NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE AMR SAYS NO TO EARLY OUT AS DESIGNED Late Friday AA presented its rationale for rejecting TWU’s proposal for an early out proposal. The Company asserts that the program as designed is too costly. However, AA indicated that it would still review such concepts during the entire 1113 process. An early out program…
Category: Fleet Service
AMR Bankruptcy Update for February 24, 2012
TWU Negotiating Committee This week TWU Negotiators started passing first round counter proposals to the company after hours of relentless study, some of it over the past two weekends. All seven work groups drafted proposals for their respective units, responding to AMRs ask of $390 million dollars in cost savings from TWU represented workers. The…
This Week @ Local 514
Negotiations Update: The information you received yesterday, 2-1-2012, was distributed to the media and published to AA web sites, yet it was not shared with the Negotiations Committee. Now that the negotiations committee has seen these proposals we know that they are asking for much more than they can justify. The numbers given out are…
Today’s the day of the bad news at AMR, American Airlines and American Eagle
This from: Dallas News Here’s what we expect, in general: Around 10 a.m., chairman, president and CEO Tom Horton will begin describing the company’s business plan for reorganization as he meets with leaders of the Allied Pilots Association, Association of Professional Flight Attendants and Transport Workers Union. Beverly Goulet, vice president, treasurer and chief restructuring officer,…
Federal National Mediation Board Asserts that the Agency is Still a Key Part of the Labor Negotiation Process at American and American Eagle Despite AMR’s Bankruptcy Filing
DALLAS – Representatives of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and executives from AMR subsidiary American Eagle were notified Wednesday evening that the National Mediation Board (NMB) remains committed to helping unions at American Airlines and American Eagle reach labor agreements with parent company AMR – despite the company’s November bankruptcy filing. TWU represents ground workers,…
National Mediation Board Meeting Notifications
Board Member Harry Hoglander and Director of Mediation Services Larry Gibbons will hold a status conference. View the notices below: Meeting Notice – NMB Case Numbers A-13472 A-13491 in PDF Subject: NMB Case Numbers: A-13472 & A-13491 American Eagle Airlines, Inc. & TWU Board Member Harry Hoglander and Director of Mediation Services Larry Gibbons will…
TWU – AA Fleet Service Clerk / Ground Service Clerk
The following is the abbreviated summary of the 11-3-2011 Tentative Agreement that has been brought back to vote on. I have only addressed the changes that I consider important. I advise each and every one of you to read the T/A in its entirety and understand what it is you are voting on. We will have a meeting at…
Letter on Fleet Service T/A Voting Timeline
November 7, 2011 James Little, International President Transport Workers Union of America 501 3rd St. NW, 9th Floor Washington, DC 20001 Garry Drummond, Director Air Transport Division Transport Workers Union of America 1791 Hurstview Dr Hurst, TX 76054 Dear Brothers Little and Drummond: I have a few concerns on the Fleet Service and Ground Service…
Fleet Service & Ground Service Ratification Vote
Below is the timeline for the Fleet Service & Ground Service Ratification Vote. The mailing of ballots will take place on Thursday, December 1, 2011. The receipt deadline is scheduled for Monday, December 19, 2011 at 9:00 am cst, in order to be counted as eligible. Duplicate ballots To obtain a duplicate ballot, a…
Fleet Service reaches a Tentative Agreement, 10-25-2011
Last evening the TWU – AA Negotiations team for Fleet Service, reached a Tentative Agreement with American Airlines. As of 10:00 am today we have no more details on the agreement. As soon as we have, we will get them out to you. Thanks for your patience Rick Mullings