Al Ball

This Week in Brief

Negotiations Update: Letter of Agreement for Interim Wage Agreement As you know, all other labor groups have benefited from the company’s success due to the merger. This has troubled me just as much as all of you. As your President, I understand we have been losing money every day and this is unacceptable. The Negotiating…

Re: Letter of Agreement for Interim Wage Agreement

All Members: As you know, all other labor groups have benefited from the company’s success due to the merger. This has troubled me just as much as all of you. As your President, I understand we have been losing money every day and this is unacceptable. The Negotiating Committee has made correcting this a priority…

From the Presidents Desk, August 5, 2016

As you may have see, from the August 5th Association update that has been posted, a long awaited pay increase is upon us. I know that there will be many questions. I just drove back from DFW Negotiations late last night and I am meeting with the Local 514 Executive Board this morning at 07:00. As…

Association Update, August 5, 2016

Sisters and Brothers, The TWU-IAM Association today announced we have reached an interim agreement with American Airlines to provide all members industry-leading wage rates, a lump sum payment and retirement improvements. Your committee will continue joint contract negotiations with American to resolve all outstanding issues, including bargaining additional wage and retirement improvements. Association members will…

August 2016 Membership Meeting Changes

The need to offer meetings that are more convenient for our Brothers and Sisters on 4/10’s schedules and to also address President Danker’s ability to chair the meetings during the our hectic Negotiations schedule. We have reviewed the shop start and stop times and put together what we believe will offer the majority of the membership…

Jamaican Independence Day, Saturday August 6

  Bring a Chair, bring your beer and come jam with us for “Jamaican independence celebration” enjoy a taste of the culture, great music, food, and games. Music provided by Kingshine, maestro mix sound (Kansas City) King Liberation (Tulsa Chandler Park 6500 W. 21st Street, Tulsa Oklahoma 12:00 pm till 10:00 pm Come on and…

Shop Stewards Meeting Notice

Shop Steward Meeting Monday, August 8, 2016 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda • Training on Seniority Integration SS Meeting Notice Aug 2016 in PDF

JCBA Negotiations Update July 29, 2016

Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of July 25th at DFW, where we exchanged and discussed the following articles: Training – M&R, MLS, & MCT– We exchanged these proposals again this week and the company continues to refuse to recognize your seniority for selection purposes,…

The Passing of Kevin Crosser

We were just informed of the passing of TWU local 514 member, Kevin Crosser. As we get information we will post it here. Greg Crosser, Kevin’s brother, works in Facilities Maintenance, Boiler Room Shop 2916. Please pray for Kevin and his family in these painful times. Back in August 20, 2009, Kevin had been involved…

From the Presidents desk, July 22. 2016

Brothers and Sisters, It is a great honor to be re-elected President of the Transport Workers Union of America Local 514. Thank you for your confidence in me and for your support. The first term we had many challenges. Challenges that were beyond my expectations and some that were highly emotional. We, as a Union…