Mark Burdette Vice President, Employee Relations Via Email, Fax, and Fedex April 1, 2010 Elizabeth Dougherty, Chairperson Harry Hoglander, Member Linda Puchala, Member The National Mediation Board 1301 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20572 Re: NMB Case number A-13495
Category: Negotiations
NMB requesting comments from AMR
Attached are the letters from the NMB requesting comments from AMR regarding the AA/TWU & AE/TWU mediation cases. Letters from the NMB to AMR in PDF
A summary of the NMB RLA process
A summary of the NMB RLA process National Mediation Board processes under the Railway Labor Act. Upon receiving a notice to the NMB from either party requesting release, the NMB will notify the opposing party of the request. There will be a NMB imposed comment period (usually 10 days or 2 weeks), subject to extension…
BREAKING NEWS: American Airlines’ Largest Union, TWU, Today Files Letter With Federal Authorities Seeking “Self-Help” and Release From the Federal Mediation Process
March 8, 2010 BREAKING NEWS: American Airlines’ Largest Union, TWU, Today Files Letter With Federal Authorities Seeking “Self-Help” and Release From the Federal Mediation Process First Step Toward 30-Day Cooling Off Period and Possible Strike
Request for Release from Mediation from John Conley on behalf of the TWU, 3-11-2010
March 11,201 0 Chairman Elizabeth Dougherty National Mediation Board 1301 K Street NW, Suite 250 East Washington, DC 20005-701 1 Dear Ms. Dougherty: As you know, the Transport Workers Union and AMR have been involved in collective bargaining, spanning eleven contract groups since June of 2006 to present. All efforts to reach voluntary agreements through direct negotiations were…
TWU will hold off on filing for Release from mediation, per NMB’s Request.
Press Release from the ATD: March 8, 2010 The Transport Workers Union said it won’t be asking for a release into a 30-day cooling-off period until Thursday at least. The TWU’s statement: “NMB Board Member Linda Puchala has asked the TWU and its representatives gathered in Washington today to hold off filing for release from…
American Airlines’ Flight Attendants Union to Request Release From Mediation
Statement by TWU Air Transport Division Director John M. Conley on Decision by American Airlines’ Flight Attendants Union to Request Release From Mediation Speaking for all 28,000 TWU members employed by AMR, we’re very disappointed that the flight attendants union was not able to reach an agreement with American Airlines. It now appears that APFA…
“From the Ground UP”
Dear Brothers and Sisters, By now you may have received a promotional flyer in the mail from American Airlines called “From the Ground UP”a slick pitch intended “only to provide a description of the facts and issues already presented at the bargaining table”. A couple of questions immediately come to mind. First, how much did…
TWU Technical Specialist Contract Negotiations Communication Update Fifth Mediation Session 2/23/2010 through 2/25/10 Mediator: Jack Kane Tulsa, Oklahoma
Technical Specialist Negotiating Committee: Howard McKinney, Gary Moffitt, Steve Luis, and Don Videtich AA Negotiating Committee: Jim Weel and Bob Dubreuil and John Shelburg. The company originally presented an outline of proposal to resolve outstanding articles. The outline was just that, an outline, and lacked specific details and contractual language. In fact the proposal raised…
Stores Mediation Update – February 24, 2010
The Stores Negotiations Committee met in Tulsa on February 22nd and 23rd with AA Management and Federal Mediator Jack Kane. As background in the November, 2009 Stores Mediation Session in Chicago comments were made to both the Company and the Union to hypothetically “build a wall” behind both the Company and the Union’s table position.…