Status This Week
No written Piedmont bargaining update dated during the 2026.09.12–2026.09.18 reporting window was located. The public newsletter archive continued to show August briefing notices as its newest negotiations-related entries.
Contract timing: Public CWA-AFA sources support 2026.03.02 as a working amendable-date marker from the reported four-year term and March 2 contract anniversary, although the formal duration clause was not located. As of 2026.09.18, 6 months and 16 days—200 days—had elapsed beyond that marker. The 2025.11.17 opener was 10 months and 1 day—305 days—before this report.
Process Signals
- The last detailed written update located reported fifteen tentatively agreed sections. CrewSignal continues that count rather than infer additional agreements from a briefing notice or an undocumented session.
- The NMB weekly report did not identify a Piedmont mediation docket, reassignment, ratification or closure. Piedmont remains publicly classified as direct negotiations.
- The lack of a durable late-August or September recap prevents members from seeing which party owes proposals, whether major economic sections have opened and whether the early tentative-agreement pace continued.
CrewSignal Assessment
Two hundred days beyond the working marker is comparatively short, and fifteen reported tentative agreements remain a positive process signal. This is the stage at which CWA-AFA’s pooled expertise should preserve momentum and keep the case from becoming a multi-year negotiation.
The weakest part of the Piedmont record is current reporting. A multi-carrier union can reasonably protect bargaining strategy while still publishing section counts, responsibility for counters and the next session timetable.
Notable Public References
- National Mediation Board Weekly Activity Report, September 14–18, 2026 — View →
- Piedmont Flight Attendants Ratify Four-Year Agreement — View →
- Piedmont 2022 Contract Date-of-Signing FAQ — View →
- Piedmont CWA-AFA Opening Proposal, November 17, 2025 — View →
- Piedmont CWA-AFA Negotiations Page — View →
- Piedmont CWA-AFA Newsletter Archive — View →
- Piedmont CWA-AFA July Negotiations Update — View →