Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 2, 2025 – Transport Workers Union Local 514

Vice President:

The May Membership Meeting has been rescheduled to May 12, 2025

Nominations for Officer positions will be conducted as part of the agenda at this meeting.

Grievance Report

We currently have a total of 1235 open grievances.

857 of those are overtime bypass with the majority being Crew Chief known outage grievances.

We have an arbitration date scheduled in December to determine the outcome of those.

Marla Johnson

Recording Secretary:

The 2025 Election rules have been posted on designated base bulletin boards as well as the Local 514 website.

May 29, 2025 Membership Meeting has been moved to May 12, 2025 in conjunction with Shop Steward Meeting due to time constraints with upcoming Officers Election.

Terry Buck

Chairman of Maintenance:

Headquarters Visit

This week, I was at headquarters to participate in discussions around safety management systems for major airlines. The sessions featured several informative speakers and covered a wide range of valuable topics.

Hangar 5/6 Operations

Management is implementing changes to how operations and crews are managed in Hangar 5 and 6. If you have any concerns or feedback regarding these changes, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the management team.

Officer Elections

If you have any questions about the election process or would like clarification on any part of it, please contact a member of the election committee. They are available to help explain the procedures and address any concerns.

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

Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

Weeks seem to fly lately, we have had so much going on, we posted five open positions in our group this last week and we still have more to go.

TMA is very important to the survival of the facilities group and management is still conducting coach and council meetings for those who are not appropriately documenting their time.

We have had some mix up in upgrades and parallel movement in the paint shop that we will get corrected, the recent clarification of the extension of our contract had several clarification changes that left incorrect movement language in our group, we got our international union representative involved and we are currently rectifying these issues.

Safety is another hot topic the past several months, expect your current guidelines to change and also begin to be better enforced base wide in all groups including ours.

Last Wednesday at 4:56pm my youngest daughter Paige and her husband Tanner had my newest grandson “Sunny James Heflin” and he is yet another reason I fight so hard to keep our jobs as pristine and as safe as possible, I want him to have the ability, if he so chooses, to work at American Airlines.

Budgeted Headcount 316
Current Headcount 318
Headcount on LOA 7
Actual Headcount 311

As always feel free to contact me at any time.

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

Executive Board Members at Large:

George Albano:

I attended the Hangar’s 1, 2 & 3 grievance meeting on Thursday. Several grievances have been recently settled, and the acting director is meeting with labor relations regarding a few others. The next meeting will be on May 14th.

I’ve received multiple texts and calls regarding shift improvements. On Monday, the Officers will meet with the Directors and Admin to discuss the process for enhancing shifts now that we’re using the electronic bid system.

Starting May 1, 2025, 401 (k) members who are aged 60-63 will have the opportunity for a higher catch-up limit. Details are below:

Increased catch-up limit:
- SECURE 2.0 provides an optional provision for a higher catch-up limit starting in 2025 for team members who are 60 – 63 by the end of the calendar year.
- Eligible in 2025 are those born between 1962 – 1965.
- The higher catch-up limit is $11,250, which is up from $7,500.
- The higher catch-up limit is effective on the May 16 paycheck.
- Approx. 3,700 TWU team members are eligible for the higher catch-up limit this year.

In the past few weeks, we have mourned the loss of two active employees. Please keep the Godbey and Jirasek families in your thoughts and prayers.

George Albano
918-378-1947
GAlbano@twumail.org

Gene Chapin:

Continue covering midnight shift on base at 5:00 am but can come earlier if needed.
Attended 32J’s on attendance.
Continue working in grievance office and walking the floor daily.
Grievance meeting with management on 5/1/25 agreed to pay three grievances and manager Bryan Beene looking into two other grievances.
Blood Drive starts Monday night at 8:00 pm and runs to Tuesday 5/13/25. Please bring a friend and Donate.
As always if you know of anyone retiring please let a E-board officer or union rep know.

Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org

Don McCormick:

Grievances – 232 open for multiple areas.
YTD- 466 Resolved – This is a rolling number of the last 12 months

Jan – Resolved 22 with 10 paid and 12 W/D
Feb – Resolved 44 with 41 paid and 3 W/D
March – Resolved 22 with 20 paid and 2 W/D
April – Resolved 13 with 10 paid and 3 W/D
May – Resolved 2 with 1 paid and 1 W/D

Meeting 5/1/25 Agreed to create pay letters on 18 Grievances dating back to August of 2024.

A large number of new grievances all due to Workbrain or Admin Late calls for OT and FT Roughly 20 of these to be paid in the next couple of weeks.

BASE

Met Wednesday with Ed Sangricco, John Hollihan, Craig Sully, Bryan Been, and Richard Lyon to discuss the ongoing issues around the base. (Badges, Parking lot Safety, Tobacco Free Campus, 737 new line induction in HGR 3 August, 2025, 32J’s, HGR 3/4 demolition timeline, Workbrain issues and the Shift Betterment Process moving forward.)

SHIFT Betterment/Improvement

The E-Board discussed the process and methods that we would like to see going forward with everything going automated and on the Bulletin boards. We have a tentative meeting scheduled Monday with the Directors listed above and Staff Admin to discuss how they will implement and the timeframe.

HANGAR 5/6

Working with management and Union on cleaning up HGR 5/6 work areas and establishing some 5S projects to benefit our members.

