Local 514’s Digest for the week of February 9, 2024 – Transport Workers Union Local 514

President:

Marla, Joe and I met this week with Ed Sangricco and his team to discuss Tulsa base issues. I asked if he would look at the upcoming AO schedule around the major holidays and upcoming summer months to see if the company could adjust the vacation ratio to something greater than the minimum. Any increase would help members move vacation weeks which allows others to request resulting vacancies. The requirement for posting vacation vacancies in your area can be found in article 23 in all the contract books.

We also discussed concerns about the company putting qualifications on overtime lists that prevent you from being proffered. I have a Presidential grievance filed on this issue.

I’m available 24/7 at 918-636-6089

Dale Danker

Vice President:

Union Steward meeting will be on Monday, February 12th, at 7:15 am, 11:45 am and 3:45 pm. If you are a Union Steward, please plan on attending one of the meetings.

Working Women’s Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, February 22nd, at 11:30 am and 3:30 pm at the Union Hall. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

President’s Day is February 19, 2024.

This weekend is your last opportunity to select how you would like to take it.

Marla Johnson

Recording Secretary:

2024 Michael J. Quill Scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for the Michael J. Quill Scholarship Fund. This scholarship will offer fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members a scholarship worth $4800.00. This scholarship will be paid out, each year in the amount of $1200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year college course.

We are also grateful to have four additional scholarship sponsors:

Union Benefit Planners
M3 Technology
Pitta LLP
Pitta Bishop & Del Giorno LLC

All of the above sponsored scholarships will be paid out in the first year, as a single scholarship.

More Here

Terry Buck

Chairman of Maintenance:

Safety

We are short on ERTs for the off shifts and weekends; if interested, please get in touch with Brent.anderson@aa.com
please be aware of the aircraft movement on the ramp.
Hangars 5 and 6 would like to add more team members to their safety team; please contact brian.drenthe@aa.com
we have new phone systems throughout the base. please pay attention to the phone numbers you are dialing; a few people have dialed 911 on accident.
The safety team is currently working on postings for the correct emergency numbers.

Construction area detours and allowable walkways.

Please follow all signs and detour signs.
we recently have had a few people get hurt trying to walk through the blocked-off areas.

9FF movement

AA plans to hire over 300 people this year; they will be moving people around using the 9ff language in the current contract.
The reason for this is so people can bid their shifts and days off in the new location.

Bids and Transfers

please look at the shop requirements before placing a bid
if you have any questions about your WER, don’t hesitate to get in touch with me so I can take a look at it.

Weekly Comms/Grievances meetings with managers and Directors

If there’s something you need me to bring to your manager or director, let me know.

Joe Brown
(918) 284-9666
JBrown@twumail.org

Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

We have 105 open grievances.
No job postings this weekend.
We have 471 MLS on base with 16 on LOA.
New hires start February 19th.
Make sure you make your Holiday selection for President’s Day. The window is closing soon.
If you are thinking about being a shop steward next year you can attend the shop steward meeting on Monday. Meeting times are 7:15 am, 11:45 am and 3:45 pm.
A reminder if no slots are available for DAT or Comp you can always do a DAT/Comp swap.
Save the Date JUNE 1st. TWU Family day. We are planning it now.
If you have a senior graduating please go to our website to fill out Michael J. Quill Scholarship and American Airlines has American Airlines Education Foundation Scholarship.

B.J. Rackers
(918) 346-8918
bjracker@twumail.org

Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

Buy your spouse flowers

Here’s a little experiment buy your spouse flowers, only…. Buy dead flowers…. no matter how your spouse responds, you get to say “I bought flowers for my spouse”.

In my eyes this is exactly what the company is doing, let me explain, we have a Security department… how would our security respond during an active shooter? Does our security department really screen incoming vehicles?

We have building cleaners…but how clean are your restrooms ?

We have a snow removal company that does AA’s parking lot… how clean was the parking lot during the last snow?

For safety reasons this last snow our AA FMG began cleaning the parking lot, AFTER they finished inside the turnstiles, even though we have a company being paid to do the parking lot.

We have a 911 and all call paging system…. But it’s very probable you will need to use your cell phone to call them.

This is exactly what most of the contractors AA hires are doing to your company with little or no oversight.

These are just a few examples that we as a company took for granted when we (AA FMG) did all of these jobs.

If you don’t like the services you are receiving don’t hesitate to call ext 2500 and request service, and if you happen to see any of our leaders, let them know that you don’t appreciate dead flowers.

As always feel free to contact me at anytime.

Jim Holt
(918) 378-2079
JHolt@twumail.org

Executive Board Members at Large:

Gene Chapin:

Continue working grievance office and base starting at 5:00am.
Meeting with Tec Crew Chiefs hgr.6 on Field Trip hours.
Meeting with Brian Beene on grievances.
Working on grievances at Union Hall.
BLOOD DRIVE starts February 26. Please GIVE!

Gene Chapin
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org

Tracy Hardin:

If you have received your new flexible spending account access card but have not activated it, this is a reminder to do so. You can also check your account balance, activate the card, and request a new one at nb.fidelity.com.

