President: The Union’s position on Vendors doing work on aircraft at the base is a violation of our agreement. I’m told by our International Rep, Rollie Reaves there will be an International grievance filed against this violation. If you are a crew chief and you have an opinion on how best to handle the bid…
President: This week, we continued working on the contracts via Zoom call. Also, the vendor working on the 2D aircraft is being handled at the international level. American has 3 planes at base locations with vendors working them. I believe the contract does not support the company’s position on this. There are details to follow…
May 3, 2024 Dear Sisters and Brothers: Your TWU-IAM Association Negotiation Committee representing M&R, MLS, MTS and MCT is pleased with the May 1st 2024 announcement by the TWU-IAM Association leadership serving notice to the company of the TWU-IAM Association’s intent to commence ‘early opening’ negotiations in accordance with Article 3 of the respective Collective…
President: This week, Jay Potter and I continued meeting with the Negotiation team. We are still discussing multiple articles in the MLS, MCT, M&R, and MTS contracts, and we will continue that work in the following weeks to complete them. Thank you to those members who took the time to submit proposed changes. Jay and…
Date: May 01, 2024 To: TWU-IAM Association Membership: Today the TWU-IAM Association has served notice to American Airlines of our intent to commence negotiations on all TWU-IAM Association Collective Bargaining Agreements. This notice to commence ‘early opening’ negotiations was served in accordance with Article 3 of the respective Collective Bargaining Agreements and Section 6, Title…
More than 150 U.S. House members a signed a letter led by the Congressional Labor Caucus and the Transport Workers Union urging JetBlue to stay neutral and not interfere with ongoing worker unionization efforts at the airline. A total of 160 lawmakers representing Democrats and Republicans along with lawmakers in major JetBlue hubs signed the letter…
Vice President: Membership meeting is Monday, April 29th We had 22 new hires this week, and 42 will start next week. Please make them feel welcome if they come to your area. The company has a structure qualification in all of A/O and has implemented it at the other maintenance bases. If you want to…
We share with you the passing of retired Brother Edward Dresher on March 31, 2024. Ed started working for American Airlines back in 1955 and retired from the position of Facilities Maintenance Carpenter in 1989. Please keep the Dresher family in your thoughts and prayers. Obituary for Edward “Ed” Wade Dresher Edward “Ed” Wade Dresher,…
April 24, 2024 Transport Workers Union Local 556 Flight Attendants at Southwest Airlines Overwhelmingly Ratify New Four-Year Contract, Become Highest-Paid Flight Attendants in the Industry Flight Attendants at Southwest Airlines represented by the Transport Workers Union of America – Local 556 ratified a new four-year contract that includes a 22.3 percent raise on May 1…
President: This week we continued by Zoom meetings to work through the contracts represented by the Association. We will pick back up on that work in 2 weeks in Phoenix,AZ. AAERO concerns All, The announcement that AA has signed a 20 year contract with GE has driven questions about the future of the Tulsa engine…