President:
No word on the sick points decision. I take several calls a week on this and I ask if they are in jeopardy of moving closer to level 3. Most say yes. I advise them to do everything they can to come to work.
I’ve been working with Al Ball and Brad Mueller to test our new video room and I believe we are very close to start making videos again. I want to say a special thank you to Brad Mueller for the countless hours he has devoted after work putting the video system together. My goal will be to update videos once a month. In these videos, the officers and I will cover the previous month as well as the things coming in the months ahead.
Vice President:
April has been a hectic month.
David Cooper stepped down from his position. The Executive Board has been working hard on the process to get it filled. We have determined that we will have a special election, more details to follow. Troy Ott is our 90-day replacement until the election is held.
Terry, Tracy, and I attended an EAP meeting in Texas. We all need to be aware of changes in coworkers around us. If you notice drastic changes in coworkers and are uncomfortable with approaching them, please contact one of us to reach out.
Jay, Joe, and I went to the MRO in Atlanta. It was great seeing our members compete. These are pictures on our Facebook Page and Local 514 Website of the event.
As always, we continue to work on our grievances. I have been withdrawing point grievances that are over a year old that only requested the points be removed due to the time frame they should have dropped off.
Chairman of Maintenance:
Continued work around the Base:
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- Weekly Grievance/Comms. meetings with all directors
- Injury Reviews
- Safety Meetings
- Working FWRs
- Safety Issue Calls
- Safety Concerns
Hangar 1D tail dock
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- Tail dock weight restrictions/safety issues
Hangar 1/2/3/5/6
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- On Thursday, April 20th, George Albano and the AA CAST walked around the base during the afternoon shift to talk to employees about numerous things that would help the Tulsa base improve.
Hangar 5/6
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- Safety Volunteers are needed for hangars 5 & 6. Contact Brian.drenthe@aa.com if interested. (we are seeking more volunteers from midnight shift )
FLOC
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- May FLOC meetings are scheduled for May 10th at 130 and 330. All are welcome to join and participate.
- TWU family movie night (top gun maverick) will be May 17th at the union hall.
AMT Day Videos
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- TWU International would like for Tulsa to participate again this year in the AMT day videos, please let me know if you are interested. See link below.
Family Day
I would like to thank all those who volunteered at the Family Day held at the Tulsa Gathering Place last Sunday. I attended with my family and thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone having a wonderful time. My appreciation goes out to the Entertainment Committee for all the hard work put in to make this happen.
Joe Brown 918-284-9666
Chairman of Facilities Maintenance:
This month I attended my standing meetings with the company and union.
I also attended meetings with safety, plating shop and several crew meetings.
I had 2, 32j meetings and one meeting with HR and Paul Guentert about the ethics line.
I also flew to Headquarters and attended the contractual quarterly meetings from the company, I had a full day prior to speak to members of the association, the interim international representative Bill Clark at length on everyone’s concerns on our current contract language and the safety or lack of the rental equipment.
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- Current headcount 311
- Headcount on LOA 10
- Actual headcount on base 301
Jim Holt(918)378-2079
Executive Board Members at Large:
George Albano:
APRIL ‘23 Report
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- Continued working Grievances
- Attended several 32J’s for attendance
- Family Day Event
- Started talks with Don & BJ about the Adult Nov Event
- Bought supplies for the May Blood Drive
- Escorted Brittany from the CAST group to meet with members about safety / culture
- Continued Comm’s meeting with Beene , Sully & AAERO
- Attended Local GRB with Marla & Joe
- Personal review with Dale & Marla
- I want to Thank all the volunteers for making the Family Day Event a success!!!!
George
918-378-1947
Gene Chapin:
April 2023 Report
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- Attended grievance meetings with Bryan Beene
- Settled 2 overtime grievances and 1 field trip grievance
- Attended several 32Js on attendance
- Blood drive starting 5/1 to 5/9 serving hamburgers
- You can call 918-292-4013 to check how busy the drive is before walking over or to ask for a ride.
- George Albano, Gary Olivier and I attended a Zoom meeting with American Red Cross to discuss:
- Efficiency – full staff on hand at this blood drive to reduce wait times
- Possible additional drive at the Union Hall for retirees, family members, etc.
- Attended grievance meetings with Bryan Beene
Jay Potter:
As of today, April 28, 2023 we have 24 aircraft at our In-house Base Maintenance Stations and 28 aircraft at HMP vendors.
I attended the MRO Americas in Atlanta, Georgia with Marla Johnson and Joe Brown. I continue to track our Base Maintenance Outsourcing and our Headcount. I met with the Hydraulic Shop this week. I attended the CRO leadership meeting this week with George Albano and Joe Brown.
Profit Sharing – Remember the total profit sharing amount is attributed to a “profit sharing pool” [Art 17.C.1.] “A percentage of the Total Profit Sharing Pool will be allocated to the eligible TWU/IAM Association represented employees by dividing the total eligible earnings of the TWU/IAM Association represented employees by the total eligible earnings of all participants in AAG’s profit sharing program(s) (“TWU/IAM Profit Sharing Pool”)”
[Art 17.C.2.] Other groups that participate in AAG’s profit sharing program are listed on Jetnet.
Jay
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Union Hall Usage Policy
If you would like to use the Union Hall, you must meet the requirements listed in the policy.
AMT Day 2023
Calling all AMTs!
#AMTDay is coming up in just a few weeks, and we want to hear from YOU about why you’re proud to be an AMT and TWU member.
Take a few minutes to film and submit your video:
Michael Quill Scholarship Application 2023
The 2023 Michael J. Quill Scholarship Fund offers fifteen (15) children who are current high school seniors of TWU members a scholarship worth $4,800.00. This scholarship will be paid out, each year in the amount of $1,200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year course.
APPLICATION MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN
MAY 1, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS.