Local 514’s Digest for the week of August 2, 2024

President:

I had a Zoom call this week to discuss pay rates and premiums at other airlines. Discussion on IAM health care rates vs TWU health care rates. We have asked for a meeting with actuary Rich Pantoja to express the need for a comprehensive comparison chart. 

Also this week the board and I reviewed all available September bid sheets to recognize all crew chief “dodgeball” areas. I expect to get an arbitrator date soon for this case.

There has been no further conversation from the company on an economic extension. TWU International Rep. Rollie Reaves will attend that meeting (RE:Association Update, July 26, 2024 posting).

Next week I travel to Denver for a TWU all Presidents meeting.

As always I can be reached 24/7 at 918-636-6089.

Dale Danker

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Vice President:

Grievance Report

We currently have a total of 1335 open grievances. We have two discharges. 

The E-board continues to work diligently on resolving the issues throughout the base. If you have any questions about contract violations please contact a Union Steward.

We have seen an increase in retirements. If you or someone you know is getting ready to retire, please let one of us know. As a member in good standing, we would like to present you with a gift upon you taking the step into your next adventure.

I have been working with Sheila Carlson trying to get answers on political paraphernalia from Sky View.

We have had a couple of incidents where people have been asked to remove items from vehicles, tool boxes, and peoples garments. You may not display anything that promotes an election of any one or thing. It is still gray on what all that entails. I will hopefully have some clarity on this soon. I understand that we all have our opinions and beliefs but we can not try to influence others to change theirs, especially at work.

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Marla Johnson

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Recording Secretary:

THE TWU AIR DIVISION REPRESENTS

The Air Division represents members at several air carriers including Air Wisconsin, Alaska, Allegiant Air, American, Envoy, Frontier, FSI, Hawaiian, Horizon, JetBlue, Kalitta, PSA, Republic, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, and UPS.  In addition, the Air Division has oversight for members at several U.S. government facilities, including Fort Lee, Fort Gordon, and the NASA Kennedy Space Center.  The Air Division also represents members at Allied, KLM, Swissport, World Flight Services, and several other smaller facilities. The Air Division recently secured representation for the Flight Dispatchers at Omni Air.

Terry Buck

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Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

Grievances

• Currently we have 84 open

Oklahoma Cope Convention

• I attended the Oklahoma State AFL-CIO Cope Convention last Saturday.  We went over all the candidates that the AFL-CIO and Labor Councils are endorsing. 

September Bids

• CMS and Shipping will be separated on this Bid.
• New bid will be effective September 9th

Adult Party

• Please save the Date of November 2nd. 

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

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Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

I spent this week in Dallas speaking with the facilities group that is negotiating our portion of the contract and our international representative MR. Bill Clark, we as a group identified issues that hinders our ability to expand as an organization, preparing for the upcoming negotiations.

Since this meeting I personally feel more at ease knowing the issues we have in Tulsa are the same issues throughout the entire AA system and that everyone recognizes as needing addressed , this coupled with the support of our president, Mr.Dale Danker and the E board at our local 514,  I’m confident we will get language more suited to our needs in the new contract.

As always feel free to contact me at anytime.

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

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Executive Board Members at Large:

George Albano:

On Wednesday, July 31st, I met with Bryan Beene to discuss several grievances.  Bryan is reviewing those & will be getting several paid.

There have been several close calls lately with members using scooter carts. Please slow down and obey all stop signs in the hangers and outside areas. Give pedestrians plenty of room when near them. Make sure all passengers have a factory-installed seat (no one’s legs should be hanging off of the side ). Do not modify the carts.

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

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Don McCormick:

Grievances – 283 open

• July – Resolved 44. With 25 paid and 19 W/D
• August – Resolved 38 With 28 paid and 10 W/D 
  • (HGR 1/2/3 Oct/Nov 2020 grievances were 35 of these.  28 paid and 10 W/D for Known CC outage)
  • HGR 5/6 Resolved 3 with 3 paid.

