514 members, I was on a conference call with International representatives Gary Peterson (Local 591 President), Andre Sutton (Local 502 President), and Tony McCoy (Local 513 – International Rep) to discuss this week’s negotiations with American Airlines in DC. Gary Peterson stated they discussed in more detail M&R scope for the base, line and title…
Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines on June 25, 26, & 27 in Washington, DC. The vast majority of these negotiating sessions were spent discussing Scope in a very detailed manner, mainly for the Maintenance and Related group. While Fleet Service Scope was discussed, it was done on a much…
SOURCE DeFazio and Larsen Slam FAA for Deficient Oversight of Foreign Aircraft Repair Stations FAA has ‘flagrantly disregarded’ Congressional mandates to require that foreign repair station workers be screened for drugs and alcohol Washington, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Ranking Member of the…
Monday, June 25, 2018 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM NO 11:30 PM MEETING Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Time: 5:00 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda • Regular Order of Business June 2018 Membership Meetings posting in PDF
514 members, Earlier this week the association executive negotiation team met with American Airlines in JFK. It was reported to me on a conference call today that American Airlines once again did not come with a counter proposal from our economic pass. Nor did they put in writing the details of the proposal you received…
Brothers and Sisters, Association negotiators met with American Airlines Monday and Tuesday this week. The purpose of the meetings was to discuss minor, but important open issues. Some progress was made, but American remains unreasonable by not settling issues they should be able to agree to. The Company’s public statements that they desire to conclude…
Michael J. Quill Scholarship Winners – $4800 (paid out per year for 4 years) Name & Local Sydney Flourre (daughter of Thomas Flourre) 574 Renee Megwa (daughter of Dennis Megwa) 513 Audrey Arias (daughter of Juan Arias) 252 Samantha Samlal (daughter of Praimnath Samlal) 100 Kaitlyn Easington (daughter of Keith Easington Jr.) 100 Alyssa Weber…
Do you know where the planes you fly on are maintained? If you think they are maintained on U.S. soil, by American mechanics, think again! Some planes are fixed and maintained in the United States by certified American mechanics – who are held to the highest standards and strictest federal oversight. But U.S. airlines offshore…
Brothers and Sisters, On behalf of the members of the TWU- IAM Association, we would like to extend our enthusiastic support for the Aircraft Maintenance Offshoring Bill, federal legislation that would support US aircraft maintenance workers. This bill is intended to draw attention to the airline industry- wide trend of offshoring aircraft maintenance. “The TWU-…
Equity Has Finally Arrived Why is the International using two (2) distributions for our equity? The International has been advised to distribute the equity in two (2) distributions. The first distribution will be approximately $55M, the second distribution will be approximately $30M from the funds along with the expected refund from the IRS in the…