The board of the third-largest U.S. carrier may make a decision as soon as July, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private. Jets from Airbus’s A320 series would replace American’s less-efficient models such as Boeing 757s and MD-80s, the people said. An order at American would…
Category: American Airlines
Contractually Speaking
Tulsa Maintenance Base (TULE) and Tulsa Airport (TUL), the combined stations known as 1TU are a one station set which means that any open positions for Title 1 M&R and Title V Stores will be filled in accordance with the Tulsa shop to shop transfer memorandum. Therefore, when the Tulsa Line has an opening it…
Understanding Your AmericanAirlines Pension Estimate
This is a presentation that was given to us by t he ATD to help understand our Pension Estimate.. by, Chuck Laterza TWU Retirement Specialist Here it is…
M&R Negotiations Update – 05/13/11
On Tuesday May 10, 2011, the M&R Negotiating Committee met with management and mediator Jack Kane. Management submitted counter proposals for: Article 1 – Scope Article 3 – Hours of Work Article 4 – Compensation Article 5 – Shift Differential Article 6 – Overtime Article 7 – Holidays Article 8 – Vacations Article 11 –…
Arbitration Update
submitted by Gary Elias, Arbitration Team As many of our members may already know, the long awaited A.O.S. (Aircraft Ordering System) Decision is in. The bottom line: “Grievance Denied” The Company prevailed, not because the Union was unable to prove this was bargaining unit work, but because their witness testified that Planners, Schedulers and Supervisors…
TWU Voluntary Benefits Clarification
All TWU sponsored benefits including Short Term Disability (TransAmerica and Standard), Life Insurance (US Life, TransAmerica) and any future insurance coverage offered by the TWU, have to be combined to form one line on TWU members pay stub. That line was previously named “TWU Life/STD/USLife” and has been renamed “TWU VOL Benefits”. This is the…
Transfers 12L and Shop to Shop Update
On Monday, May 9, 2011, all 27 Title I AMT 12L transfers to the Tulsa Maintenance Base were sent out electronically and are currently in process for the Members to accept or decline and start the process of security checks and relocating to Tulsa. Also, on Monday at the Shop Steward’s Meeting, we were notified…
SEC sues Fla. man over billion-dollar stock offers
Synopsis of story: A Florida man who made mysterious billion-dollar offers for all stock in Eastman Kodak Co. and the parent of American Airlines has no assets to make the purchases, is on probation from past fraud convictions and is barred from serving as a corporate officer, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit.…
TWU Telephone Town Hall, May 4th 4:30 pm Central Time
For those of you that missed the Conference Call, you can get it here! in MP3 format… TWU Telephone Town Hall for TWU members at American Airlines Campaign update: Our Fight for Fairness at AMR Featuring: TWU International President James C. Little TWU Air Transport Director Garry Drummond and TWU Local Union Presidents Wednesday,…
TWU Maintenance & Related Contract Mediation Update 4/28/11-4/29/11
On Thursday, April 28, 2011, your TWU Maintenance and Related (M&R) Negotiating Committee met with management to view and discuss a presentation describing management’s position regarding our M&R mediation status and recent public financial disclosures by American Airlines. Contained within the presentation was a financial analysis breaking down the associated costs represented by the…