Category: TWU-514

April 2018 Membership Meetings

Monday, April 23, 2018 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM NO 11:30 PM MEETING Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Time: 5:00 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Motion to designate Memorial Day as Maintenance Manual Day Motion to have a 12:00am Shop Steward & Membership Meetings April 2018…

Brother John Miller, The Passing of his Son Jacob

Jacob’s Story Funeral services honoring and remembering Jacob Ian Miller, 20 year old resident of Verdigris, Okla. will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the Blue Starr Church of Christ in Claremore. Calling hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, April 16, with the family to receive friends from 6-8 p.m. at Rice Funeral Service…

Team registration for the 2018 Great American Smoke-off is OPEN!

Team registration is NOW OPEN for the 2018 Great American Smoke-off, which takes place Tuesday, May 1, from 10:30 am to 3 pm in Hangar 3D. Twenty teams will compete to see who has the best brisket, chicken and ribs around. A Grand Champion will be named, and will receive a Hasty – Bake Legacy…

TWU- IAM Association Aims for Industry Leading Contract

Brother and Sisters, The TWU- IAM Association is committed to achieving on American Airlines an industry- best contract that will benefit all Association members and, consequently, be the benchmark for future airline contract negotiations. The five main issues that remain in our negotiations with American are: scope (protecting our work and jobs), affordable healthcare, meaningful…

Hey, American Idle, What About the Early Out?

Message to American Airlines: While the TWU-IAM Association patiently waits for American to contact us, we encourage them to offer Association members the Early Out package they are promising. Don’t wait. Do it now. The Company can do that now or anytime. An Early Out package is not tied to our joint contract negotiations. American,…

Giving with One Hand, Taking with the Other

Job security is the most important part of any collective bargaining agreement. And your negotiating committee is fighting to make sure it’s something you never have to worry about. But when we finally see a tentative agreement, we all know the first thing many of us will do is flip back to the wage schedule…

American’s Risky Retirement Proposal

March 29, 2018 The TWU-IAM Association bargaining committee is committed to fighting for industry-best retirement security. Aside from frozen pension and PBGC benefits that apply to pre-merger employees, today’s retirement benefits for Legacy American Airlines Association members come in the form of a 401(k) with company matching contributions while Legacy U.S. Airways Association members have…

American’s Profit HOARDING Plan

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association is fighting for the industry’s best profit sharing plan. The current American Airlines profit sharing plan is simply inadequate. Even American’s CEO admitted that other airlines have better profit sharing plans. He recognized that those better plans have created a “compensation differential” for Association members that would be addressed…