Brothers and Sister, I want to let everyone know that I received a phone call from our International on Thursday and was informed that Javits would be releasing his seniority decision on Tuesday December 27th. As soon as I get it we will post it to our website and make it available to everyone. I…
Category: President
Dale Dankers Posting to the membership.
“True Up” Check
All, The company informed the negotiation committee today in Las Vegas that the “True-up check” associated with the interim pay increase will not be processed on December 20th as they had stated. The company stated they have now realized they need more time..they did not give a new date. They only stated they would have…
President Danker, Letter to the Members, November 23, 2016
To all 514 members, First of all, I would like to take this time to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. I for one know just how thankful and blessed I am for my family and friends, without their support, the demands of our negotiations schedule would not have been possible. Throughout your day you…
This Week in Brief
Negotiations Update: Letter of Agreement for Interim Wage Agreement As you know, all other labor groups have benefited from the company’s success due to the merger. This has troubled me just as much as all of you. As your President, I understand we have been losing money every day and this is unacceptable. The Negotiating…
Re: Letter of Agreement for Interim Wage Agreement
All Members: As you know, all other labor groups have benefited from the company’s success due to the merger. This has troubled me just as much as all of you. As your President, I understand we have been losing money every day and this is unacceptable. The Negotiating Committee has made correcting this a priority…
From the Presidents desk, July 22. 2016
Brothers and Sisters, It is a great honor to be re-elected President of the Transport Workers Union of America Local 514. Thank you for your confidence in me and for your support. The first term we had many challenges. Challenges that were beyond my expectations and some that were highly emotional. We, as a Union…
This Week in Brief
NAI The US Department of Transportation is putting on hold its application for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP). In a statement, the DOT said it would require additional time to study the various points of order brought up by several labor unions that had opposed the carrier’s application including: the Air Line Pilots Association…
From the Presidents Desk
I have just returned home from a week of negotiations in DC, and on to DFW next week. This past week we did sit down with the full seniority integration team and had dialog pertaining to both the IAM and the TWU positions, Read the letter detailing the process they will be trying to use to resolve…
This week in brief
Legacy US Air 757’s: The company has just released information that Legacy US Air 757’s that were to be outsourced to an MRO in Alabama will be worked here in Tulsa. I am told that this work will begin in November 2016 and run thru October 2017, although the schedule may change I am told…
This week in brief
Brothers and Sisters, This week has been another that I have spent in DFW working in the negotiations process. We have been harmed for far too long and the dragging out of negotiations harms us every single day. I will be out of town 12 of the next 15 weeks working for you. I know the…