Category: TWU

Local 514 Digest for the week of September 18, 2020

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ASAP TechOps ASAP Podcast – What To Expect In An Event Investigation Podcast with Local 514 Brother Brad Bruger, TWU ASAP coordinator Message on Overtime The overtime article in your respective classifications contract book is implemented.  There are some differences between the language and how it is interpreted for the company’s staff admin program and…

AA Joint Letter With Unions on CARES

September 16, 2020   Secretary Mnuchin, Chief of Staff Meadows, Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer: We wrote to you earlier this year, at an early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, urging you to invest in our team members, our airline and our industry so we could ultimately help lead our nation’s…

Local 514 Digest for the week of September 11, 2020

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The TWU Honors the 19th Anniversary of 9/11 Today marks the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The TWU honors the sacrifices made by Cabin Crews, Passengers, First Responders and all the innocent victims who perished that day. The TWU also celebrates all of our members who played a significant role in the following…

Local 514 Digest for the week of September 4, 2020

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Your Records: Union members have the opportunity to check their personal file once a year and should take a union representatives with them. They make a request in writing to their Supervisor that they want to look at their personnel records for anything that may need to be pulled.  Once a year we have the…

Local 514 Digest for the week of August 28, 2020

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Labor Day Parade 2020 The annual Labor Day Parade for 2020 will still go on as planned in Henryetta, Oklahoma with a few changes for safety reasons.  Participants will have to be registered in advanced Participants will have to practice safety protocols per the CDC guidelines The marching bands from the local schools have not…

Unemployment Benefits are Taxable

In an email sent to us Thursday: My name is Walkidia Gomez and I am a Relationship Manager for Stakeholder Partnerships, Education and Communication (SPEC). SPEC is the outreach and education function of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We are contacting organization to assist us in getting the word out on unemployment As of April 2020,…

Contractual Voluntary Early Out

Since the Company is announcing LayOff’s Another Voluntary Early Out is available per our Current CBA. This does NOT contain the same option for retiree health reimbursement account (RHRA). Election window: 10:30 a.m. CT Aug. 25 – 10:30 a.m. CT Aug. 28 Eligibility: You must have a minimum of fifteen (15) years of company seniority. You…

Local 514 Digest for the week of August 21, 2020

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August Membership Meetings: Postponed for August. TWU Local 514 is working on possibly doing online meetings or video a Union Q&A meeting to view from our TWU website. This is in discussion to get a date for an online meeting. TWU 514 Members will be notified on the date. Please take the time to participate…

Service that Saves

SOURCE: Perspective, Article from the American Way Magazine I am a Machinist by Trade. For the last 30 years, I’ve had the pleasure of doing a job I love as an Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) at the American Airlines Base Maintenance facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I’ve worked on nearly every aircraft type in our fleet,…