RE: Profit Sharing PlanDear Robert, This letter will confirm our understanding reached during the negotiations leading up to the agreement signed on September 12, 2012. American Airlines will establish a profit sharing arrangement (the “Profit Sharing Plan”) that will allow eligible employees, including TWU represented employees, the opportunity, as described below, to share in the…
Category: American Airlines
514 – What’s on the plate
TWU 514 Safety We are looking for two Safety Coordinators One from MLS (Stores) One from Facilities Maintenance 2014 Annual Benefits Enrollment my.aa.com November 1-15, 2013 DECIDE For 2014 Expenses WATCH Health Reimbursement Account (Standard) Health Savings Account (Core) Health Incentive Account (Value) FIND Preferred Administrators Map City of Tulsa General Election Tuesday, November 12,…
757 Position Letter
We appreciate the opportunity for Local 514 to assist in this complex and arduous question. We will attempt to be succinct in what we believe to be the correct application of the award issued by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz on August 5, 2013. “The affected employees are those in Tulsa, AFW, and DWH working directly in…
2014 Vacation Picks and A/O Docks – SUSPENDED.
We had conversations with management concerning the dock plan for 2014 and vacation planning. We requested that they allow for more members to be off during the time periods were workloads are reduced. This did not happen and picks had started. Gary Yingst recommended that management suspend the current selection process and follow through with…
Equity Distribution & Health Insurance Appeal Letter, 10-7-2013
Brothers and Sisters, It has come to my attention that many have not received letters concerning their place in the equity stake. I want to share with you the facts on these letters. There have been two letters sent out to date. One covering your the Health Insurance overpayment portion One for the Equity Distribution…
514 – What’s on the plate
TWU International Convention The 2013 – TWU International Board of Executives HERE Resolution: Protecting the Airline Industry’s Maintenance Craft HERE Combining Shops Powerplant Machine Shop Combination Shops 259-1, 256-2, & 256-1 The TWU will be moving most of the equipment, the extremely heavy machines will be done by an outside vendor. CRO Exteriors Shops 279-1…
AIRLINE MERGERS: Issues Raised by the Proposed Merger of American Airlines and US Airways
What GAO Found The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust review will be a critical step in the proposed merger between American Airlines (American) and US Airways. DOJ uses an integrated analytical framework set forth in the Horizontal Merger Guidelines to determine whether the merger poses any antitrust concerns. Under that process, DOJ assesses, among other…
TWU Equity Appeals Process and Deadline
The 30 day appeals window opened on September 23, 2013 and will close on October 23, 2013. All appeals on both the Equity Distribution and Health Insurance will need to be postmarked by October 23, 2013 to be considered as a timely appeal. Anyone filing an appeal should send the appeal by certified mail with…
2014 Surplus
On Monday September 16, 2013, Bill Collins and his staff met with the Local TWU officers, Chairman, and E-board to review the workload for 2014 and 2015. The speculation that a merger with USAir ways would keep the Tulsa base at 90% capacity for two years was information not known to AA management. International President…
Letter to Equity Committee
September 13, 2013 Don Videtich Transport Workers Union of America 1791 Hurstview Dr. Hurst, TX 76054 RE: Equity Distribution Dear Don, TWU, Local 514 has worked very hard to collect the shops of people we believe should be included in the 757 Equity Distribution. We submitted everything our members brought forward on the work they…