Category: Association

American Airlines to Send WARN Act Notifications

July 10, 2020 To All TWU/IAM Association Members on American Airlines: American Airlines has informed the Association that it will be sending Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN Act notifications) to Association covered employees. This notice, which is required by law, will contain information indicating that American Airlines may furlough employees. All of the TWU/IAM…

Associations Rebid Update May 21, 2020

  Attention TWU and IAM M&R and MLS members: Due to the continuing challenges of the pandemic, integrated seniority list issues, Avionics clarifications, and other outstanding related challenges, the Association M&R and MLS Representation Committee and American Airlines have, by mutual agreement, agreed to delay the scheduled May 2020 re-bid for the AMT, GSE/FAC and…

TWU/IAM SYSTEM SENIORITY PROTEST

As required by the recently ratified Association CBAs, American Airlines has posted the updated seniority lists for all classifications. That posting can be found on JetNet at https://people.aa.com/sm/reports/twuiam_seniority/. Association represented employees may protest any omission or error, which they believe affects their seniority, within thirty (30) days of the posting. Timely submissions received on or…

Association: Dues, Membership and Preferential Hires

Attention TWU and IAM members: Dues, Membership and Preferential Hires Persons who are members of either the TWU or IAM shall remain members of their respective union and will pay dues to that union wherever they may work or whenever or wherever they may transfer within Association covered work groups or CBAs. New hire employees…

Implementation Agreement Reached

The Association and American Airlines have reached an agreement covering implementation of certain elements of the JCBAs. The following items cover pay, retirement and certain benefits that are most important to our membership: 1) All JCBA wage rates will be effective the first Monday following the date of ratification (“DOR”), inclusive of Chart Rate All…

JCBA Voter Guide and Link to Vote

    As we move closer to the ratification vote for the Joint Collective Bargaining Agreements with American Airlines, we wanted to provide the members with a sample of the information that will be provided over the next few days via US Mail or by AA Company email. In the unlikely event a member does…

Voluntary Leave of Absence Option for 2020

TWU Local 514

Agreement Letter Dear Tim and Mike: We are pleased the Company and the Association have been able to come to an agreement regarding a Voluntary leave of absence (VLOA) option for eligible Association represented employees for 2020. Click on Image below for the agreement 2020 Mar 12 Klima Mayes VLOA 2020 – TWU-IAM Association-in PDF

Negotiations Update January 29, 2020

Sisters and Brothers, Negotiations between the Association and American Airlines resumed today in Washington, DC. with some progress made. The remaining outstanding issues are few, but are some of the most important elements of a collective bargaining agreement, including wages and job scope language. The parties will continue negotiations tomorrow, and the membership will be…

Association Bulletin 1/20/20

Sisters and Brothers, Talks continue by phone between the Association Leadership and American Airlines in reaching a JCBA. As such, we wanted to update the membership and dispel a false narrative, speculation and rumors some may be spreading. We are set to meet again with the NMB on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 10:00AM through…