Month: May 2017

2017 Michael J. Quill Scholarship Winners Announced

Established in 1969, the Quill Scholarship Fund provides 15 scholarships worth $4,800 to college-bound dependents of TWU members. It is paid out per year in the amount of $1,200 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four-year course of study. The money is paid directly to the recipient’s accredited college or university and…

June 2017 Shop Steward Meeting – Monday, June 12

Monday, June 12, 2017 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda • Regular Order of Business • Article 29 – Representation, 29(f) meeting notes • Job continuance at TULE June 2017 Shop Steward meeting Post in PDF

JCBA Negotiations Update, May 26th, 2017

                          Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue                                     Brothers & Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of May 22nd, in Washington D.C. and…

Military Weekend

Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium Military Weekend June 10 & 11th, 2017 Saturday & Sunday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium 3624 N. 74th East Avenue (West of Hwy 169 on 46th St. North) 918-834-9900 https://www.tulsamuseum.org/ Join us in Honoring All Military Veterans during the 100th Anniversary…

Local 514 – Recording Secretary Update, May 23, 2017    

MRO Americas 2017 Pat Kinnamon, Ray Wilson, and I attended MRO Americas 2017.  We attended several sessions including Annual Industry Analysis and Forecast, American Airlines State of the Airline, and The Need for AMT’s. Growing the Next generation.   MRO spend is expected to grow from 67B to 100B worldwide in the next ten years.…

Title I, Chairman’s Update, May 23, 2017

All Here is a short update for Tulsa Base either current or future state. The A321 that was previously scheduled for a C11 check in Tulsa will not be done at Tulsa Base. A sixth 737 line is slated to start this fall at Tulsa Base. AA has not determined which hanger the work will…

9th Circuit affirms lower court decision on equity lawsuit.. May 22, 2017

This just in: Summary The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal of two consolidated actions brought under the Railway Labor Act, alleging a union’s breach of the duty of fair representation in the decision to distribute the proceeds of a bankruptcy settlement to all of its members unevenly. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines,…

Boycott the Companies AMT Day Festivities – Wednesday 5-24-2017

Contract Now

All Local 514 members, It’s Monday morning and I’m headed back to DC to continue the process of negotiating a contract with a company that took holidays away from us in a shared sacrifice campaign we all remember not so many years ago. Also remember “we have to bring two large work forces together recognizing…

Letter from President Danker concerning AMT Day

TO BOYCOTT OR NOT TO BOYCOTT AMT DAY? It takes the effort of every union member in Tulsa to deliver a safe and quality aircraft back to service on time day in and day out.  I am a constant champion of Tulsa’s attention to Safety and Quality.  I express this to upper management every chance…

MLS Update, May 2017

To all MLS/Stock Clerks I’m writing you today to give you a update on what’s happening in Stores/MLS department. The company is in the process of hiring 40 new MLS positions. The openings will be as follows. 1-10 Open positions in Receiving (POSTED NOW) 2- 5 Open positions in HGR 1/2 3- 5 Open positions…