Category: Digest

Local 514’s Digest for the week of October 25, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: I want to thank MCT Chairman Jason Best for working with the company to reach a settlement on a Presidential grievance from 2018. The grievance was centered around the company moving Inspection work. We will now have a tech crew chief oversee a portion of the CMM duties. This is a win for the…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of October 18, 2024

TWU Local 514

Vice President: The voting window for the extension agreement will be open from October 25th at noon central time and will close on October 29th at noon central time. The DAT election process is open through November 1, 2024. From Oct. 15 through Nov. 1, 2024, eligible team members will have the opportunity to reserve…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of October 11, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: Please see the Association document to review your respective class on the Economic Extension you will be voting on starting October 25, 2024. (Here) Again, please make sure you can access your AA email and that your address on file with American Airlines is accurate. I enjoyed getting to speak with many members at…

 Local 514’s Digest for the week of October 4, 2024

TWU Local 514

  President: This week I traveled with other TWU/IAM negotiation committee members to Chicago and Dallas to present information on the upcoming vote on the economic contract extension. We held meetings in Tulsa Thursday and Friday to cover the same information. There was good turnout at all the meetings. We covered questions from why are…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of September 27, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: The TWU/IAM Negotiation committee is putting together a schedule to do station visit meetings to discuss the economic extensions and to answer questions from the floor. The plan in Tulsa is to have the meetings on the base Thursday October the 3rd for day and afternoon shift and Friday October 4th for midnight shift. …

Local 514’s Digest for the week of September 20, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: All, This week we reached a tentative agreement (TA) with American Airlines on an economic extension for the contracts covering the M&R, MCT, MLS and MTS groups. Please review the Association update and attached pay charts here.             In the upcoming days and weeks we will put out information on meeting dates to discuss the…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of September 13, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: Jay and I traveled to Dallas this week for more discussions on a possible economic extension. There will be an Association update later today.  We will be back in Texas next week. Dale Danker Vice President: Grievance Report Membership meetings will be held on Monday, Sep 30, 2024 This has been changed from Sep…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of Sep 6, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: I was in continued talks with AA at hdq this week. Details of this week’s meetings will be explained in an association update that will be posted when available. I will be back in Dallas next week for continued talks. Dale Vice President: Union Stewards Meetings  Monday, September 9, 2024 As many of you…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of August 30, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: Video of President Dale Danker on Contract Extension Talks. Dale Danker Vice President: The company announced more work coming to Tulsa next year. This is great news! We continue to have new AMT’s on-boarding monthly. There have also been cleaner interviews to build a pool of people available when those positions become available.  Grievance…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of August 23, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: Denver Presidents Meeting: AA TWU Presidents and Officers discussed the upcoming meeting with AA scheduled for Aug. 27-28. “Dodgeball” & Inspection Presidential Grievances: During the week of Aug. 26, I’m scheduled to meet with the AA attorney Oliff and HR Voss, along with TWU Rep Rollie Reaves, to discuss the “dodgeball” and 2018 Inspection…