Category: Negotiations

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.…

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…

Association Statement on: American Announces Mid-Term Pay Increases for Pilots and Flight Attendants

American Airlines yesterday announced mid-contract pay increases for its pilot and flight attendant groups. The Company states its reasoning is that those two groups have fallen significantly behind their industry peers with long durations before their collective bargaining agreements are open for negotiations. The TWU-IAM Association negotiated industry leading pay increases last fall for the…

JCBA Negotiations Update, April 21, 2017

  Executive Session Negotiations Continue American negotiations continued this week in Washington, DC. By mutual agreement, the Chairperson of the National Mediation Board (NMB), Linda Puchala, joined our negotiations. The purpose of entering Executive level negotiations is to bring the talks to a successful conclusion and to the degree the NMB can assist in that…

Rumors

  I’m sitting at the negotiating table in DC taking time away from the reason I am here to write a letter of clarification. It has been brought to my attention that there have been some postings placed around the base with my name at the bottom of it. These postings are very misleading and…

Letter from M&R Committee on Negotiations April 19, 2017

Brothers and Sisters, By now, most of you have read the latest negotiations update letter or heard, that the TWU & IAM International Association Executive Committee began negotiating with American Airlines the week of March 27th in Washington, D.C. After that week, the Association update letter drove questions as to who was In the executive…

Association Update, March 31, 2017

  Executive level negotiations took place in Washington, DC this week. Chief negotiators for the TWU-IAM Associations met with negotiators from American Airlines to advance our discussions in efforts toward concluding our contract discussions. All negotiating committee members were fully briefed on the sessions and continue to be involved with input and ongoing language development.…

Black Tuesday’s – Stagnant Negotiations

To show the company that we are fed up with the “SLOW MOVING” negotiations process that has plagued us with inequities among our Union Brothers and Sisters. I would like a show of solidarity on the floor here in Tulsa. I am requesting that you wear your TWU Local 514 Black shirt on Tuesdays each…