April 20, 2021 The Association presented its first arbitration case. At issue is the Control Crew Chief work that American Airlines transitioned from Crew Chiefs to management. Testimony was given by representatives of the TWU and the IAM far-reaching from across the country, from Charlotte to Dallas and Los Angeles to Phoenix. The Association strongly…
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Local 514 Digest for the week of April 16th 2021
Coyotes on the Prowl President Dale Danker did the “Coyotes on the Prowl” Video that can be seen HERE Union Plus There are times when you don’t reep the benefits of an organization when you already meet the basic requirement, union membership. Union Plus is one of those organizations. They were founded by the AFL-CIO…
Local 514 Digest for the Week of April 9th, 2021
Update: What is the Union going to do? Watch this short video of President Dale Danker on the topic of “What is the Union going to do?” We met Thursday April 8th as a board to review the posted bid sheets for the May 2021 Re-bid period. We have identified what we believe to…
A Decade of Just Culture
In this episode of TechOps ASAP Podcast, host Brad Brugger talks in depth about Just Culture and ten years of the Just Policy.
Local 514 Digest for the week of April 2, 2021
Day Off changes The company continues to insist on adding the Tuesday/Wednesday day off schedule to AO. They believe this will help cut the overtime in the hangars. Although we disagree entirely and think that they have not fulfilled the contractual obligations to make every reasonable effort to arrange work schedules so that, whenever practicable,…
Local 514 Digest for the Week of March 26th, 2021
VIDEO – President Danker letter to Tulsa Base Managing Director, Ed Sangricco RE: May Re-Bid RE: May re-bid – 2021 Mr. Sangricco, This letter is in response to meetings held on March 19th and March 23rd which involved discussion concerning the Tulsa May re-bid. First, let me say that your accusations yesterday morning that John…
Local 514 Digest for the week of March 19, 2021
Contractors on Base You may have noticed that we have contractors working on the cooling towers on the base. This work is being done as per our current agreement. I was told that the company will be posting the following positions starting this weekend: 4 Electricians 7 Millwrights 1 Plumber 1 Tech CC Millwright If…
Local 514 Digest for the Week of March 12th, 2021
Pay Raise We are approaching the one year mark of our current agreement with AA and we should be seeing a raise after March 26, 2021. DOR + 12 Months = March 26, 2021 you will get a 2% raise. The charts are available in our agreements, I have placed the page numbers where these…
TWU/IAM TechOps – Recent ASAP Trends – Podcast
TWU/IAM TechOps – Recent ASAP Trends Covering the FAA and your Address Change, Duty Time and Interaction with FAA Inspectors.
Local 514 Digest for the Week of March 5th, 2021
Video – President Dale Danker on Tuesday/Wednesday Days Off President Dale Danker in discussions on the topic of Hours of Service, Article 14. Here in Tulsa. Retirement – SICK LEAVE CONVERSION JCBA Article 24 L. L.Upon separation from the Company, an employee will be paid ten-dollars and eighty cents ($10.80) for each hour of accrued…