Last month’s telephone town hall generated an overwhelming number of questions about AMRs bankruptcy. The limited timeframe for the call that evening made it impossible to answer everyone’s questions. In closing, International President James C. Little assured listeners that all questions would be answered as soon as humanly possible. Town Hall Questions 1 of 3…
Month: March 2012
Flex Spending Accounts for 2011
The expiration date for using your 2011 Flexible Spending Account balance is fast approaching. The last date to use all of your 2011 Flexible Spending account is March 15,2012. Remember if you do not use all of your money you will lose it.
Foot Clinic
The Visiting Nurse Association of Tulsa will be starting Foot Care Clinics at the TWU Hall, 11945 E Pine St Tulsa, OK. Clinics will be held on the fourth Wednesday of every month beginning February 22, 2012 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The next clinic will be March 28, 2012. Appointments are required. Please…
Leap Year Rally
TWU Local 514 members, retiree’s, and others from the community participated as part of a nation wide picket at the Tulsa International Airport, Wednesday, February 29th. Several thousands of our members and supporters around the system conducted similar pickets. The purpose of this Rally was two fold: First and foremost was to raise awareness of…
Bankruptcy Update, March 2, 2012
TWU Negotiating Committee Update All title groups continued with the bankruptcy negotiations throughout this week. The goal is clear…mitigate the company’s TWU “ask” of over $390 million, including about 9,000 layoffs. Your Negotiating Team leaders analyze the documents, data and business plans. The various experts retained by TWU, assist them as we bargain at a…
ATD Today March 2, 2012
American Air Pension Battle May Spread American Airlines wants to terminate the pensions of 130,000 workers as part of its bankruptcy proceeding. The move would be good for the company’s balance sheet, but would it be good for America? American’s pension termination would be the largest in U.S. history. The airline wants to end the…
TWU, Local 514 Veterans Committee & Tulsa 66ers Bingo Night
All TWU Veterans are invited to the TWU/Tulsa 66er’s Bingo Night Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm TWU, Local 514 Union Hall 11945 East Pine Street, Tulsa, OK Bingo prizes will be provided by Tulsa 66ers. This is a TWU, Local 514 Veterans Committee project for Veterans. In order to attend, you…
Vets Fight for Jobs They Left Behind
Michael Schutz came back to Truman, Minn., after being deployed to Kuwait with the Navy and expected to strap on his gun belt, refasten his badge and slide back into the police cruiser for the city, where he had worked full time as a cop before he left to serve his country. Instead he…
AMR – Court Update 3/1/2012
The Bankruptcy Court approved the debtors’ applications to retain and employ Skyworks Capital, LLC as an aircraft restructuring advisor, McKinsey Recovery & Transformation Company, Inc. Japan as a management consultant and Boston Consulting Group, Inc as a strategic consultant including to review and streamline the debtors’ management structure. As to Boston Consulting Group, Inc., the…