At the TWU International Executive Council meeting today, Executive Vice President John Samuelsen was elevated to International President after incumbent President Harry Lombardo unexpectedly announced his retirement, effective immediately. Samuelsen is President of TWU’s largest affiliate, Local 100 in New York City, which is also the nation’s biggest transportation local union with 42,000 active…
Saturday April 29th I received a text message from Shop Steward Norman Vaughn questioning a letter he got his hands on. The letter from AA chief test pilot mentioned that the Tulsa base would close in the future. As we all should do Norman knew it needed verified. I called AA’s Senior Vice President –…
All members, There is a letter circulating the base from AA chief test pilot Young. It is a doctored letter about Tulsa closing. I have contacted David Seymour and the company is going to put out a Tulsa base communication explaining what happened along with the original letter. They tell me it will take a…
American Airlines yesterday announced mid-contract pay increases for its pilot and flight attendant groups. The Company states its reasoning is that those two groups have fallen significantly behind their industry peers with long durations before their collective bargaining agreements are open for negotiations. The TWU-IAM Association negotiated industry leading pay increases last fall for the…
To All my Sisters and Brothers, “It is openly apparent that our employer does not care about those of us in the Mechanic and Related, Stores or Fleet Service groups. We will soon be approaching Memorial Day and once again we will come to work on that day. While management and our counterparts enjoy Memorial day off,…
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The 2017 American Airlines Tulsa Family Carnival will take place Saturday, May 20 from 10 am – 4 pm at the Tulsa Maintenance Base. Tulsa Maintenance Base Parking Lot (north of Main Guard Gate). You and your family can expect the same great things that have made this a Tulsa tradition for many years. Carnival rides and…
Executive Session Negotiations Continue American negotiations continued this week in Washington, DC. By mutual agreement, the Chairperson of the National Mediation Board (NMB), Linda Puchala, joined our negotiations. The purpose of entering Executive level negotiations is to bring the talks to a successful conclusion and to the degree the NMB can assist in that…
I’m sitting at the negotiating table in DC taking time away from the reason I am here to write a letter of clarification. It has been brought to my attention that there have been some postings placed around the base with my name at the bottom of it. These postings are very misleading and…
Each year, more than 4,600 women and men die as a result or work related accidents and diseases In the United States. Workers suffer approximately 4 million occupational Injuries and illnesses each year. Worldwide we lose one worker every 15 seconds and in the United States approximately 12 to 15 workers die every day due…