Local 514’s Digest for the week of Sep 6, 2024

President:

I was in continued talks with AA at hdq this week. Details of this week’s meetings will be explained in an association update that will be posted when available. I will be back in Dallas next week for continued talks.

Dale

Vice President:

Union Stewards Meetings

 Monday, September 9, 2024

  •   7:15 am
  • 11:45 am
  •   3:45 pm

As many of you know, there was an incident last weekend where an individual crashed through a gate and gained access into the base. Your leadership has been told to address this issue with every work group.

Although it is our responsibility to verify we all belong here on base, never put yourself in a dangerous situation. If you see something out of the ordinary, call 911 from a company phone and have security handle it.

If you have been affected in any way by this incident you can reach out to Sheila Carlson or the Employee Assistance Program at my.aa.com/eap.

The Woody Guthrie Center is hosting a double screening this weekend of a new Dropkick Murphy’s documentary; free with admission to the public and free for union members. The documentary covers the bands pursuit of creating an album using unreleased Woody Guthrie lyrics. Below are the event details.

September 7, 2024 2-3pm
September 8, 2024 2-3pm

Union members can enjoy complimentary admission to the screening by showing their union membership cards. At these screenings, the union members will receive one free general admission ticket to the 2024 Woody Guthrie Prize, featuring Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, and other bands) on Sept. 25, 2024, at Cain’s Ballroom, while supplies last, courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.

Marla Johnson

Recording Secretary: 

Have we lost the spirit of Labor Day?

Today, Labor Day is no longer about trade unionists marching down the street with banners and their tools of trade. Instead, it is a confused holiday with no associated rituals.

The original holiday was meant to handle the problem of long working hours and no time off. Although the battle over these issues would seem to have been won long ago, this issue is starting to come back with a vengeance, not for manufacturing workers but for highly skilled white-collar workers, many of whom are constantly connected to work.

If you work all the time and never really take a vacation, start a new ritual that honors the original spirit of Labor Day. Give yourself the day off. Don’t go to work. Shut off your phone, computer and other electronic devices connecting you to your daily grind. Then go to a barbecue, like the original participants did over a century ago, and celebrate having at least one day off from work during the year!

As one the largest trade Unions in the State, you would think we could assemble enough members to support holding a banner and marching alongside our float to support trade unions in the State. This year we had two members show up in Henryetta, myself and Denny Kramer. I hope that we can do a lot better next year to get back to what Labor Day stands for.

Labor Day 2024, Henryetta Oklahoma
Terry Buck, Denny Kramer and Denny’s Daughter

Terry Buck

Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:

Entertainment & Welfare

Grievances

  • 51 Open grievances

Training

  • Check your Learning Hub. Training just dropped.

Transfers

  • No job postings this weekend.

Headcount

  • 510 MLS on Base, 21 on LOA

Rebid

  • New crew change starts Monday. 

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

Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:

This past week I attended the contractual quarterly meeting in Dallas and although the talks seemed to be staged, Mark Nelson from the company led these meetings and he seems to have common sense regarding contracting out work, if it makes sense for facilities to do it, we should be doing it, I was able to get the ears of the all the people in attendance and prove to them that with the proper tools training and headcount we could save our company a considerable amount of frustration, time and money.

I hope eventually this message falls into the right lap, until it does I will keep preaching it.

  • Budgeted headcount 316
  • Current Headcount 319
  • Headcount on Loa 11
  • Actual headcount 308

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:

Attended several 32Js this week for attendance. 

I attended hangers 1,2,&3 grievance review on Tuesday.  Withdrew 2 grievances & settled 3 that will be paid.  

I will be working on shift improvement for 223, 225 & 226 in the upcoming weeks.

Several members have reached out regarding fraudulent medical claims. For assistance, please call Accolade at 833-346-3929

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

      Gene Chapin:

  • Working in the grievance office and walking the floor daily.
  • Meeting with management Tuesday settled two grievances to be paid.
  • Working with Joe & Marla on old grievances. Will have a meeting with Josh next Friday.
  • Blood Drive starts Monday 9/16/24 at 8:00pm.

Gene
918-640-2097
GChapin@twumail.org

Tracy Hardin:

We sometimes forget that our crew chief is more than just our co-worker, they are also leaders with a big responsibility. It is vital that the crew and crew chief have a trustworthy and respectful relationship. We expect at least that much out of all of our members, so work to have that type of environment for everyone you work with.

Benefit enrollment time is getting close, so if you had any changes in your family over the past year, collect that information now. Remember to name beneficiaries for all of your policies during this enrollment period. 

