Category: Negotiations

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

APA – AA Pilots Resume Contract Talks…

Union: American Airlines, pilots to resume contract talks Wednesday By Terry Maxon/Reporter tmaxon@dallasnews.com 6:15 PM on Tue., Oct. 18, 2011 Here’s the update from the Allied Pilots Association on Tuesday evening: APA BOARD OF DIRECTORS FALL MEETING: The APA Board of Directors resumed their regularly scheduled fall meeting at 9 a.m. Central today at APA…

Questions From the Floor – Oct-15-2011

So everyone understands where the Local is at in the process of the International 29d we filed on the outsourced 757 work. The question has been asked as to why we did not file an injunction in Federal court to stop the outsourcing. The answer is that the courts consider this type of case a…

TWU Stores Update 10-14-2011

October 14, 2011 After nearly 5 months since the last meeting between American Airlines and the TWU Stores Negotiating Committee, Contract Negotiation Mediation reconvened in Los Angeles, California on October 12th and 13th, 2011. On Wednesday, October 12th, the Stores Negotiations Committee met with AA management and mediator Jack Kane. The Company passed the first…

Fleet Committee Update 10-12-2011

On Wednesday, October 12, 2011, the majority of the Fleet Service and Ground Service Negotiation Committees met internally and decided to see if there was any interest with American Airlines to meet again and try to resolve the outstanding issues remaining in negotiations.

M&R Negotiations Update – 10/06/11

The TWU Maintenance and Related (M&R) Negotiating Committee reconvened in Hurst, Texas on October 6, 2011. During this meeting Larry Pike, President TWU Local 567, Don Videtich, ATD Representative and Mark Richard, Labor Attorney, reported on the informal meetings of October 3-5, 2011, with representatives from American Airlines Senior Management . The parties continued the…

Negotiations Update

This week the M&R Negotiation Team met with the Company in Dallas/Forth-Worth. As the Company has been in the news recently, with speculation of bankruptcy and the only major airline to forecast future losses while in negotiations with all labor groups, we feel the Company isn’t giving us the credit we deserve. The three unions…

Ground School Instructors Ratified Agreement

The American Airlines Ground School Instructors ratified their agreement Friday September 16 2011; however the Sim Technicians rejected theirs by a wide margin. There are no further talks scheduled at this time. We will keep you updated on any changes. Thank you for your support.

M&R Negotiations Update – 9/09/11

The TWU Maintenance and Related (M&R) Negotiating Committee reconvened in Hurst, Texas on September 9, 2011. This meeting was prompted by what occurred in August following the announcement by NMB Mediator Jack Kane that insufficient progress had been made following a year of mediated sessions to schedule further sessions. At that time American Airlines and…