September 17, 2014 TO: AA Locals 501 – 591 RE: In sourcing of Work at Three TWU Cities Dear Brothers & Sisters: By now, most of you have already learned through social media that American Airlines informed the TWU International yesterday that they plan to in source work at three locations. The identified cities are…
Category: TWU-ATD
Call Congress and tell them to speak out against phones on planes.
Take action now. Call Congress and tell them to speak out against phones on planes. In January, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed to allow passengers to use cell phones on airplanes. Allowing passengers to use phones to make calls during flights would create an annoyance that risks disagreements and possibly physical violence. Voice calls…
TWU FILES INTERNATIONAL GRIEVANCE AGAINST AMERICAN AIRLINES OVER CONTRACT VIOLATIONS RE. PREFUNDING MATCH
TWU FILES INTERNATIONAL GRIEVANCE AGAINST AMERICAN AIRLINES OVER CONTRACT VIOLATIONS RE. PREFUNDING MATCH General Release for All American Airlines Active and Retired Employees: Yesterday, the TWU filed an International Grievance under the American Airlines System Board in response to the New American Airlines’ violation of its collective bargaining agreements with all seven TWU-represented contract groups.…
David Virella files 29(d) Grievance on AA for the distribution of our Pre-funding Match
VIA Email & Certified Mail #7003-2260-0004-7869-4565 September 11, 2014 Mr. James Weel Managing Director Labor Relations – Technical Operations American Airlines Inc. P.O. Box 619616 MD 5235 DFW Airport, TX 75261-9147 Subject: 29(d) Grievance Dear Jim: In accordance with the collective bargaining agreements now in effect, the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (“TWU”), pursuant…
Virgin America Airlines’ Flight Attendants Vote for Representation by the Transport Workers Union
Washington, DC – A majority of flight attendants at Virgin America has voted in favor of union representation by the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), the federal National Mediation Board reported today. This is the first work group at the airline to vote for a union. TWU received 430 votes, 58 percent of those…
AA leadership announced the movement of the DFW 777 B-Check
Early this morning AA leadership announced the movement of the DFW 777 B-Check to MIA, beginning in late September. AA has notified us that a significant number of transfers will be moved into MIA, that offering will begin to take place in the next two weeks. A recent change was made to the electronic transfer…
No more 15 day waiting period for Transfers, Title I, II, III and V
July 22, 2014 Dear David, Per our conversation, effective August 1, 2014, the 15 day waiting period before a transfer becomes active for Title I, II, Ill and V employees, will no longer be applicable. On the effective date, when an employee requests a transfer in the online tool, the transfer will become effective immediately.…
Letter from Sean Doyle, RE: Update Regarding Disputed Claims
American plans to make a distribution of shares to unsecured creditors from its Disputed Claims Reserve (DCR) on July 1. The Disputed Claims reserve holds shares set aside for resolution of certain claims in the bankruptcy proceedings. When American prevails or settles claims, shares initially held aside for those claims can be distributed. However, the…
Letter from TWU-ATD to AA on Prefunding.
June 24, 2014 Mr. Stephen Johnson Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs American Airlines Group PO Box 619616, MD 5675 Fort Worth, TX 75261-9616 Mr. Paul Jones Senior Vice President General Counsel American Airlines Group PO Box 619616, MD 5675 Fort Worth, TX 75261-9616 Gentlemen: This writing is a request for information regarding the nonperformance of…
AA’s Elimination of “Flex Vacation” – TWU Immediately files 29D Grievance – June 5, 2014
American Airlines has came to the determination that Flex Vacation will be eliminated Effective January 1, 2015 for All TWU-represented employees. You can read the letter from James Weel, MD Labor Relations HERE This was the reply from David Virella: Subject: 29(d) Grievance – Article 8 violation Dear Jim: In accordance with Article 29 (d) of…