Day: September 1, 2011

Contractually Speaking

Leaves of absences can be found in 3 articles of the TWU/AA contract. The quick and easy is the following chart found at the end of Article 17 “Leaves of Absence”. The other 2 articles are Article 18 “Military Leave” and Article 34 “Sick Leave/Unused Sick Leave” One of the major surprises in leaves of…

Representative Eric Proctor Goes To Bat for TWU Members

Sam Cirri’s press release regarding American Airlines’ plan to move 70 Maintenance Control Technicians (MCT) and 160 related support to Texas caught the eye of Oklahoma House District 77 Representative Eric Proctor. Representative Proctor pledged his support and announced his intent to speak against the move. The Tulsa community has invested millions of tax dollars…