Dear Association member, In an internal communication to TWU-IAM Association members at American Airlines, Kerry Philipovitch and David Seymour—American executives who have not attended one negotiating session—claim the Association is dragging its feet in responding to American’s “comprehensive” proposal. FALSE! Association executive level negotiators told American negotiators that their comprehensive proposal belongs in the garbage.…
Category: Negotiations
MIA Locals 568 & 591 Get Support from our Brothers and Sisters in the APA for the August 24th, 2017 Informational Picket
This has been distributed through out the APA Brotherhood. Our Mechanics Need Our Support on August 24 at MIA Transport Workers Union Locals 568 and 591 have asked APA to participate in an informational picketing event on Thursday, August 24 at MIA Airport-Terminal D from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Eastern. More than a year past their current contract’s amendable date, TWU continues to seek…
JCBA Negotiations Update, August 18, 2017
Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. Negotiations centered around the Fleet Service group and good progress was made working through outstanding language issues. The Mechanic & Related/Stores Committee met internally for important discussions regarding the seniority article and they are pleased to report…
JCBA Negotiations Update, July 28, 2017
Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee informed American Airlines they would not meet face to face with the company this week while in Washington D.C. Your negotiating committees continued to evaluate the proposal presented last week and worked on crafting language to respond to this woefully inadequate company document that is far from industry…
CWA Letter of Support in the DFW Protest to TWU International President, John Samuelsen
Dear John, On behalf of 20,000 CWA represented airline passenger service members we support your Union in your efforts to obtain a fair contract at American Airlines Our members work closely with your members and your struggle is our struggle. Only together can we hope to achieve fair working conditions including job security, a fair…
Message from Local 514 President Dale Danker, July 21, 2017
514 members, This week in DC during negotiations the company dropped a proposal on the table that included all remaining articles. Words can not describe my disappointment. The negotiating committee worked Thursday to review their proposal line by line, and we will continue to do the same thing Monday back in DC. They did provide an overview sheet.…
Letter from Local 514 President, Dale Danker – Informational Picketing
Brothers and Sisters, I have raised my voice for Tulsa for exactly 2 years on July 6th about the need to get a contract. The time has come to take action publicly. It is pathetic that American Airlines profits are not considered by them to be high enough that they can’t actually do the very thing that…
Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue…
Brothers & Sisters, The Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of June 12th, in Washington D.C. and continued negotiations on Classifications for M&R, and Promotions & Transfers, Recall, and Reduction in Force for Fleet Service among other contractual provisions.…
Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue, June 9th, 2017
Brothers & Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of June 5th, in Washington D.C. and continued discussions of several of the open issues and Articles. The M&R Committee reviewed and passed to the Company M&R…
JCBA Negotiations Update, May 26th, 2017
Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue Brothers & Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of May 22nd, in Washington D.C. and…