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A Note from Local 514 President Dale Danker
Category: American Eagle
Shop Steward Meeting, Monday August 11, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Training: Seniority Integration/Preferential Hiring Gary Yingst Vice President SS Meeting Notice August 2014 in PDF
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Court Update Jan 23, 2013
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1114 Retiree Court Update for August 16, 2012
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Judge Lane Decision Allied Pilots Association
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AMR Bankruptcy Update for July 9, 2012
TWU Negotiators representing Maintenance and Related and Stores work groups met with the Company today to review vital data requested last week. There are still remaining open issues to be resolved. The Negotiating Teams are meeting again tomorrow morning. We will keep you posted as updates become available. American Eagle TWU Negotiators will reconvene their…
AMR Bankruptcy Update for June 8, 2012
On Monday, June 4, 2012 TWU negotiators for each of the four Eagle groups and their advisors resumed negotiations at Flagship University. There was good progress with the company this week, as the negotiators continued to work towards consensual deals that will preserve essential terms of the current contracts. The Fleet and AMT groups have…
AE Bankruptcy Update
The TWU negotiating teams resumed negotiations with Eagle management on Tuesday, May 22. After receiving multiple documents from the Company, Fleet and M&R have slowed the document requests, but continue to evaluate the documents received. The Ground School Instructors and Dispatch groups continue to request documents and evaluate those received from the Company, in an…