Al Ball

Title II Members: Stand-in Stead sign up August 9-10, 2013

To all Title II Employees   As most of you are aware, the reduction in force that started in November 2012 was put on hold until the 2nd quarter 2013. We are currently in the process of finalizing the staffing requirements going forward, but before doing so we wanted to be certain that we mitigate…

Newly Elected Stores Chairman Pat Bax Resigns, August 2, 2013

The Election Committee will be posting Official Notice of the resignation of Chairman of Stores, Pat Bax. Below is the Posting.   NOTICE   Due to the resignation of Pat Bax as Chairman of Stores, a new election will be held. Nominations will be taken for the position of Chairman of Stores at the regularly…

Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines

Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines By Chris Maher | July 30, 2013   The Transport Workers Union has accused the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of forging hundreds of workers’ signatures, amid a fight to represent mechanics at soon-to-be-merged US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines parent AMR Corp. The TWU filed the allegations…

i-Team Committee Update

The I-Team is currently making visits on base and off base sites to give information and answer questions regarding the following items: • Equity distribution – Explaining the current and up to date info. There has been some additional info since the June 13, 2013 meeting. • Pay rate increase of 4.3% when New American…

Prescription Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Drugs

Beginning today smoking cessation prescriptions will be covered by the Core, Standard or Value medical plan options. The cost of the medication is based on which coverage option the person is enrolled in. Additionally, we will be offering the Knock Out Nicotine program. Covered employees and dependents age 18 and over can get the medications at…

AMR Bankruptcy Update – July 30, 2013

Brothers & Sisters, I wanted to give you a short update on the AMR Bankruptcy. The voting deadline for creditors on the Plan of Reorganization ended yesterday and those votes will be counted and verified in the next day or two. We’ll know the unofficial results in the next few days, but the actual court…

Teamsters ask for more time on American Airlines election case after TWU accuses organizers of falsifying signatures

Last week, the Transport Workers Union submitted material to the National Mediation Board alleging that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters had forged signatures to “showing of interest” cards. As a result, the Teamsters – who are seeking to supplant the TWU as bargaining agent for American’s mechanics and related employees – asked the NMB on Tuesday to…

Notice: TWU LTD Plan Paycheck Deductions

Dear Colleague, As a service for TWU members, American Airlines HR Services works with Mutual of Omaha to collect payroll deductions for the TWU Long Term Disability Plan. Unfortunately, we identified that the amounts collected on 2013 paychecks from January through July were incorrect. In most cases, the amounts collected were too low, and we…

AA Bankruptcy Court Update , 7-26-2013

The Court’s July 25, 2013 hearing lasted approximately three hours. Reserves Motion. The Debtors filed a motion seeking to establish the maximum amount of disputed claims to be utilized to establish a reserve for disputed claims under the proposed plan of reorganization and to establish procedures for the objection, estimation, and resolution of such claims.…

TWU514 Election Official results, July 15, 2013

President Dale Danker 570 John Hewitt 431 Steve Luis 258 Kunal Shinde 185 Don Canann 123 James Booker 111 Harry Ashbaugh 101 Ron Ingles 38   Vice President Gary Yingst 677 Ray Wilson 675 Terry Lesperance 433   Secretary Treasurer D’Ann Johnson 734 Mark Bruski 268 Patrick Thornton 264 Shelby Morgan 234 John Carlisle 184…