Complacency has been an issue with numerous A/C damage and slide deployments. Please take the time to communicate with others about any Jacking, servicing struts, hydraulics, and A/C movement. Do a thorough walk-around to make sure nothing will interfere with the work you’re doing.

Welfare and Entertainment

Tulsa Drillers Baseball – Home stand May 2nd-May 4th. Fireworks Friday and Saturday night

Tickets available at the Union Hall only M-F 7am to 11am and 12pm to 4pm.

Tulsa Oilers Football – May 3rd and May 10th.

Tickets available at the Union Hall M-F 7am to 11am and 12pm to 4pm and the Grievance Office when occupied.

Family Day will be June 21st at the WE Street Center

Sign-ups will start Friday, 5/02/25. Today. Need to be registered to attend so we can have the right amount of Food and Gift Bags for the kids.

Don
(918) 378-5823
DMcCormick@twumail.org

Daron Morgan:

Continue to cover the grievance office daily
Continue working grievances. This week I was able to close out 7. 4 withdrawals, 3 were paid, and 1 is pending pay. I currently have 164 open grievances. 109 are part of Presidential Grievances (Quals and CC Known Outages), and 25 are Pre JCBA.
I sat in multiple 32 J’s this week.
Thank You to everyone who took the time to come to the Membership Meeting on Monday. Each month the participation is increasing
Wednesday, our Local officers met with Ed Sangricco and the Area Directors to discuss issues in the Areas we cover and we briefly discussed shift betterment and set up a meeting with the company on Monday May 5, to have a more in depth discussion with the company on shift betterment
Thursday our Local Board Met and discussed shift betterment and we looked at what other bases and stations were doing with shift betterment
Registration for the TWU Family Day 2025 is now open and posted on the TWU website. If you cannot login, reach out to an officer, and we can help you get logged in
Wednesday and Thursday May 7th and 8th, I will be in OKC for the Oklahoma Labor Conference
The Tulsa Oilers next home football game will be on Saturday May 3rd. The Oilers have a promotion Saturday “Free youth jersey to the 1st 1000 kids”. We have vouchers available in the grievance office and at the Hall
The Tulsa Drillers have home Baseball Games Fri, Sat, Sun, Tue, and Wed. Those vouchers are available at the Union Hall only
Shirts and Hats/Visors are available at the Hall if you have not picked yours up yet

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

Local 514 General Elections 2025-2028 term

Nominations are now open online, you can now nominate HERE

Nominations will be open until 5:00 pm on May 12th, 2025 You will also be able to make any nominations you would like at the May 12th Membership Meetings!

Please make sure you have your address current and preferably local. (Check yours HERE)

The 2025 Election rules have been posted on base bulletin boards as well as the Local 514 website.

If you need assistance with your login to the twu514.org website, please contact a Union officer, Call the Grievance Office: 539-283-6500, 918-660-6222 or Call the Union Hall 918-437-4300 you can also drop by the Union Hall from 7:00-11:00 am and 12:00 to 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday.

For other questions please contact the Election Board at election@twumail.org

2025 Michael J. Quill Scholarship DEADLINE May 5th, 2025!

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:

Acrisure
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.

Please click HERE for an application, additional information, and rules, including eligibility requirements. The application deadline is May 5, 2025; no applications postmarked after this date will be accepted. No applications will be accepted by fax or email – there will be no exceptions.

American Airlines Anniversaries (5th Year)

5 year anniversary

Tim Beach — Dept:046S – MLG

Waymon Brown — Dept:026S – MLG

Sheena Milton — Dept:027S – MLG

10 year anniversary

Gabriel Figueroa Navedo — Dept:MTS – MTS

25 year anniversary

Gary Barber — Dept:911 – FMG

Kristian Britschgi — Dept:567 – AMG

James Holt — Dept:916 – FMG

Shawn Harrington — Dept:489A – MCT

Tod Houser — Dept:025S – MLG

Sherry Limbird — Dept:026S – MLG

Arnold Petti — Dept:034S – MLG

30 year anniversary

Luis Miranda — Dept:226A – AMG

35 year anniversary

William Abernethy — Dept:819 – AMG

Joseph Bouchie — Dept:824 – AMG

Darren Brown — Dept:567 – AMG

Brad Brugger — Dept:302 – AMG

Timothy Clay — Dept:091T – FMG

Lionel Currin — Dept:921 – FMG

Christopher Feather — Dept:457 – AMG

Roy Fulks — Dept:817 – AMG

Kennard Fuselier — Dept:725 – AMG

Jerry Gonzalez — Dept:607A – AMG

Paul Hood — Dept:263A – AMG

Fred Hull — Dept:208 – AMG

John Kerr — Dept:607A – AMG

Jody King — Dept:725 – AMG

Charles Locker — Dept:457 – AMG

Vincent Longobardi — Dept:824 – AMG

Robert Mica — Dept:226 – AMG

William Moonen — Dept:225A – AMG

Daniel Mullen — Dept:457 – AMG

Brian Sadowski — Dept:567 – AMG

Thomas Strzelec — Dept:457 – AMG

Eric Tschida — Dept:180I – AMG

Allen Vice — Dept:725 – AMG

Michael Wacha — Dept:302O – AMG

Harvey West — Dept:130I – AMG

Randy Willoughby — Dept:257 – AMG

Mark Woodrich — Dept:302O – AMG

Passages

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

The Passing of Brother Justin Godbey

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