Been looking at Re-Bid issues with multiple groups throughout the base.

Welfare and Entertainment

• Tulsa Drillers Baseball – Aug 2-4^th.  Tickets at the Union Hall M-F 7AM-4PM
• The Event Committee (4 E-Board officers and 10 members from the floor) will be meeting next Wednesday to discuss and plan the upcoming Adult Party At the Hardrock Casino on Nov 2^nd.  Hotel room Reservations and Registration for the event will be starting later this month

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

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Daron Morgan:

• On Monday and Tuesday, I was either in the Grievance office or out on the base somewhere.  I was off Wednesday- Friday

• On Tuesday July 30th, I met with the CRO Leadership Team and we had 2nd step grievance meetings.  The grievances we discussed will be moving forward in the process.  
• We had a  hangar supervisor refusing to take a couple of grievances this week.  The supervisor wanted  all of the attachments printed off.  All of the attachments were uploaded in the database and made public, so there was no need for wasting more paper and ink.  If this ever happens to you, please contact an officer ASAP.  
• Continued to work new and old grievances
• We have continued discussing plans for the Nov 2 Adult Party at the Hard Rock, as well as plans for the 2025 TWU Family Fun Day
• The Tulsa Drillers are playing at home this FRI-SUN.  This weekend, the Drillers suit up as the Noodlers, with a Fireworks display to end the night on Friday.  Saturday night, they will be giving out Tess Maune bobble heads to the 1st 500 fans.  Tickets are available at the Union Hall

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

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Jay Potter:

Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, August 02, 2024

In-house Base Maintenance  – Four (4) Stations 

• 20 Aircraft 
• 7 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
  • CTO – Charlotte, NC
    • A319 – 2
    • A320 – 1
    • A321 – 3
  • DWH – Dallas, TX
    • B737NG – 4
    • B777 – 1
    • B787 – 1
  • PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
    • A321 – 1   (C11)
  • TLE – Tulsa,  OK
    • B737NG – 7   (2 – MBV04, 4 – MBV08)

Outsourced Base Maintenance – Six (6) Stations

• 22 aircraft.
• 20 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, S, or EIS).
  • BFM_VT MAE, Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Mobile, AL – 3 Aircraft
    • A319 – 2   (2 – 3S)
    • A320 – 1   (1 – 3S)
  • GSO_HAECO, Greensboro, NC – 1 Aircraft
    • B737NG – 1
  • INT -_NSA North State Aviation, Winston/Salem, NC – 1 Aircraft
    • A321 – 1   (1 – C11)
  • SLO_Aeroman, El Salvador – 10 Aircraft
    • A319 – 7   (7 – 4S)
    • A320 – 1   (1 – 4S)
    • A321 – 2   (2 – 4S)
  • STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 2 Aircraft
    • A319 – 1
    • B787 – 1   (1-CC03)
  • VQQ _Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 5 Aircraft
    • B737MX – 3   (3 – MBV02)
    • B737NG – 2   (1 – MBV03, 1 – MBV05)

• Livery aircraft do not count toward 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

August 02, 2024			January 23, 2020			VARIANCE
TCC	68		TCC	79		TCC	-11
CC AMT	258		CC AMT	245		CC AMT	13
AMT	2301		AMT	2681		AMT	-380
OSM	429		OSM	425		OSM	4
INSP	243		INSP	263		INSP	-20
CC CL	16		CC CL	16		CC CL	0
CL	180		CL	130		CL	50
TOTAL	3495		TOTAL	3839		TOTAL	-344

Hiring 

• For available vacancies in Tech Ops, check jobs.aa.com.

Negotiations

• Your M&R TWU/IAM negotiation team met this week via Zoom..
• The Association posted last Friday, our first meeting with the Company that was scheduled for Aug 13, 2024 has been postponed.  The Association is now scheduled to meet with the Company on August 26, 2024.

Have a great week,

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

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