On September 10, employees of Alaska Airlines will hold a rally to call attention to their ongoing negotiations with Alaska Air Group. The employees are members of the International Association of Machinists Local 2202. They are customer service agents, ramp service agents, reservation sales agents, accounting specialists, mailroom specialists, stores agents, and many others totaling about 5,000 employees in all.

The workers are represented under two collective bargaining agreements with Alaska. These workgroups represent the frontlines of the airline industry but have been historically neglected by Alaska time and time again.



Over the past several years, Alaska Airlines employees have seen the quality and safety of their workplace decline while the cost of housing and goods continue to skyrocket.



Alaska Air Group lobbied against and ultimately sued to prevent Proposition 1, SeaTac’s minimum wage law, from affecting their workforce. Five years later, they still do not pay fifteen dollars an hour to employees starting under either contract because of an exemption in the law.



Additionally, Alaska Air Group has a history of threatening to outsource jobs to scare workers and gain leverage in order to provide lower pay and benefits.



WHAT: Local 2202 Unity Rally

WHEN: Monday, September 10, 2018 // 11 a.m.

WHERE: IAM Local 2202 // 19415 International Blvd Ste 301, SeaTac, Washington 98188

More information is available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1952682955040981/