President: Well, well, well, I’m told the company didn’t like my last digest update (read here), so let me tag on to that same message. The company say’s the Tulsa base employees are underperforming. Therefore the supervisors need to be on the lookout for people not at their workstations. I believe the company is doing…
President: They want Maximum and give you Minimum. As always, look out for management, they are not our friends. They want maximum effort from you while they give you minimum respect, minimum input on how to flow an airplane, minimum vacation/dat ratios and minimum headcount at the bases. They do this while violating the contract…
President: What is the Performance Policy? The Company has always had an Attendance Policy and a Performance Discipline Policy they were called ACP and PPC. They do not ask this Union or any other Union on the property for permission to change policies. They write their policies and we uphold our contractual language if we…
President: I continue to work with VP Johnson and the Executive Board on grievances. In the process of writing 2 additional Presidential grievances. Conference call with AA legal on performance discipline policy. We are being moved to the legacy USair policy which allows for one additional step for TWU members before termination. I continue to…
Vice President: The Union Rep sign up closes this weekend. I will be going through the list of candidates to ensure you meet the requirements in the TWU 514 Bylaws. The Chairman are determining the need in the bid areas. I will be emailing the results by the first of February. We will have a…
Vice President: The Union Rep sign up is posted on our website. If you’re interested and meet the requirements of the Bylaws please go to WWW.TWU514.org and sign up. I will be having a meeting in February to discuss the expectations and duties of a Union Rep. I look forward to working with you this…
President: I continue to work with Marla to prepare grievances to be submitted to Arbitration. Currently we are asking the company for a date to arbitrate an old case revolved around the company moving inspection work to AMT. The next case I want a date for is what I call “Dodge Ball”, where multiple Crew…
President: Not a lot to report out on this week. As always lots of phone calls trying to help people resolve issues. If I have missed returning your call or text I apologize, please just text me and say “hey don’t forget to call me back”. I get behind on calls and text messages…
December 16, 2022 TO: TWU/IAM Association Members RE: Attendance Arbitration Late yesterday afternoon, the Association completed the attendance arbitration that was continued from September against American Airlines. Our team completed our witness testimony mid-day Wednesday. The Company began presentation of their case on Wednesday afternoon, completing their witness testimony late Thursday afternoon. Closing briefs are…
President: Rollie Reaves and I sat down with five IAM Reps. in DC this week to discuss the possibility of reconvening the Representation Committee. That committee is tasked with handling all contractual issues. There are many issues to resolve, I suspect there will be future meetings with the IAM to work through those issues. I…