Category: TWU

Local 514’s Digest for the week of July 11, 2025

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President: All, Jay Potter and I traveled to Chicago this week to present the Dodgeball grievance in Mediation. We went prepared with the knowledge gained from interviewing Crew Chiefs in AO and some Crew Chiefs in the shop areas. The overwhelming statements from the Crew Chief’s is that they want to know who their crew…

The Passing of Lauren Grace Reaves

Local 514 members.It is with deep sorrow that I share with you the passing of my good friend and colleague Rollie Reaves youngest daughter Lauren Reaves. Please keep Rollie, Morgan, Cole and their family in your prayers. Dale, It is with our deepest sorrow and heavy hearts that we announce the untimely passing of Lauren…

The Passing of Brother Jimmy Waggoner

It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved Brother Jimmy Waggoner on June 23rd, 2025. Brother Waggoner had served as an Aviation Maintenance Technician at American Airlines for over 33 years. Jimmy began his career at American Airlines in 1991 and worked diligently to ensure the safety and reliability of…

AMT Technical Crew Chiefs performing work outside their scope

To: TWU-IAM Association Members in the M&R JCBA Re: AMT Technical Crew Chiefs performing work outside their scope The Association has been made aware that our AMT Technical Crew Chiefs are being assigned tasks that fall outside their agreed-upon scope of work. This is a direct violation of our current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Below…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of June 6th, 2025

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President: Brothers and Sisters, This week, I traveled to Headquarters for a Scope/Outsourcing meeting and to support our Local 514 MCT members at American Airlines Operations Center by delivering their AMT Day gifts. While there, I reached out to COO David Seymour for a coffee. When we met about a month ago, he asked me…