Category: TWU-514

Regular Membership Meeting, Monday, April 30, 2012

Date …………………….. Monday, April 30, 2012 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM | 11:45 AM | 3:45 PM | 11:30 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business. Discussion and vote on discontinuing Entertainment expenses for the next 9 months. Discussion and vote on sponsoring Make a Wish Foundation of Oklahoma. Discussion and vote on sponsoring…

Reuters News article Stating that Vote will be held next week is FALSE

AMR union to vote next week on proposal: sources www.reuters.com (Reuters) – The union representing seven work groups at bankrupt American Airlines will vote starting next week on the carrier’s best and final contract offer, with results expected before unions testify This article currently has no merit. The vote on the last best offer has…

APFA and TWU Protest AMR Bankruptcy at New York City Courthouse

Under cloudy skies this morning, over 700 union members gathered in New York City’s Battery Park to protest American Airlines (AMR) legal motion that seeks to abrogate their collective bargaining agreements. From across the country, flight attendants, fleet service workers, mechanics and others came to New York to voice their personal opposition to the company’s…

Short Term Disability

We have two Short Term Disability insurances at American Airlines. The first Short Term Disability is the Union Short Term Disability Plan named “The Standard”. This insurance pays you while you are out of work for an illness or accident and unable to work. It pays you fifty percent of your income less your taxes.…

Foot Care Clinic

The Visiting Nurses Association of Tulsa will be here April 25, 2012 from 9AM to 4PM. The clinic will be held at the Transport Workers Union, Local 514, 11945 E. Pine St. Please call (918) 695-5165 for an appointment. The cost for this treatment $30.00, for which you will receive the following: Warm Water Soak,…

TWU Blood Drive

Have you given blood lately? If you have, you probably have seen Carol Bean volunteering here for the Red Cross for last 26 years; twenty of those years, along side her husband Paul. She has been a teacher of music therapy most of her life, but recently she tutors to children in music. She started…

Support AAmerican Jobs Rally

JOBS, JOBS, JOBS Hundreds of Workers to March and Rally to Save Jobs at American Airlines and American Eagle as Hearings to Void Labor Contracts Begin at U.S. Bankruptcy Court Morning of April 23 in Lower Manhattan New York – Workers from American Airlines and American Eagle will march and rally from New York City’s Battery…

Letter from President Little Regarding Bankruptcy, April 20, 2012

  Dear Brothers and Sisters, During my years in the U.S. military, I learned valuable lessons that have stayed with me ever since. Never box yourself into a corner, always keep your options open, and be sure to have a long-range battle plan. That’s exactly the strategy our union has followed as we face, together,…

Unions at American Airlines plan to back takeover bid from rival US Airways

DAVID KOENIG  AP Airlines Writer DALLAS — Unions at American Airlines plan to support a potential takeover offer by rival US Airways, according to two people familiar with the situation. The unions believe that combining with US Airways would give American the best chance to grow and preserve jobs, said the two, who spoke on condition…