notice with the NWA Bid Desk in the month of December. Refer to Article 11.7 (C) for full details regarding your recall rights. If you fail to file a new recall notice in December you will forfeit your recall rights.
In spite of the challenges that face our industry today there are still many things in our lives to be thankful for. Please take a moment this Thanksgiving Holiday to consider how truly fortunate we are to live in this great country.
November 21, 2002
This is Steve MacFarlane, president of AMFA Local 33. Today is Thursday, November 21st at 1:50 p.m. CST.
November 22, 2002 is the last day to make your choices for medical, dental, and flexsaver benefits. You can enroll via telephone at 1-877-NWA-NROL or via the www.nwapeople.com website. There will be no grace period or time extension. Sixty-eight percent of the AMFA membership has not enrolled as of this date and time.
With the closing of the ATL maintenance base hundreds, perhaps thousands, of AMFA members will be forced to exercise their seniority rights. Local 33 has stated many times that we intend to do everything we can for the ATL members. I want to make it clear that while the ATL members have been our focus they are not our only concern. Any AMFA member that is relocating to MSP will receive our full support and assistance. We know that the bumping will be an on going process for the months to come and we are prepared to welcome all comers regardless of your station of origin.
November 18, 2002
This is Steve MacFarlane, president of AMFA Local 33 . Today is Monday, November 18th at 11:45 a.m. CDT.
The November Local 33 business meetings will be held tomorrow, November 19th. Please note that the members attending last month's 2nd shift meeting voted to change their meeting start time from 11:45 PM to 11:30 PM. The business meeting start times are now 7:15 AM, 3:45 PM and 11:30 PM. The Local 33 meeting hall is located at 7801 Metro Parkway, Suite 200, Bloomington, which is directly across 494 from NWA Building C.
The nomination period for the positions of Area Representatives and Shop Committee members will be closing at the conclusion of the 2nd shift business meeting. For more information, please see the official postings in the AMFA bulletin boards or on the AMFA Local 33 web site (amfa33.org).
The medical, dental, and Flexsaver open enrollment period closes at 11:59 PM on Friday, November 22nd. You can enroll by telephone by calling 1-877-NWA-NROL or by using the internet by going to www.nwapeople.com. There is no grace period so you must enroll by the deadline.
November 11, 2002
This is Steve MacFarlane, president of AMFA Local 33. Today is Monday, November 11th, at 4:30 p.m. CDT.
Open enrollment for medical, dental, and flexsaver benefits opened Monday, October 28th and will close Friday, November 22nd. If you have not enrolled yet you only have eleven days remaining to do so. To enroll via telephone call 1-877-NWA-NROL. To enroll via the Internet go to www.nwapeople.com where you will find a link to the enrollment site. There is no grace period for open enrollment and failure to enroll by 11:59 p.m. CDT on November 22 may result in unwanted changes to your benefits. You can avoid this by taking the time to enroll today.
A relocation help pad has been created and is currently available on our website (https://amfa33.org/ms/relocation/relocation_please_read.htm). This site will be updated regularly as we receive additional information. If you have information you would like to see on this website contact Pat Calkins, AMFA Local 33's webmaster at .
Nominations are currently open for all nine Area Representative positions and three of the nine positions on the Shop Committees. Nomination forms are available in the committee offices and at the Local 33 office. Nominations close at the conclusion of the second shift business meeting on November 19th.
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