President: All, Jay Potter and I will travel to Miami, FL, next week to meet with the Association attorneys to prepare the Presidential grievance, which I call “dodgeball”, for Mediation on July 8th. Thank you to everyone who took the time to give us input. If a settlement cannot be reached, the case will move…
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…
President: Brothers and Sisters, TWU Local 514 represents many classifications that reside in 4 contract books. They are MCT (Maintenance Control Technicians), MTS (Maintenance Training Specialists, MLS (Material Logistic Specialists and the M&R book (Maintenance and Related). Sometimes, the Company attempts to have one classification do another group’s work. The IAM did not have Tech…
Monday, June 30, 2025Time: Place : Agenda
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…
President: I want to give a thank you to all the Crew Chiefs and a special thank you to Crew Chiefs Gary Sutherland, Brandon Duffy, Steve Corbett, Jeff Jones and Steve Fowkes. Your input concerning the continued deterioration of Tulsa’s ability to produce safe, reliable, on time aircraft was greatly appreciated. We will soon be…
Just a quick info update on the Transport Workers Union Local 514 Family Fun Day, 2025.June 21st, 2025 – begins at 10:00 am and ends at 7:00 pm.WeStreet Ice Center4143 South Yale AvenueTulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Be sure to register; that helps ensure there will be enough food and gifts for all who participate. Register HERE:https://twu514.org/family-day-2025/…
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…
President: Jay Potter, Don McCormick, Joe Brown, George Albano, and I have completed 95% of the Crew Chief interviews in 5 and 6, along with several Crew members. We will now move to Hangars 1,2 and 3 in the coming weeks. Simply put, I need to know what you all want me to try to…
President: As I continue to interview Crew Chiefs for the dodgeball grievance in Hangars 5 and 6 it is overwhelmingly clear to me that the management team in those hangars have zero regard for our contract. Management should not be telling Crew Chiefs who to move or moving them themselves. I have been in constant…