UStream video: Click Here The Informational picket starts @ 11:00 and will run for 3 hours! Arrival, @ Tulsa International Airport.. Hello Brothers and Sisters, There will be an informational picket at the Tulsa International Airport, on Wednesday, the 29th of February. We need your participation. It will run from 11:00 AM till 2:00pm. This…
Month: February 2012
Good faith Bargaining?
This is the APFA Update for Feb. 28th… American Airlines continues to make its commitment to busting organized labor on its property crystal clear. Yesterday, the airline’s parent company revealed in its Statement of Financial Affairs an expenditure of nearly $400,000 to a firm that specializes in union busting. American Labor Relations Services, which according…
Interesting tidbits from the AMR/American Airlines bankruptcy case
SOURCE: Dallas News You can find out interesting things in the AMR/American Airlines bankruptcy filings When a company files for Chapter 11 protection under the federal bankruptcy code, it has to disclose a lot of things. That’s true for AMR, American Airlines and the various other subsidiaries. Some of those things are interesting, important or both.…
American paid $12.375 million to advisors/consultants for bankruptcy-related services in the past year
According to the financial statement of American Airlines filed in bankruptcy court on Monday, the carrier paid $12.375 million to nine different advisors and consultant firms related to its bankruptcy filing. The payments were made within the past year immediately prior to its bankruptcy filing made in November. The statement said that these payments were…
AA Restructuring – members effected by reduction..
To all members, It has been a question as of late, Just how many members will be effected by reduction due to the restructuring of AA here in Tulsa. Back on February 1st we received the “ASK” terms from AA. The numbers they were asking for are in that letter. (See Below) To my knowledge…
AMR Bankruptcy Update for February 27, 2012
NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE AMR SAYS NO TO EARLY OUT AS DESIGNED Late Friday AA presented its rationale for rejecting TWU’s proposal for an early out proposal. The Company asserts that the program as designed is too costly. However, AA indicated that it would still review such concepts during the entire 1113 process. An early out program…
Win a pair of OKC Thunder Game tickets!
Ten lucky members will win a pair of tickets to the following game: Saturday, March 10, 2012. In order to win simply go by the Union Hall Office, 11945 East Pine St., Tulsa, and bring a non- perishable item or a monetary donation (all monies will be used for purchasing food)for the community food bank.…
Union Plus Mortgage from Chase Bank
Chase is proud to be the exclusive mortgage provider for the Union Plus Mortgage Program, offering mortgage assistance and exclusive benefits for active and retired union members, their parents and children. Interest-free mortgage assistance loans: These loans from Union Plus cover up to six monthly Chase mortgage payments in the event of unemployment, disability, union-approved…
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AMR Bankruptcy Update for February 24, 2012
TWU Negotiating Committee This week TWU Negotiators started passing first round counter proposals to the company after hours of relentless study, some of it over the past two weekends. All seven work groups drafted proposals for their respective units, responding to AMRs ask of $390 million dollars in cost savings from TWU represented workers. The…