Category: Negotiations

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…

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.…

M&R Mediation Session for March 1st – 5th has been canceled by Mediator Jack Kane.

February 22, 2010 TO: M&R Negotiating Committee RE: Follow-up Mediation Conference Notice NMB Case Number: A-13495 Dear Brothers: We have been notified by Mediator Jack Kane that the upcoming M&R Mediation Session scheduled at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma has been canceled. (See Previous Schedule here) Further information will be forthcoming as soon…

Mediation Conference Notice, Stores

TO: Stores Negotiating Committee RE: Mediation Conference Notice NMB Case Number: A-13485 Dear Brothers: Please note that the upcoming Stores Mediation Conferences with Mediator Jack Kane will be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The dates are listed below. February 22, 2010  1:00pm – TBD February 23, 2010  9:00am – TBD February 24, 2010  9:00am – TBD February 25,…