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Status Summary
Alaska / Hawaiian’s week ending June 5, 2026 was more notable for labor-side JCBA movement than for a new carrier-side integration milestone. On June 5, CWA-AFA Alaska + Hawaiian said its Joint Negotiating Committee met with management from June 2 to June 4 in Seattle, reached a tentative agreement on Section 37 covering Temporary Duty Assignments, and continued substantive discussions on vacations, sick leave, and jumpseat / pass-privilege language.
For CrewSignal’s The public company record still has not produced a matching breakthrough announcement, ratification timetable, or new representation resolution in the exact week. Alaska’s 2025 annual report and first-quarter 2026 supplemental materials continue to say JCBA work is ongoing across the represented groups, while the combined technicians and related workgroup still has not started JCBA bargaining because the representation issue remains unresolved.
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- CWA-AFA said the Joint Negotiating Committee met with management from June 2 to June 4 in Seattle and scheduled its next formal session for June 30 to July 3.
- CWA-AFA reported a tentative agreement on new Section 37 (Temporary Duty Assignments), describing it as language primarily built from the Hawaiian contract with additional protections drawn from other flight-attendant agreements.
- CWA-AFA said the Alaska flight-attendant contract is being used as the base language framework for the joint contract, with provisions from both Alaska and Hawaiian reviewed section by section.
- CWA-AFA said the parties exchanged proposals on vacations, sick leave, and jumpseat / pass-privileges language and that significant differences remain on some sections.
- IAM District 142’s latest public Alaska / Hawaiian JCBA bulletin, issued May 12, said the joint COPS / RSSA / COSFP negotiating team reached a tentative agreement on the Home Agents article, exchanged proposals on several others, and expected to return to the table the week of June 8.
- Alaska’s 2025 annual report says the company has begun JCBA negotiations for each represented Alaska / Hawaiian workgroup except the combined technicians and related workgroup, where the representation question remains unresolved.
- Alaska’s first-quarter 2026 supplemental materials still list joint collective bargaining agreements as an on-track integration milestone in the 2025–2027 window and say joint collective bargaining negotiations with union groups remain ongoing.
- The latest company news flow reviewed for the exact week centered on loyalty, guest-experience, and governance items rather than a fresh carrier-issued JCBA milestone.
CrewSignal Watch Points
- Watch whether June’s union-side article-level progress turns into the first company-side or SEC-visible JCBA sequencing update by workgroup.
- Watch whether the unresolved technicians representation question moves, because Alaska’s own filings continue to identify that as the main hold on one JCBA track.
- Watch whether the late-June CWA-AFA session or the next IAM session produces a broader tentative-agreement pattern rather than isolated article progress.
Notable Public References
- Joint Contract Negotiations Session 15 – June 2026 (June 5, 2026) — View →
- IAM / Alaska Airlines COPS, RSSA – Hawaiian Airlines COSFP – JCBA Negotiations Update (May 12, 2026) — View →
- 2025 Annual Report — Alaska Air Group (filed Mar. 31, 2026) — View →
- ALK supplemental 1Q26 presentation showing JCBA negotiations remain ongoing (Apr. 20, 2026) — View →
- Alaska Air Group News Hub (reviewed Jun. 6, 2026) — View →