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

Don McCormick:

Grievances – 269 open

  • This number is for the Grievances assigned to myself with 90% being in Hgr 5/6.  This number has been changing due to the movement of grievances from one officer to another to get more aligned with the areas they represent.                               
  • August – Resolved 56 With 38 paid and 18 W/D
  • September –   Resolved 6 with 2 paid and 4 W/D                                          

Breakdown of the grievances

Qty Category Art
 34    Line Pay16
102Known Outage18
16OT bypass18
46FT bypass19
18Discipline/Term.32
7Qualification8
3Limited Duty26
4Duty Time18
1Car Damage35
52Shift Swap OT15
2Skill Premium16
258 – Total16 I have written and are assigned to other officers in their respective areas.

HGR 5/6

  • Safety issues Landing gear pins
    1. 2 members were injured from a 737 Landing Gear Stand pin coming out of its slot.   Please take the time and look over every piece of equipment and stands you are working with to make sure it is in proper working order.  Any issues immediately notify your CC and tag the piece of equipment with an out of service Red Tag. 
    2. If your interested in joining the Safety team for Hgr 5/6, reach out to myself or Brian Drenthe.
  • 75 bids closed Tuesday for AMT’s for the upcoming 787 line.  Hopefully we can get this in before the end of the year.

Welfare and Entertainment Committee w/FLOC

120 Members have registered for a total attendance of 236 to date

  • Operation Bikes for Kids, Dec 11th Delivery    Donations will commence Next week with buckets being distributed throughout the base.
  • Trunk or Treat with FLOC, October 19th   preparation for the event the next few weeks. Event will be at the TWU514 Union Hall from 5-8PM

Tulsa Drillers Baseball – Last Home game stand of the year… Sept 6-8th,    Pick up tickets at the Union Hall on Pine street Today from 7AM to 4PM.

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

Daron Morgan:

I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day Holiday.  Our next Union Negotiated Holidays will be Veteran’s Day on Monday November 11th, and then Thanksgiving Day and the Day after on Thursday November 28th and 29th.  

Although it was a short workweek, my grievance backlog is still there and I am working to get it current.

My next meeting with the CRO Leadership will be on Tuesday Sep 10, 2024. 

Our next GRB meeting will be in October and I will have more grievances prepped and ready to send, if we cannot get them resolved locally

The September rebid shifts starts on Monday September 9th.   Along with that and the 150+ positions that were posted for TUL last week, there will be a lot of movement going on at the Tulsa Base.

There are a lot of great events happening with the Local.  For the latest updates check out our website at www.twu514.org  If you cannot login contact any officer and they can get you reset.  

Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org

Jay Potter:

Scope – Base Outsourcing Report, September 06, 2024

In-house Base Maintenance  – Four (4) Stations 

  • 25 Aircraft 
  • 10 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, CC, C11, or EIS).
    • CTO – Charlotte, NC
      • A320 – 1
      • A321 – 3
    • DWH – Dallas, TX
      • A319 – 1
      • B737MX -1 (EIS)
      • B737NG – 1
      • B777 – 1
      • B787 – 1
    • PTO -Pittsburgh, PA
      • A320 – 1   ( C11)
      • A321 – 2   (2 – C11)
    • TLE – Tulsa,  OK
      • B737NG – 10    (5 – MBV04, 1 – MBV08)
      • B777 – 3

Outsourced Base Maintenance – Six (6) Stations

  • 33 aircraft.
  • 28 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 – 17 Aircraft
      • A319 – 8   (7 – 4S, 3S – 1)
      • A320 – 2   (2 -4S)
      • A321 – 5   ( 3 – 4S, 2 – 2S)
      • B777 – 2   (2 – MBV09)
    • STA_VT San Antonio Aerospace, San Antonio, TX – 4 Aircraft
      • A321 – 1
      • B737NG – 1
      • B787 – 2   (1-CC03, 1 – CC02)
    • VQQ _Flightstar, Jacksonville, FL – 7 Aircraft
      • B737MX – 4   (2 – MBV02, 1 – MBV01)
      • B737NG – 3   (2 – 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

September 06, 2024 January 23, 2020 VARIANCE
TCC68 TCC79 TCC-11
CC AMT262 CC AMT245 CC AMT17
AMT2293 AMT2681 AMT-388
OSM436 OSM425 OSM11
INSP244 INSP263 INSP-19
CC CL15 CC CL16 CC CL-1
CL172 CL130 CL42
TOTAL3490 TOTAL3839 TOTAL-349

Quarterly Scope Meeting

  • I attended the Scope Quarterly meeting in Dallas on Sept 04, 2024.
    • Company shared that they will be moving a C11 Check from PTO to CTO and will be  in-sourcing an S Check into PTO.
    • In addition, the company plans to in-source an additional B737NG and a B787 into Tulsa when they can get the appropriate manning. We thank all the hard working mechanics for making this possible.

