TWU Members at American Airlines RE: New Website Dear Brothers and Sisters: A robust means of effective and timely communications is one of the cornerstones of a successful organization. Today we debut a brand new website which focuses on communications for TWU members working at American Airlines. The new website begins as a scheduled transition…
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Letter from Denise Lynn, on Equity Shares, with FAQ – August 9, 2013
Dear American Airlines Colleague: We are quickly approaching the completion of our successful restructuring and the merger with US Airways, which will position the new American for great success. As we look toward that future, I want to thank you for your dedication and your focus on our customers. In recognition of the…
Letter to Don Videtich on 757 Distribution list, August 9, 2013
Don Videtich, Deputy Director Air Transport Division Transport Workers Union of America 1791 Hurstview Drive Hurst, TX 76054 Re: 757 Distribution List Dear Brother Videtich: Attached is the list of Tulsa members for the 757 portion of the equity according to the Horowitz decision rendered August 5, 2013. As you know, we were on a…
AMR CORPORATION AND US AIRWAYS ANNOUNCE APPROVAL FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR PENDING MERGER
FORT WORTH, TX, and TEMPE, AZ – AMR Corporation (OTCQB: AAMRQ), the parent company of American Airlines, Inc., and US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) today announced that they have received clearance from the European Commission under the EC Merger Regulation for their proposed merger. Tom Horton, chairman, president and CEO of AMR, and…
Title II PMM to MSP Language from Tony McCoy, International Staff Specialist
Letter to Don Videtich from Mark Nelson, As you are aware, during the negotiations that led to the current Mechanic and Related agreement, the work scope for the Maintenance Support Person (MSP), formerly the Plant Maintenance Man (PMM), contained in Article 11 of the agreement was modified. Subsequent to that modification, it was recognized that…
AA / TWU Equity
The TWU Equity Distribution Committee has completed its work of developing TWU’s plan for distribution of the equity TWU will received once American Airlines emerges from bankruptcy. After consideration of the input provided by members at the road show meetings, as well as the comments received by mail and email, the Committee re-affirmed the outline…
Title II Members: Stand-in Stead sign up August 9-10, 2013
To all Title II Employees As most of you are aware, the reduction in force that started in November 2012 was put on hold until the 2nd quarter 2013. We are currently in the process of finalizing the staffing requirements going forward, but before doing so we wanted to be certain that we mitigate…
Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines
Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines By Chris Maher | July 30, 2013 The Transport Workers Union has accused the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of forging hundreds of workers’ signatures, amid a fight to represent mechanics at soon-to-be-merged US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines parent AMR Corp. The TWU filed the allegations…
Prescription Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Drugs
Beginning today smoking cessation prescriptions will be covered by the Core, Standard or Value medical plan options. The cost of the medication is based on which coverage option the person is enrolled in. Additionally, we will be offering the Knock Out Nicotine program. Covered employees and dependents age 18 and over can get the medications at…
AMR Bankruptcy Update – July 30, 2013
Brothers & Sisters, I wanted to give you a short update on the AMR Bankruptcy. The voting deadline for creditors on the Plan of Reorganization ended yesterday and those votes will be counted and verified in the next day or two. We’ll know the unofficial results in the next few days, but the actual court…