Month: February 2013
Your Union: Mechanic to Mechanic…
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More Teamster Baloney
The IBT claims that they do not have any responsibility for all of the work outsourced by UAL to China. They also claim that the handover of 100 aircraft for heavy maintenance in China celebrated by UAL management in the picture we distributed did not happen on their watch. That is baloney. The Teamsters were certified…
Base Maintenance Guidelines Personal Hardship, Change of Shift and Partial Vacation
As a result of our ongoing efforts to ensure the successful implementation of our new work rules and the cost competitiveness of our products, we have recognized that Base Maintenance needed to standardize its guidelines for change of shift (CS) and partial vacation day utilization. The results and clarifications may require significant departures from some…
American Airlines answers other questions about what the merger with US Airways means for American
This is from an article in the Dallas Morning News Here are selected questions and answers as disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. When will the 4.3 percent raise take effect and what will the equity stake be valued at? The 4.3 percent raise will take effect on the date that the…
Teamsters Lack Core Values on Seniority Protection
The Teamsters recently distributed a leaflet bragging about their “core values” when it comes to seniority integration. The Teamsters’ record tells a much different story. As reported on Reuters Legal News (see below), a federal court found that the Teamsters Union and Republic Airlines unlawfully deprived hundreds of former Midwest Airlines flight attendants of their…
AMR answers questions about AMR stock
AMR put these questions and answers on its investor relations page. We put it here unedited. AMR COMMON STOCK Q&As Important note: The brief answers below are provided for informational purposes only and are not intended to be a substitute for a careful review of the relevant documents, which include the merger agreement and support…
Scope Clause Language – TWU Versus The Other Unions
The TWU scope clause (Article I) has changed in the newly ratified September 12, 2012 M&R agreement. While the TWU negotiating committee pushed for maintaining the previous language that kept approximately 90% of maintenance spend in-house (includes TAESL as insourced work), the bankruptcy (BK) process made that an impossibility. Every airline that has gone through…
Comparing The TWU Bankruptcy M&R Agreement To Other Unions
Since November 2011, we have been forced to respond to AMR’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This is obviously not the first time that an airline used bankruptcy to abrogate labor agreements. Managements at United, America West, US Airways, Northwest Airlines, Continental, Frontier, and Delta have all taken labor unions to federal…
President Little Speaks Out on IBT Raid
Dear Brothers and Sisters: I recently sent you an update on the TWU’s efforts to mitigate the impact of bankruptcy on our membership. We continue to work through every means possible to improve wages, benefits scope and opportunities for our members. In the past week alone we were able to gain an additional quarter of…