June 6, 2019 Robert Isom President, American Airlines 4333 Amon Carter Blvd. Maildrop 5608 Fort Worth, TX 76155 Mr. Isom: On May 21, at a Company ‘town hall meeting’, you made a commitment to TWU International President John Samuelsen to send your negotiators back to the negotiating table. As you are well aware, this…
Brothers and Sisters, In its continued efforts to stymie negotiations for Joint Collective Bargaining Agreements with the TWU-IAM Association, American Airlines is pushing forward with its frivolous lawsuit in a Fort Worth, TX Federal Court. A calendar has been set by the court for the parties to meet in two pre-trial settlement conferences during the…
May 30, 2019 As was said earlier, our negotiations with American are not only important for our members, but for the whole airline industry. The Company is currently near the top of their outsourcing of work maximums established through bankruptcy. Our fight on SCOPE is simple, we are fighting for our members’ seniority to improve…
American Airlines Unions Stand Strong, Association Thanks Union Affiliates for Their Support On behalf of the TWU-IAM Association, we would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), The Allied Pilots Association (APA) and The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) for their letters of support…
Corresponence with AA this evening…. From: Erik Olund Dale and Rollie, Please see the attached letter. With your approval in reply to this email I will plan to distribute this tonight to our DWH and TUL employees, please let me know. Regards, Erik +++++++++++++++++ From Rollie: Erik, I am in agreement with the letter attached…
Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association today submitted a letter to the National Mediation Board (NMB) requesting they compel American Airlines to fulfill their obligation to bargain with The Association. American management has tried to circumvent your negotiating committee by filing a lawsuit, misrepresenting the facts to Congress and trying to negotiate directly with employees.…
FORT WORTH, Texas (May 21, 2019) — On Monday, May 20, American Airlines management announced it had filed for a preliminary injunction against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the Transport Workers Union of America. Allied Pilots Association President Captain Daniel F. Carey released the following prepared statement in response: “If American…
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2019— The TWU-IAM Association today issued the following statement in response to American Airlines’ request for an injunction against the Association: It is unfortunate that American Airlines has chosen to abandon negotiating with its employees and instead go straight to federal court. The airline is frustrated with the Association for refusing to…
This is what was posted on Jet Net – 5-20-2019 See the Injunction HERE In a letter to team members, David Seymour, Senior Vice President of Integrated Operations, shared that American has filed for a preliminary injunction against the TWU-IAM Association to halt an illegal slowdown focused on the maintenance operation. Read the full…
American management recently distributed incomplete and misleading negotiating documents to its employees. Don’t be fooled by their union-busting tactics. Click on the links below partitioned into sections for easier viewing to see the real state of negotiations between American Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association. Then tell the company to get back to the table and finish…