President: I traveled to Dallas this week to meet with TWU International Maintenance and Related Representative Rollie Reaves and Local 591 President Gary Schaible. We discussed several contractual issues and prioritized the order of our Presidential grievances that Rollie will submit, along with the IAM’s signature, to the Company and to set Arbitration dates. At…
Local 514 members are in competition.The competition is held annually in conjunction with Aviation Week Network’s MRO Americas. The 2023 event is taking place at the at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Teams representing educational institutions, commercial airlines, repair and manufacturing companies, general aviation and space compete to learn from one another and find…
Letters have been delivered to our members this month, It looks as though Hillcrest is dropping from the In-Network position as of May 1st, 2023. Please call Accolade at 833-346-3929 or Visit Accolade portal via my.aa.com with your questions. UPDATED INFORMATION HERE on April 26, 2023 Notice of Potential Termination – Hospital may no longer…
President: It has been another busy week for all of us. A few weeks have passed since Rollie Reeves and Gary Schaible and I were in DC lobbying. Below is a letter on some of the work we did. Dear Acting Administrator Nolen, On behalf of more than 155,000 members of the Transport Workers Union…
Letter from Andre Sutton, Air Division Director to The Honorable Billy Nolen, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration RE: Safety Management Systems NPRM (Docket number FAA-2021-0419) Dear Acting Administrator Nolen, On behalf of more than 155,000 members of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), the largest union of U.S. airline workers, I am writing in…
THURSDAY, April 27, 2023 TIME: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street, Tulsa, OK 74116 Agenda Regular Order of Business Vote on Election Board Vote on Motions for Bylaw Changes 2304-0-03 Article 1(b) This Local shall be affiliated with the Oklahoma State AFL-CIO, and such other central bodies and…
It is with a heavy heart that we share with you the passing of Brother Bartholomew Deluca on April 8th, 2023. Bart had been with us at American Airlines since 1989 and worked in the position of Aviation Maintenance Technician. Please keep the Deluca family in your thoughts and prayers. No other details were available…
TWU LOCAL 514 MEMBERS: I have not been notified by the Company or any Union official that the Company wants to open negotiations and give Tulsa a pay raise to eliminate Shift Swaps. Also, there are absolutely no conversations that I’ve heard of about an early-out package. These are rumors that I constantly get calls…
President: I called for a Special executive board meeting this week to discuss the resignation of E-board member David Cooper. The Executive Board reviewed the International Constitution, 514 by-laws, and Election rules. The vacated position was offered to the first runner-up in the last General election but that member respectfully declined the position. It was…
TWU Members: Due to an appeal being filed on the Election Board Election, the Officers and Executive Board met and discussed the appeal on April 4, 2023. After discussing they have agreed to re-run the Election at the April 27, 2023 Membership meeting. Fraternally, Dale Danker President Re-Vote on Election Board Posting in…