Category: TWU-514

And the Frustration Continues

514 members, Earlier this week the association executive negotiation team met with American Airlines in JFK.  It was reported to me on a conference call today that American Airlines once again did not come with a counter proposal from our economic pass. Nor did they put in writing the details of the proposal you received…

Association, American Meet

Brothers and Sisters, Association negotiators met with American Airlines Monday and Tuesday this week. The purpose of the meetings was to discuss minor, but important open issues. Some progress was made, but American remains unreasonable by not settling issues they should be able to agree to. The Company’s public statements that they desire to conclude…

2018 Quill Scholarship Winners

Michael J. Quill Scholarship Winners – $4800 (paid out per year for 4 years) Name   &   Local Sydney Flourre (daughter of Thomas Flourre) 574 Renee Megwa (daughter of Dennis Megwa) 513 Audrey Arias (daughter of Juan Arias) 252 Samantha Samlal (daughter of Praimnath Samlal) 100 Kaitlyn Easington (daughter of Keith Easington Jr.) 100 Alyssa Weber…

Association Bulletin – 6/7/18

Brothers and Sisters, On behalf of the members of the TWU- IAM Association, we would like to extend our enthusiastic support for the Aircraft Maintenance Offshoring Bill, federal legislation that would support US aircraft maintenance workers. This bill is intended to draw attention to the airline industry- wide trend of offshoring aircraft maintenance. “The TWU-…

Equity Update

Equity Has Finally Arrived Why is the International using two (2) distributions for our equity? The International has been advised to distribute the equity in two (2) distributions. The first distribution will be approximately $55M, the second distribution will be approximately $30M from the funds along with the expected refund from the IRS in the…

June 2018 Shop Steward Meetings

Monday, June 11, 2018 Time 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM 5:00 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Review of how to access Retirement information available on jetnet June 2018 Shop Steward Meeting Posting in PDF

Supposals offer by Management or OUR JOBS ARE NOT FOR SALE

514 members, I’m sure most of you are aware by now, the company emailed each of you what they are calling an enhanced proposal. Thursday evening at 6 PM central time, I along with the TWU Presidents had a conference call to discuss the proposal. Most that were on the call had many questions, and unfortunately,…

TWU Reserve/Equity Fund Distribution Update May 25, 2018

Dear Brothers and Sisters: This letter is an update regarding the equity distribution from the TWU Equity Distribution Reserve Fund for those eligible to participate under the TWU Equity Distribution Plan established as a result of the bankruptcy. TWU, through Computershare, will be distributing $55 million dollars’ worth of the equity from the Reserve Fund…

Thank You!

514 members, Thank you for the high quality work you do. Your commitment and professionalism keeps the airplanes we put our families on as safe as possible. I also want to say thank you to those members who support our efforts to hold the new leaders of American Airlines to their own words. As we…