August Membership Meetings: Postponed for August. TWU Local 514 is working on possibly doing online meetings or video a Union Q&A meeting to view from our TWU website. This is in discussion to get a date for an online meeting. TWU 514 Members will be notified on the date. Please take the time to participate…
SOURCE: Perspective, Article from the American Way Magazine I am a Machinist by Trade. For the last 30 years, I’ve had the pleasure of doing a job I love as an Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) at the American Airlines Base Maintenance facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I’ve worked on nearly every aircraft type in our fleet,…
Articles 31,32 and 33 are due to be implemented on August 31, although it could drift a few days to maybe a week later. Here is a summary of the changes, as always please refer to your respective contract books. Verbal Step Within five (5) days of the violation. A Supervisor…
Pension kits Members have to request the pension kit by Sept 15th for a commencement date of Oct 1st. The kit is valid for 180 days, so they have 180 days (6 months) from the print date (bottom right hand corner) to return the kit. Of course the sooner they return the kit the sooner…
VEOP – Another Video Conference with Mark Loeber On Monday, August 3rd at 10:00am CT, Mark Loeber, your TWU retirement consultant, will be hosting virtual meetings to discuss and educate those who are interested in registering for the recently announced Voluntary Early-Out Program (VEOP). We encourage all employees who are interested in registering for the…
The deadline for the long-term voluntary leave of absence and voluntary early out programs for active, U.S.-based mainline represented team members, excluding pilots, has been extended to Aug. 12 at 11:59 p.m. CT. We’ve received feedback from team members that given the magnitude of these decisions and questions about the programs, additional time to consider…
TWU514 Neck Gaiter/Face Cover’s are in! Joe Brown, Executive Board Officer and Chairman of Safety along with some Shop Stewards that he will be asking for help, will be passing out masks. They will be visiting all buildings on and off the base to hand them out. Please observe social distancing during this process. Always,…
Joe Brown, Executive Board Officer and Chairman of Safety along with some Shop Stewards that he will be asking for help, will be passing out masks. They will be visiting all buildings on and off the base to hand them out. Please observe social distancing during this process. Always, Please try your best to protect…
We have noted that when AA implemented the new CBA “pay in arrears” method of payment and may have harmed some members. So if you have the PDF of the DocuSign that you initialized on or before June 22nd, 2020 and did not fill out the second DocuSign. Please attach it to the following form…
President Dale Danker – Video on WARN letters Dale made a video with what we currently know about the WARN letters here in Tulsa. See it HERE: https://youtu.be/nFi9BqD1K4I Association updates: Association Letter – WARN Letter WARN Follow Up Letter Benefits: You can now make changes to your FSA contributions U.S.-based team members have more options…