The Transportation Trades Department (TTD), is telling Attorney General Eric Holder to stop blocking the American-US Airways merger. Edward Wytkind, President of the TTD told Holder: Your actions run counter to the interests of employees at these two air carriers . . . we urge the Department of Justice to reconsider its recent filing…
Unions Representing 70,000 American Airlines and US Airways Employees Call for Speedy Trial in Merger Litigation
Charlotte, NC, Euless, TX, Fort Worth, TX, and Washington, DC — Aug. 22, 2013 — The Allied Pilots Association (“APA”), the US Airline Pilots Association (“USAPA”), the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (“APFA”), Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (“AFA”), the Transport Workers Union (“TWU”) and the Communications Workers of America (“CWA”), unions representing 70,000 American Airlines…
Equity Eligibility Notification Deadline Update
We recently extended the deadline when TWU represented employees would receive their eligibility information regarding the Equity Distribution. The prior deadline was set for August 22, 2013. In consultation with the mailing service provider we were advised of literally several hundred discrepancies in mailing addresses due to members retiring, being laid off and relocating which…
Crew Chief Panel letter from Gary Yingst to Mark Easton, 8-21-2013
Re: Crew Chief Panel Dear Mark: I was not able to be at the Crew Chief selection meeting with Tony Bunch. However, I understand it was a productive meeting and the following items were agreed to: Use same 5 board members for all interviews for a particular C/C position All 5 board members will be…
AA Bankruptcy Court Update Aug 21, 2013
The currently proposed plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) is based on a merger between the debtors and US Airways Group, Inc. On August 13, 2013 certain governmental plaintiffs filed a complaint against AMR Corporation and US Airways Group, Inc. under federal antitrust laws to enjoin the proposed merger between the two carries (the “DOJ Complaint”).…
W9 for Equity Stake Taxing
Step by Step.. 1. Go to JetNet, and sign in. 2. Click on the SuperSaver link, and sign in. 3. Click on Common Stock. 4. Once on the Computer Share website, click on “View Account”. 5. Click on “Manage My Account” on the tool bar. 6. Click on Certify online. 7. The screen will appear…
Withdrawal of Election Challenge by the Teamsters at American Airlines, Jame Little
We’re pleased that the Teamsters realized that this raid of TWU members at American Airlines was both wasteful and divisive. Now that we do not have the distraction of an unnecessary campaign among already organized workers, we can redouble our efforts on battling the Department of Justice’s unjustified legal challenge to the proposed merger of…
514 – What’s on the plate
Teamsters pull out of the American Airlines representational drive. See Withdrawl Letter Here Letter from Don Videtich DOJ lawsuit to stop merger Kathy Taylor letter in protest of DOJ Lawsuit Contact Computershare in regards to your W-9 Access it through JP Morgan, Your 401K link. For questions regarding your Employee ServiceDirect account, please contact…
IBT Campaign
All, We have been notified that the Teamsters (IBT) have sent notification to the National Mediation Board (NMB) of their withdrawal of their application to represent the Mechanics of American Airlines. Since the IBT’s initial filing for a representational vote, the TWU has been working diligently in order to protect our Members from an unwarranted raid that…
Letter from Kathy Taylor to Eric Holder – RE: DOJ Lawsuit
The Honorable Eric Holder United States Attorney General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Mr. Attorney General: As a fonner Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and an executive in the transportation industry, I am disappointed by the United States Department of Justice decision to challenge the…