I will send the total early out numbers periodically – below is the total numbers for M&R and Stores as of this morning Friday September 7, 2012. Total: 633 Early Out – Protected: 594 Early Out – Not Protected: 39 Title I: 463 Early Out – Protected: 439 Early Out – Not Protected: 24 Title…
Category: TWU
Texas Members and the Early Out Program
Below are the two most frequently asked questions that we sent to the Texas Workforce Commission along with their answers: 1. If one of our members takes the early out package, would they still be eligible for unemployment if they would have been laid off anyway? If the location is closing and all workers would…
Early Out Workshops
Attn: Local 514 members Thursday, September 13 …….. 7:45 AM 11:45 AM Tuesday, September 18 ………. 3:45 PM Location…………………………… TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street * Conducted by Mark Loeber of the Advancement Group. TWU of America, Local 514 Mike McDonald Vice President Early Out Workshops Bulletin in PDF
FYI – Yesterday’s APA Bankruptcy Court Decision
Following up on yesterday’s bankruptcy court decision on the APA’s contract being abrogated in the Dallas Morning News blog and the Article referencing that the Creditors Committee statement that “American Airlines must have a pilots deal before leaving bankruptcy” (also below). First, the comment about needing an agreement with the pilots to exit bankruptcy was…
Pre-Funded Retiree Medical Contributions – Letter from Don Videtich, 9-4-2012 to Local Presidents
Unfortunately we have had an issue with misinformation being disseminated to the membership and I have been receiving calls. The newly ratified TWU/AA agreements, approval of which is scheduled for hearing before the Bankruptcy Court next week, provides that TWU Members who are participants in the prefunding program will receive their own contributions plus investment…
AMR Bankruptcy Update for August 30, 2012
American Airlines/ Early Out Info Attention: Maintenance and Related and Stores (Material Logistics Specialists) There are a number of assumptions, speculation and misinformation out there about the Early Out requirements and deadlines associated with it. To clarify some facts for Maintenance and Related and Material Logistics Specialists, an extensive Q and A has been posted…
Truth Be Told
Over the past six months, as our union and this Local have been fighting in bankruptcy court and in the 1113 process to preserve everything we could for our members, at least two organizations, AMFA and the IBT, have used the opportunity to attack the TWU and try to replace us as the representatives of…
Credited Service
When a participant is eligible to start receiving their pension it is determined by age and years of Retirement Eligibility Service when the employee terminates (see chart below). Credited Service is used to determine the amount of benefit along with the Final Average Salary to the date of plan freeze. When the plan is frozen,…
Eligibility for Retiree Travel Privileges
If your company seniority date is on or before July 31, 1996, you may be eligible for retiree travel privileges when you leave the Company if you have five (5) or more years of company seniority with the Company and have attained at least 55 years of age. If your company seniority date is after…
Prefunding
The prefunding for Maintenance & Related and Stores are still in effect at this time. The indication from the company is that prefunding will cease near the end of the year or possibly earlier. This means that if you were to retire this year, you are entitled to retiree medical until the program is terminated.…