Local 514 Digest for the Week of Aug 6th, 2021

Powerful U.S. Labor Leader Richard Trumka Dies

Richard Trumka, the leader of the powerful AFL-CIO union and a close ally of Democratic Party officials, has died. He was 72.

“The labor movement, the AFL-CIO and the nation lost a legend today,” the organization said in announcing his passing. “Rich Trumka devoted his life to working people, from his early days as president of the United Mine Workers of America to his unparalleled leadership as the voice of America’s labor movement.”

Trumka had led the AFL-CIO since 2009. He was secretary-treasurer of the organization for more than a decade before that.

In 1982, at age 33, Trumka, who came from a coal mining family in Pennsylvania, was elected the youngest president of the United Mine Workers of America, according to the AFL-CIO.

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United Airlines will require all U.S. employees to get Covid vaccines, a first for domestic carriers

Published Fri, Aug 6 20217:30 AM EDT

There is a quote further down in that article that states:

American Airlines, for its part, said it hasn’t changed its policy that encourages but doesn’t mandate vaccines for employees.

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Veterans: 

• • New Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic In Tulsa
  • American Forces Travel Privileges

Tracy Hardin

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Shop Stewards Meetings Monday August 9, 2021 

TWU514 Union Hall, 11929 East Pine Street

• •   7:15 AM
  • 11:45 AM  
  •   3:45 PM

 Thanks,

Pat Kinnamon

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Pandemic Leave:

Taken from Jetnet > Team Member Services > Leaves & Returns > Pandemic Leave of Absence –

Pandemic leave and your schedule:

• • Vacation scheduled Aug. 5, 2020, or later: When pandemic leave is approved, your scheduled vacation days will be removed and replaced with pandemic leave.

o If you prefer to keep those days coded as vacation instead of pandemic leave, please see your administrative assistant or manager in advance. There will be no changes once coded.

• • Vacation taken prior to Aug. 5, 2020: No changes to coding.
  • Swaps resulting in more than 40 hours in a week can either be:

o Pay protected using the team member’s accrued sick bank with the applicable paid code above, or

o Coded as unpaid state sick leave if no sick bank is available.

• • Pandemic leave can only be coded during the approved period. Any unused pandemic leave hours will be removed from the team member’s sick bank balance.

In short, Pandemic Leave would cover a team member’s scheduled working day.

If the team member swapped off = no pay.

Applied sick hours should be reinstated.

Vacation within approved Pandemic Leave will be removed and available for the team member to use at a later date.

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Bids and Transfers

Be sure to check Jetnet bids and transfers every Friday at 11:59pm through Tuesday 11:59pm if you are interested in moving out of your bid area.

For any award, transfer and bid questions, please email Tulsa.Movement@aa.com

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Fidelity Investments

Alex Steele Regional Consultant with Fidelity will be coming back to Tulsa next week to conduct some 1:1 appointments and in person workshops for the Team Members. On Monday we launched the Financial Wellness checkup for all of AA, and I will be encouraging everyone to take it so they can evaluate their personal financial health.

 

Alex Steele
Regional Consultant
Personal and Workplace Investing      
E-mail: alexander.steele@fmr.com
Phone: (469) 451-9935
Fax: (972) 910-5700
Office: 4410 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77027

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Find rental assistance programs for your location | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Find help with rent and utilities

If you’re looking for help with housing costs, you’re not alone.

State and local organizations are distributing federal rental assistance in their communities. The money can help landlords and renters who are struggling to keep up with rent and other bills.

Many programs take applications from both landlords and renters.

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Drillers tickets are now available at the Union Hall.

Limit 5 per member

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American Airlines Anniversaries

 

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Passages