Hiring 

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

Negotiations

  • The Association met with the Company this week on August 27-28, 2024 to discuss an economic extension to our current CBA.  Please refer to the Association Update for accurate information.

Regards,

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

American Airlines Anniversary

5 year anniversary

Jacob Barrett —  Dept:257 – AMG

Jeremiah Bowman —  Dept:223A – AMG

Hainer Catalan —  Dept:257 – AMG

Daniel Collins —  Dept:226 – AMG

Tate Cunningham —  Dept:223 – AMG

Kevin Deshields —  Dept:911 – FMG

Kennedy Garcia Vasquez —  Dept:257 – AMG

Gregory Hall —  Dept:257 – AMG

Judd Landis —  Dept:257A – AMG

Casey Manners —  Dept:257A – AMG

Pedro MENDOZA —  Dept:257A – AMG

Andrew Mingus —  Dept:225 – AMG

Alan Nicolas —  Dept:223A – AMG

David Olandese —  Dept:223 – AMG

Manoj Patel —  Dept:302O – AMG

Alex Pendergrass —  Dept:257 – AMG

Larry Poindexter —  Dept:223 – AMG

Brad Poindexter —  Dept:223 – AMG

Jesus Sanchez —  Dept:257A – AMG

Tyler Southard —  Dept:223A – AMG

Chee Vang —  Dept:257A – AMG

Lee Vue —  Dept:302O – AMG

Jesse Vulgamore —  Dept:225A – AMG

Braden Wilkie —  Dept:567 – AMG

Tyler Woolsey —  Dept:911 – FMG

Daniel FIEBELKORN — Dept:489A – MCT

10 year anniversary

Gerald Cline — Dept:4893 – MCT

Daniel Wiggs — Dept:489E – MCT

20 year anniversary

Eric Conklin —  Dept:824O – AMG

Jeremy Gilliam —  Dept:302O – AMG

 

30 year anniversary

Darrel Douglas —  Dept:226A – AMG

Brett Van Dusen —  Dept:580 – AMG

Norman Walters —  Dept:457 – AMG

Duane Wittman —  Dept:257A – AMG

35 year anniversary

Walter Banks —  Dept:567 – AMG

Stephen Blanc —  Dept:225 – AMG

Dwight Buechler —  Dept:607A – AMG

Bryan Callicott —  Dept:566M – AMG

Christopher Dills —  Dept:431 – AMG

Lawrence Eisterhold —  Dept:607A – AMG

Bryan Floyd —  Dept:824O – AMG

Kevin Harris —  Dept:567T – AMG

Victor Kidwell —  Dept:817 – AMG

Carl Kingsley —  Dept:457 – AMG

Patrick Kinnamon —  Dept:120I – AMG

Kenneth Kurtz —  Dept:223A – AMG

Carl Lahr —  Dept:567 – AMG

Scott Loyd —  Dept:256T – AMG

Kevin Neil —  Dept:226A – AMG

Russell Peterson —  Dept:567 – AMG

Terry Rabon —  Dept:257 – AMG

Ted Raburn —  Dept:725 – AMG

Thomas Ramirez —  Dept:725 – AMG

Terry Staires —  Dept:302O – AMG

Donny Strawn —  Dept:257A – AMG

John Teel —  Dept:592W – AMG

Randy Treat —  Dept:579M – AMG

Tony Willis —  Dept:824 – AMG

40 year anniversary

William Holson —  Dept:725 – AMG

45 year anniversary

Dorothy Jones —  Dept:302O – AMG

Leroy Parker —  Dept:401 – FMG

 

 

Passages

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

The Passing of Retired Brother Jack Garland

We are deeply saddened to share with you the passing of retired Brother Jack Garland on September 3rd, 2024. Jack had started working here at American Airlines in 1964 and retired from the position of Aviation Maintenance Technician – Inspector in 1996. Please keep the Garland family in your thoughts and prayers. No other details were made available …

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The Passing of Retired Brother Lewis Womack

It is with a heavy heart that we share with you the passing of retired Brother Lewis Womack on September 2nd, 2024. Lewis had started working here at American Airlines back in 2001 and retired from the position of Material Logistics Specialist in 2020. Please keep the Womack family in your thoughts and prayers. No other details were …

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