Local 514 Digest for the Week of January 7th, 2022

A message from Cole Brown and David Seymour: Update on new CDC guidance

Dear team,

Thank you for all of your hard work in recent weeks during the holiday travel period. Whether you’re on the frontline or supporting our frontline team, serving our customers depends on your diligence and commitment, and we are grateful. As many of you know, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new guidance for isolation after a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and quarantining after exposure to someone confirmed to have COVID-19.

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The Shipping of Family Remains

The company provides confirmed space for the shipment of an employee’s, retiree’s or eligible family member’s remains between cities on the American Airlines system. Contact the TCL Specialists.

TLC specialists are available 24/7 to work directly with funeral homes and mortuaries, and to assist with the advance arrangements required to ship your loved ones.Call 800-228-7878 (or 1-817-355-6712 if international) or email us at TLC@aa.com any time to start making arrangements.

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Steward Meetings, January 2022

Monday, January 10, 2022 we will be holding the monthly stewards meeting at the Local 514 Union Hall.

Meetings will be @ 7:15am, 11:45am and 3:45pm.

See you there!

Kendal Anderson
Vice President

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Union Steward Elections 2022

It is that time of year again, Areas throughout the Local 514’s membership will be selecting/electing shop stewards. Sign-up deadline January 21st, 2022.

If required, Shop Steward elections should take place from January 24th through the 28th of 2022.

I will be posting the final List after verification.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Kendal Anderson
Vice President

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Grievances

In an effort to keep up with the pile-up of contract violations we have been inundated with by this current American Airlines administration. We have established a “2 Day” notification system in our grievance application. These notices will be sent out in an email to the Union representatives that are involved with the processing of these grievances in a timely manner. The Notification is sent 2 days prior to the next event so that we stay on top of the grievance timelines.

Please be sure to get these grievances moved to the next level within the specified time frame. 

Article 33 of our current agreement has all the steps and procedures and can be found on the TWU514.org website.

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Seniority List 2022

We have posted the January 2022 seniority list on the TWU514.org Website HERE

Please take time to verify your location on the list as posted.

Our Current CBA states:

Article 11 – Seniority

1. 12. The Company shall post a seniority list by the last day of January of each year and employees or the Association may protest any omission or error affecting any employee’s seniority within thirty (30) days of the current posting. Such lists, published by Group or Classification, will provide, at minimum, the name, employee number, seniority number, Classification seniority date, Company seniority date, job classification, and station of each employee, covered under this Agreement. Any employee on leave at the time of posting will have a period of thirty (30) days from his date of return to service to file a protest.

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Officer Nominations 2022 

2022 is an Election Year for the Officers of local 514.

TWU514 By-Laws

ARTICLE VIII ­ Elections

Nominations of Officers shall be held at the regular membership meeting in May of every third year, commencing in May 1995.

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American Airlines Anniversaries