Category: Negotiations

Letter from Sam Cirri, President TWU 514

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today Judge Lane made his decision to place AA’s restructuring Final Last Best Offer as our Current Bargaining agreement. Since November 2011, we have all been living and working under some very stressful conditions. Today will be the Date of Signing. Any raises will be effective as of September 12, 2012.…

Personal Vacation Days (PVD) Letter September 7, 2012

During the negotiations that led to the seven agreements between AA and TWU one of the common changes amongst all seven of the agreements was the discontinuation of Personal Vacation Days or PVDs. Attached is the Letter of Understanding pertaining to the PVD policy. Sep 7 2012 Weel to Gless – PVD in PDF

AMR Bankruptcy Update for August 30, 2012

American Airlines/ Early Out Info Attention: Maintenance and Related and Stores (Material Logistics Specialists) There are a number of assumptions, speculation and misinformation out there about the Early Out requirements and deadlines associated with it. To clarify some facts for Maintenance and Related and Material Logistics Specialists, an extensive Q and A has been posted…

M&R Early Out letter – August 29, 2012

As most of you know we are looking at September 12, 2012 as the date our M&R and Stores agreements are approved by the court.  We have been waiting for the Company to finalize their ‘transition’ plan – so we can identify the actual timeline for the movement of work to TUL and DWH and…

Stores Early Out Letter from the ATD – August 29, 2012

As most of you know we are looking at September 12, 2012 as the date our M&R and Stores agreements are approved by the court.  We have been waiting for the Company to finalize their ‘transition’ plan – so we can identify the actual timeline for the movement of work to TUL and DWH and…

AA Bankruptcy Update

Court Update Today, the debtors (American Airlines) filed a motion seeking court approval and authorization of the recently ratified new collective bargaining agreements (CBA’s) with the TWU Mechanic & Related and Stores employee groups. The agreements reached, came about after an extensive proceeding under section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code, a lot of hard work…

TWU Title III & IV Early Out window and revocation extension

As a result of Judge Lane’s decision to defer the APFA ruling until after the vote results on August 19, it has been decided that the Early Out window for TWU Title III (Fleet Service Clerks) and Title IV (Ground Service Employees) will be extended through Sunday, August 19th at 23:59 CST.  Additionally, the revocation letter window will…

AA M&R and Stores Membership Dear Brothers and Sisters – August 3, 2012

These are extraordinarily difficult and unprecedented times for TWU/AA members. Never before has organized labor on the property at American Airlines been in such a challenging position. We are currently facing the the threat of abrogation of our contract in bankruptcy court, as well as possible mergers, acquisition, or other corporate transactions involving the carrier.…

Just the Facts..

Last week an advertisement was posted in the Tulsa world urging Tulsa 514 members to vote against the tentative agreement which is before us now. The persons paying for this ad declined to identify themselves. The reasons for this are obvious — the ad is very misleading and parts are completely untrue, and it was…