Tracy
(918) 409-5962
THardin@twumail.org

Don McCormick:

Grievances

Continue to work daily grievances as they come up.
HGR 1/2/3 Management agreed they should not do verbal proffers and are looking to issue pay letters for 41 OT Bypasses for bid unit 225 that occurred between 1/17- 2/2
HGR 1/2/3 Working on old grievances dating between 8/24/20 to January 2021. There are over 70 Known Outage bypasses that we have to clarify the numbers. This process should take a few weeks in the research and hopefully get most Paid in March.
HGR 5/6 All disciplinary letters (Coaching Discussions) from the crew meetings in December should have been removed last Thursday Feb 1st. Let us know if they are still in your files.

HGR 5/6

Currently working on shift betterment for 14 positions in AMT and Avionics

Welfare and Entertainment

Tulsa Oilers Hockey – Only 10 games left before playoffs.
- Tickets available at the Union Hall M-F 7-11AM and 12-4PM Or Grievance office 2nd floor above HGR 3
Family Day 2024 will be Saturday, June 1st at Mohawk Park and the Tulsa Zoo.
- Looking for Volunteers to help out that day.

Presidents Day February 19th. If you want to Bank your Holiday, you have until Sunday night Feb 11th to make that selection.

Don
(918) 378-5923
DMcCormick@twumail.org

Daron Morgan:

The 3213 Grievance office number has been changed. The new number is 539-283-6500. The EAP office number is changing as well. As soon as we get the new number, we will post it. In the meantime, if you need EAP assistance and cannot reach them, please do not hesitate to reach out to an Union Officer.
Continuing to work in the Grievance Office
Settled multiple new and old grievances this week
Continuing to prep grievances for the February GRB
We have 10 Hockey Games left this year, and we have plenty of tickets available. You can stop by the grievance office and pick some up, or you can pick them up at the Union Hall
We still have Wall Calendars and Pocket Calendars available in the grievance Office
Met with some vendors this week for an upcoming family picnic we are currently planning
We still have some members that have not updated their Piedmont Pays for their Union Sponsored Benefits. You can go to the website www.twuaaunionbenefits.com and log in and see what coverage you have and your cost. After you do that, you can login to jetnet and look at your paycheck, and make sure those numbers are correct.
Our next meeting with the CRO Leadership will be Tuesday, February 13th.
In the last month, there have been a total of 13 OSM positions posted for the WBC. We have been waiting a long time for these positions to be filled, we are hoping that trend continues. With that being said, there will possibly be some upgrading involved. When the door opens for Upgrades, it also opens another door for hiring. As this process takes place, please welcome these people in and show them the correct way. WE ARE UNION!

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

Jay Potter:

Base Outsourcing

We currently have 22 aircraft at our 4 In-house Maintenance Bases (CTO, PTO, DWH, and TLE).
- 8 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV or C11).
  - CTO – Charlotte, NC
    - A319 – 4
    - A321 – 1
  - DWH – Dallas, TX
    - A319 – 1
    - B737NG – 2
    - B777 – 1
  - PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
    - A321 – 3
  - TLE – Tulsa, OK
    - B737NG – 5
    - B737MX – 1
    - B777 – 1
    - B787 – 3
The five (5) HMP vendors have 35 aircraft.
- 31 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, C11, or S).
  - BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 2 Aircraft
    - A319 – 1
    - A321 – 1
  - INT_NSA, North State Aviation-Winston/Salem, NC – 3 Aircraft
    - A319 – 1
    - A321 – 1
    - B737NG – 1
  - SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 16 Aircraft
    - A319 – 11
    - A320 – 2
    - A321 – 1
    - B777 – 2
  - STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 8 Aircraft
    - A321 – 3
    - B737NG – 1
    - B777 – 2
    - B787 – 2
  - VQQ _Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 6 Aircraft
    - B737NG – 6
Livery aircraft do not count in the outsourced man-hours (stations include: AMA, GUS, and ROW).
If you have questions regarding Contractual Scope Language, you can reach me at (918) 845-8059 or jpotter@twumail.org. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Tulsa Aviation Maintenance Group (AMG) Headcount

February 09, 2024		January 23, 2020		VARIANCE
TCC	68	TCC	79	TCC	-11
CC AMT	254	CC AMT	245	CC AMT	9
AMT	2200	AMT	2681	AMT	-481
OSM	405	OSM	425	OSM	-20
INSP	233	INSP	263	INSP	-30
CC CL	15	CC CL	16	CC CL	-1
CL	147	CL	130	CL	17
TOTAL	3322	TOTAL	3839	TOTAL	-517

Hiring

The company currently has external postings for Plant Maintenance Mechanic – Ground Service Equipment in Tulsa. Check daily at (jobs.aa.com).

Negotiations

Next scheduled negotiation meeting with the IAM is scheduled for the week of Feb 19-23, 2024 in Dallas, TX.

Computershare Stock Account

If you had any shares in your Computershare Account, you would have received a letter from Computershare dated September 20, 2023. This letter gave instructions for several options that had to be completed by November 20, 2023. If you did nothing, the default option was as follows:
- Any fractional shares will be sold and your whole shares will be transferred to a common stock account at EQ registered in Direct Registration System (DRS) book-entry form as soon as administratively possible. A check for any residual proceeds from the sale of fractional shares will be issued to you at the address on file at Computershare.
- Once your shares have been transferred to a common stock account at EQ, you will receive a Direct Registration Account Statement to the address currently associated with your Computershare account. Information for accessing this account at EQ will be included on the statement.
- There is no fee associated with this default option.

Have a great week,

Jay
(918) 845-8059
JPotter@twumail.org