Category: Negotiations

American Takes the Fight to the Floor – Association Bulletin May 3, 2019

Brothers and Sisters, American Airlines has made the determination to try changing the negotiations from the bargaining  table to directly bargaining in the break rooms, on the shop floor and on the ramp. Their direct appeal to TWU and IAM members represented by the Association is an end-around rarely seen by the most anti-union employers…

American, AGAIN, Shows Their Unwillingness to Negotiate an Agreement – NMB Fails with its Strategy

Brothers and Sisters, The Association leadership met with American Airlines’ negotiators and Federal Mediators this week in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The Mediator’s unorthodox approach to these negotiations failed to provide adequate space for the parties to face-off in the critical high stakes final issues to be resolved. The recent sessions were short three-day bursts that…

April 17th Tulsa Rally for Educating on Aircraft Safety & Outsourcing

Transport Workers Union & International Association of Machinists Rallying together for Aircraft Safety and Educating on Outsourcing April 17th, 2019 6AM-9AM & 11AM-1PM & 3PM-5PM Tulsa International Airport & Additional Sites We will be across from the Wheel & Brake Center at the old Ford lot, we will be on the southeast corner of Sheridan…

American, AGAIN, Shows Their Corporate Greed

Brothers and Sisters, The Association leadership met with American Airlines executive management Wednesday, April 3rd in Washington, DC. The idea was to have an unfiltered discussion with company decision makers to, hopefully, break the logjam in negotiations. The lower level company negotiators had reached the end of their authority and steadfastly continued their concessionary demands…

Association Negotiations Update

Brothers and Sisters, If American Airlines wants to throw down their version of facts from two people who have never participated in a negotiating session, that’s their prerogative, we’ll throw down the real facts from those who were actually there.  Fact: The Mediators assigned by the NMB were informed by the lead Company negotiator that he…