The TWU’s push in the first full day of the 2014 Legislative and COPE Conference was to educate and train TWU members to be effective lobbyists on Capitol Hill and back in their home districts. Members heard from Ed Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL), and Global Trade Watch Executive Director Lori Wallach.…
ORD RIFF Notices
ORD has an Inspection Riff going on currently. TULE has some exposure to this on the Juniority list of options. TULE has 6 OSM’s and 8 Cleaners exposed as possible bump options. David Corbit MAY 2014 TI(INSP) RIF REDUCTION VIEW TITLE I REDUCTIONS TITLE…
2014 Legislative Summary
By President Jimmy Curry The 2014 Oklahoma Legislative Session will end today. Corporations have pretty much taken over the State Capitol, as evident by the bills that were passed this year. House Bill 2630 has passed in the house and senate and is now on the Governors’ desk. Despite a valiant effort by many people and…
2014 MJ Quill Scholarship Winners
2014 Winners Are: NAME LOCAL 1. Michele Hilton 100 2. Anna Kapitam 100 3. Michael Tobin 100 4. Destiny Spruill 100 5. Madison Hofmann-Molvich 567 6. Amanda McShane 514 7. Bianca Hernandez 555 8. Amanda Cato 100 9. Danielle John 100 10 Lauren James 514 11. David Ellis 514 12. Tevin Clarke 100 13.…
TWU514’s Smoker usage
Smoker Policy We regret that we we have to establish a policy but the facts are we have had 2 smokers disappear (stolen) and recently had 1 out for 4 weeks. Therefore In order to reserve and borrow a smoker the members who are in good standing of Local 514 will make there reservation through…
Base Overtime Procedures – Effective 5/15/2014
Base Maintenance Overtime Distribution Procedures
757 AIRFRAME OVERHAUL GRIEVANCE
The arbitrator’s awards regarding eligibility for participation in the distribution of equity related to the 757 overhaul outsourcing grievance held that because 757 airframe overhaul were done, or could have been done, at Tulsa, AFW and DWH, employees at those bases who worked on or in direct support of airframe overhaul were eligible to participate…
TWU International – New Hires
FROM: John O’Donnell, Chief of Staff Dear Brothers and Sisters, Since the new International administration took office in September, we have been working on all fronts to strengthen our Union. To this end, we have brought onto the International staff a number of our most seasoned TWU members from across the Divisions. Many of you…
Joint Membership / Shop Steward Meeting – Monday, May 19, 2014
Joint Membership/Shop Steward Meeting Monday, May 19, 2014 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM 11:30 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda • Regular Order of Business Joint Membership SS Meeting Posting in PDF
Death on the Job Report
Workplaces are much safer today than when the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act was passed in 1970, which promised workers in this country the right to a safe job. The job fatality rate has been cut by 81 percent; more than 492,000 workers lives have been saved. But too many workers remain at serious…