Dear Brothers & Sisters: The Association Update from TWU International went out yesterday with the added line, “The Time to Prepare for a Potential Lockout by American is Now!” and the IAM version did not. Unfortunately, in today’s world of electronic exchange the two versions did include that minor variance. Irrespective of that, the message…
Category: Negotiations
Brothers and Sisters, This week, American Airlines not only continued to slow roll negotiations, THEY ACTUALLY JUST STOPPED. American’s arrogance and obstinance at the table is a tell-tale sign of their mistaken belief that this membership is okay with them forcing massive concessions on us in Scope and several other Articles. Without Scope, all else…
Association Bulletin 2-15-2019
Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations continued in Atlanta this week. The Executive and the full negotiating committees continued working together at each step of the process and all were fully updated. The company’s hard-line attack on the work Association members do, our Scope, continued throughout the week. The Association’s basic Scope proposals remain to secure the…
AMERICAN AIRLINES SETS ITS SIGHTS ON ELIMINATING TWU/IAM ASSOCIATION WORK
Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Committee met with the assigned mediators and a member of the National Mediation Board to gain a better understanding of the remaining open items. The robust dialogue was productive and ensured the meetings would continue throughout the week. We were able to resolve and TA the M&R/MLS Field Trip…
Association Negotiations Update
American Struggles To Say Yes Throughout this week, the Association Executive Negotiating Committee members continued to present reasonable proposals in an effort to reach a JCBA. While some conversations discussed across the bargaining table seemed to reach “supposal agreements in principle,” written proposals returned from the Company continued to revert to their take-it or leave-it…
Association Negotiations Update
Brothers and Sisters, THE TWU/IAM Association Executive Negotiating Committee this week met in full session with American Airlines under the auspices of National Mediation Board Mediators, Jim Mackenzie and Eva Durham, in San Francisco, CA. In addition to the executive committee, the full negotiating committees were also in San Francisco to support and caucus with…
Message from President Danker
All, Wanted to give you a quick update. The negotiating team is not in the room with the mediators. We are in a big room where we are receiving updates to what is happening. At the end of business Tuesday Klima, Peterson and Reagan gave us a detailed review of the financial positions and what…
Association, American Hold Joint Conference Call
Brothers and Sisters, As previously announced, the Association leadership and American Airlines Management participated in a joint conference call with the NMB mediators assigned to assist in our JCBA negotiations. The mediators are now responsible for setting the agenda, including dates for the mediated sessions. The mediators opened the call requesting the parties discuss the…
Letter of Support to Lori Bassani National President, APFA from TWU International President John Samuelsen
Dear Lori, The TWU stands fully behind the APFA as you enter into this critical round of contract negotiations. As you know, the TWU also recently entered into Section 6 negotiations. We understand the pilots at the APA will also soon be in negotiations. The three of us working in close coordination will make each…
Association Participates in Mediated Negotiations
Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association met with American Airlines October 30 in Dallas, TX for mediated negotiations under the supervision of the National Mediation Board. The purpose of this first mediated session was to bring the Federal mediators up to speed on the status of our negotiations. Areas covered were compensation, healthcare, retirement, work…