Category: Negotiations

TWU Mechanic & Related Contract Mediation Update – 11-18-2011

Our meeting with the Company scheduled for this week has been postponed until the week of December 12, 2011. We were notified by the Company earlier this week, that they wanted to postpone the November supposal discussions. They stated this was due to the uncertainty of both where the pilot discussions were, along with the…

APA Update

American Airlines parent AMR Corp. Stock tumbled the most in six weeks in New York trading after trying to end a five- year stalemate with a contract proposal that offers pilots smaller pay increases than they had sought. The Allied Pilots Association said today it was reviewing the plan as its board began a three-day…

TWU – AA Fleet Service Clerk / Ground Service Clerk

The following is the abbreviated summary of the 11-3-2011 Tentative Agreement that has been brought back to vote on. I have only addressed the changes that I consider important. I advise each and every one of you to read the T/A in its entirety and understand what it is you are voting on. We will have a meeting at…

Letter on Fleet Service T/A Voting Timeline

November 7, 2011 James Little, International President Transport Workers Union of America 501 3rd St. NW, 9th Floor Washington, DC 20001 Garry Drummond, Director Air Transport Division Transport Workers Union of America 1791 Hurstview Dr Hurst, TX 76054 Dear Brothers Little and Drummond: I have a few concerns on the Fleet Service and Ground Service…

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.