March 6, 2026

Written By AFA Communications

This week, we met in Federal Mediation in Chicago. The parties made substantial progress on all outstanding issues and are very close to a final Tentative Agreement. We are down to several open issues which we anticipate resolving at our next Mediation session in Washington, DC, from March 24th to the 27th. We expect we will be able to reach a complete Tentative Agreement at that session.  

Given the substantial progress towards reaching an agreement, we are postponing our scheduled Membership Action Day on March 19th. We thank everyone for your support in the process to secure the Contract we deserve.

In Solidarity, 

Your Negotiating Committee,
Ken Diaz, MEC President
Melinda Beal, Chairperson
Chris Bruton, Council 9 President
Randy Hatfield, Council 22 President

AFA Communications
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