Over the past six months, as our union and this Local have been fighting in bankruptcy court and in the 1113 process to preserve everything we could for our members, at least two organizations, AMFA and the IBT, have used the opportunity to attack the TWU and try to replace us as the representatives of…
Credited Service
When a participant is eligible to start receiving their pension it is determined by age and years of Retirement Eligibility Service when the employee terminates (see chart below). Credited Service is used to determine the amount of benefit along with the Final Average Salary to the date of plan freeze. When the plan is frozen,…
Eligibility for Retiree Travel Privileges
If your company seniority date is on or before July 31, 1996, you may be eligible for retiree travel privileges when you leave the Company if you have five (5) or more years of company seniority with the Company and have attained at least 55 years of age. If your company seniority date is after…
Prefunding
The prefunding for Maintenance & Related and Stores are still in effect at this time. The indication from the company is that prefunding will cease near the end of the year or possibly earlier. This means that if you were to retire this year, you are entitled to retiree medical until the program is terminated.…
M&R Early Out letter – August 29, 2012
As most of you know we are looking at September 12, 2012 as the date our M&R and Stores agreements are approved by the court. We have been waiting for the Company to finalize their ‘transition’ plan – so we can identify the actual timeline for the movement of work to TUL and DWH and…
Stores Early Out Letter from the ATD – August 29, 2012
As most of you know we are looking at September 12, 2012 as the date our M&R and Stores agreements are approved by the court. We have been waiting for the Company to finalize their ‘transition’ plan – so we can identify the actual timeline for the movement of work to TUL and DWH and…
Shop Stewards Meeting
Date …………………….. Monday, September 10, 2012 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM | 11:45 AM | 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Training The Hierarchy of Controls for Safety Shop Stewards Meeting Bulletin sept 10 – in PDF
Debtors’ Motion in Limine to Limit Scope of Hearing on Renewed 1113 Motion
0n August 23, 2012, the company filed a motion with the bankruptcy court seeking an order to limit the scope of evidence that may presented at the renewed hearing scheduled for September 4, 2012, to reject the collective bargaining agreement with the Allied Pilots Association. The company is seeking to limit evidence only to the…
Rob Wallace GOTV Phone Bank – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Brothers and Sisters, The Northeastern Oklahoma Central Labor Council is sponsoring a Labor to Labor Phone Bank this Saturday (8/25), from 10:00am – 12:00pm, to get the vote out for Rob Wallace for Congress (District 2). The phone bank will be at the Transport Workers Union, 11945 E. Pine, in Tulsa. It is vitally important…
AA Bankruptcy Update
Court Update Today, the debtors (American Airlines) filed a motion seeking court approval and authorization of the recently ratified new collective bargaining agreements (CBA’s) with the TWU Mechanic & Related and Stores employee groups. The agreements reached, came about after an extensive proceeding under section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code, a lot of hard work…