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
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.
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…
President: This week, I attended meetings in Calgary with Gary Schaible, Rollie Reaves, several TWU reps, and other airline workers worldwide to discuss mental health issues amongst our work groups. In our current state, we have EAP counselors both Union and Company for our folks to reach out to. Still, it was clear to me…
Major Safety Wins, But More Must Be Done Foreign aircraft repair facilities are now subject to drug and alcohol testing and flight dispatchers are no longer allowed to work remotely but there’s still plenty of work needed from the Federal Aviation Administration to fully implement last year’s FAA Reauthorization law. Friday, May 16 marks…
President: The company has informed the Association that some engine work being performed in Tulsa and other stations will be outsourced due to the tariffs being imposed by the Government. It is QEC-type work here in Tulsa and not heavy engine overhaul on the Trent 800 series engines used on the 777. The company…