Special Benefits Meeting, September 14, 2011 Date …………………….. Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM, 11:45 AM, 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda 2012 Benefits Information presented by D’Ann Johnson, Malinda Hamm, and Bruce Sexton. This Meeting will cover the American Airlines October open enrollment changes and cost structure. The…
Category: American Airlines
Mechanic and Related – Summary of Changes for Tentatively Agreed Articles – August 12, 2011
Article 1- Recognition and Scope Article Open Article 2- Definitions Added or clarified the following terms: ‘Basic’ classification means non-bid classification as referenced in Article 11. Changed ‘Classification Seniority’ to ‘Pay Seniority’ for clarification purposes no change in intent. ‘Complex’ replaces ‘set’ and denotes a group of cities in close geographical proximity as referred to in Article 46(a).…
TWU Maintenance & Related – Open Contract Articles, TWU – AA Table Position Comparisons as of – 8/12/2011
ARTICLE 1 – SCOPE TWU Available Seat Mile (ASM) Percentage that Commuter Airlines can fly versus AA Available Seat Miles increase from 6% to 10%. Protection for Class II Station Title I, II members from being adversely impacted by increase of ASM percentage. Para (e) adds language to strengthen scope coverage. • Incorporate current Letter…
Contractually Speaking
Leaves of absences can be found in 3 articles of the TWU/AA contract. The quick and easy is the following chart found at the end of Article 17 “Leaves of Absence”. The other 2 articles are Article 18 “Military Leave” and Article 34 “Sick Leave/Unused Sick Leave” One of the major surprises in leaves of…
Representative Eric Proctor Goes To Bat for TWU Members
Sam Cirri’s press release regarding American Airlines’ plan to move 70 Maintenance Control Technicians (MCT) and 160 related support to Texas caught the eye of Oklahoma House District 77 Representative Eric Proctor. Representative Proctor pledged his support and announced his intent to speak against the move. The Tulsa community has invested millions of tax dollars…
M&R Negotiation Update
“The mediator’s decision not to schedule any further mediated sessions has stirred questions from the floor. Why didn’t the TWU ask for a release for self help at this time? Mediator Jack Kane and NMB Chief of Staff Larry Gibbons made it clear to both parties that the Board was not going to release…
757 Save Team
Three weeks ago Mark Easton informed us that American was looking to contract out 757 heavy checks. Two weeks ago Sam Cirri ask Tony Bunch to get a group of union members together, form a team, gather solutions to prevent any of our work from being sent out. This team has now met two times…
Contractually Speaking
There has been a lot of movement about the Tulsa base between transfers, upgrades and even some new hires to back fill some of these positions such as building cleaner, aircraft cleaner and parts washer. This is good news! Members are watching the transfer and bid boards and noticing that some new faces are showing…
Transport Workers Fight to Keep American Airlines Jobs in Tulsa
Representatives of the Transport Worker Union Local 514 today appealed to local and state elected leaders to help keep more than 230 maintenance control technician positions and related jobs in Tulsa, rather than relocate them to Dallas as planned by American Airlines. Relocation of the jobs would mean the loss of about $14.6 million in…
Lunch with AA Vendors
It has been brought to the attention of the local that there have been a few union members going out to lunch, accepting shirts, hats and other favors from American Airlines vendors. This is NOT appropriate behavior from our union members. At this point in time, with all that is going on in contracting out…