President:
I’ve had continued talks with Rollie Reaves and Gary Schaible to understand the system issues around Crew Chief known outages, vacation bid, DAT denial pickups, as well as upcoming negotiation plans. The board met with VP of Base Maintenance Greg Emerson on Thursday. He gave us a look back at 2023 challenges and a look forward into 2024. We expressed concerns on Facilities needs, Brake and Wheel center, safety concerns as well as our continued issues with the company trying to use 9ff to circumvent OT, field trips, shift swaps and training. I will travel to Phoenix sometime in January to meet with the IAM to continue discussions on contractual violations by the company.
I hope everyone can enjoy some time away from work over the coming weeks.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.
Vice President:
We had a great turnout for the membership meetings this month. We would like to see more of you throughout the year.
Bikes for Kids was a huge success. Thank you to all who participated in giving and building the bikes. Pictures are posted on FaceBook of the delivery of 125 bikes.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa!
Treasurer:
It’s that time of year! No matter what you celebrate or how, we know many of you are looking for that perfect gift for your friends and family. And we’d like to suggest—in what has become our annual tradition—gifting union made. Best of all, you can feel proud knowing your gifts are made by workers who stood together for family-supporting wages and good benefits.
We’ve expanded our gift guide this year. In addition to the usual assortment of delicious union-made food and drinks, toys and games, and more, we also have gifts for big spenders. Gifts that you can make at home, with union products! Gifts for those who’d rather have an experience. Find that perfect gift, from stocking stuffers to sports equipment to a unique book or theater performance.
Check out our Union-Made Holiday Gift Guide.
Recording Secretary:
Chairman of Maintenance:
FLOC
- We will have our next FLOC meeting on January 10th, and hope to see everyone there
- Thank you to everyone who participated in the canned food drive.
Safety issues
- Please do not move barricades. Make the walk around, for your safety
New employees
- The company is hiring Machinists, welders, cleaners, and AMT
- The next group of new employees will arrive on January 8th for their first day of classroom training.
Vacation
- If you have vacation issues please contact Tulsa admin by email. Tulsa.Administration.Center@aa.com
Happy Holidays to all.
Joe Brown
(918) 284-9666
JBrown@twumail.org
Chairman of Material Logistics Specialist:
- We have 120 open grievances.
- The company will be sending out job offers to 15 people this week. Everyone making it in the hiring pool will receive an email.
- I know everyone didn’t get an interview that was put through. We interviewed roughly 130 in 2 days. We will probably have the pool exhausted before April. I will have a text sent out again like last time to let people know we are hiring.
- We have 478 MLS on Base with 16 on LOA.
- Job postings this weekend. Crew Chief Wheel & Brake, MLS jobs: TEO, 5 & 6, Shipping, Wheel & Brake
- We have already started work on our Family Day Event in June.
I will be on vacation starting December 18th through January 2nd. I will answer calls, text and emails while off. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
B.J. Rackers
(918) 346-8918
bjracker@twumail.org
Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:
Just the facts;
2023 has been an eventful year. We’ve had a lot of positive change that should be fruitful for years to come, here are a few accomplishments.
-We raised the headcount from 308 to 316. That’s the first time facilities headcount has been added since bankruptcy.
-We’ve added multiple layers of accountability to the TMA system that now tracks the manipulation of the metrics of our pm system.
-We are now beginning to track and expand our training for facilities.
This was just to name a few, obviously we have a lot more work to do but we are on a great start.
I look forward to and I’m very humbled and honored to serve beside all of you in 2024.
To ALL;
Merry Christmas and happy holidays be safe and never forget the reason for the season.
Jim Holt
(918) 378-2079
JHolt@twumail.org
Executive Board Members at Large
George Albano:
I continue to work on my grievances daily. Receiving calls on benefits daily & answering emails. I also receive calls on contract issues. It Was great seeing the turnout at the December meetings. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!!!
George
918-378-1947
GAlbano@twumail.org
Tracy Hardin:
We have had a very busy year with changes and opportunities to try something new. We had a great December meeting, but that needs to continue every month.
As a reminder, if you made changes to your union sponsored benefits, you will get an email or text after December 26th to make adjustments to premiums.
Be safe, enjoy your family, and have a Happy Holiday Season!
Tracy
(918) 409-5962
THardin@twumail.org
Don McCormick:
HGR 5/6
- Continue meeting with management discussing safety issues and upcoming items. (Phone System being addressed with Safety)
- Continue to meet with Mike Stearns on Grievances.
- Continue to work grievances pre and post contract throughout the base.
Community Service
- Operation Bikes for Kids – We wanted to thank our members who helped with raising money, donating bikes, assembling and delivering 126 bikes and $2800 for this Event. We delivered them December 12th, at 4:30 PM at the Owasso High School Football Field. Catch the interviews on Channel 2 news and 106.1 The Twister.
Welfare and Entertainment
- Tulsa Oilers Hockey – Tickets available at the Union Offices on Pine Street M-F
7am-11am and 12pm-4pm - Tickets also available at the Grievance office between hgr 3-4 upstairs. Call X3213 to see if an officer is there.
- TWU Adult Party Survey – Please check your email for those that attended and fill out the survey to help make future events better.
- Event Committee – We would like to acknowledge the hard work this committee has done for the last 4 events. Family Day at the Gathering Place, Trunk or Treat, TWU Adult Party, and Operation Bikes for Kids: Jennifer Brown, Tasha Coen, Christian Gutierrez, Shannon Jones, Paul Nedlose, Betty Palmer, , Lannette Schneeberg, Mike Shields and William Stump
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Be safe and enjoy the season with family and friends.
Don
(918) 378-5923
DMcCormick@twumail.org
Daron Morgan:
- Continuing working the Grievance Office
- Continuing to have multiple 32 J’s for attendance
- Continuing our bi-weekly meetings with the CRO Leaders. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday Dec 19th. If you have any issues that you would like discussed or brought up, please reach to us
- We have Hockey Tickets in the Grievance. The next home game will be Sunday December 17th
- We have pocket calendars available in the Grievance office
- As we close out 2023, please take a moment to remember all of our brothers and sisters that we have lost this year
- Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!
Daron
918-402-0089
DMorgan@twumail.org
Jay Potter:
Base Outsourcing
- We currently have 26 aircraft at our 4 In-house Maintenance Bases (CTO, PIT, DWH, and TULE).
- 8 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV or C11).
- The five (5) HMP vendors have 33 aircraft.
- 28 of these aircraft are check aircraft (MBV, C11, or S).
- 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
| December 15, 2023 | January 23, 2020 | VARIANCE | |||||
| TCC | 68 | TCC | 79 | TCC | -11 | ||
| CC AMT | 258 | CC AMT | 245 | CC AMT | 13 | ||
| AMT | 2156 | AMT | 2681 | AMT | -525 | ||
| OSM | 408 | OSM | 425 | OSM | -17 | ||
| INSP | 229 | INSP | 263 | INSP | -34 | ||
| CC CL | 14 | CC CL | 16 | CC CL | -2 | ||
| CL | 130 | CL | 130 | CL | 0 | ||
| TOTAL | 3263 | TOTAL | 3839 | TOTAL | -576 | ||
Negotiations
- Submit your Negotiation ideas utilizing the QR codes on the Survey/Negotiation stickers on base.
Hiring
- The company currently has external postings for AMT positions in Tulsa at (jobs.aa.com).
Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year!
Jay
(918) 845-8059
JPotter@twumail.org
The Digest will be taking a few weeks off. Our next posting will be on the week of January 5th, 2024.
Happy Holidays from all of us here at the offices of TWU Local 514!