Are you ready to help out in the TWU514 Elections?
February 24th and 25th, 2020 will be your next chance to be on the Election Board.
ARTICLE VIII Elections
(TWU 514 bylaws)
Commencing in 2011, the Election Board consisting of five members shall be elected at the regular membership meeting in February of every third year (following the regular officers elections). In order to be eligible for nomination and election to the Election Board a member must be in good standing and have attended at least three (3) regular membership meetings during the previous twelve (12) months. Replacement to any vacancy on the Election Board shall be by appointing the alternate, in order of the votes they received at the time of election.
Future Leaders Organizing Committee
Scott Chisum, Norman Vaughan, and Jacob Crosser went to Dallas to meet with the members of the International Future Leaders Organizing Committee. This is a new committee the TWU International has started just over a year ago. There was training on effective organizing communication and a short shop steward training.
While we were also part of a volunteer project at the Tarrant Area Food Bank in Tarrant County Texas. We sorted, inspected, and packed 4192 lbs of food that will provide 3493 meals for those in need.
Our local committee here at TWU 514, as it gets going, has had 3 meetings and are working on our first event which will be sometime in January.
If you are interested in being a part of the Future Leaders Organizing Committee please contact Joe Brown or Scott Chisum.
Thank you.
Long Sleeve Shirts
Remember: We are only ordering One shirt per member..
You may place as many orders as you like. The final order you place is the item we will be procuring for you. This should help if you would need to make any corrections.
Order yours TODAY! CLICK HERE – December 20th is the final day.
Training and shift schedules:
If you are placed on Training and they place you on a different shift, can you work Overtime?
If so what shift would you be proffered?
Details on our TULE base Overtime guidelines can be found HERE: Base OT Guidelines 6-15-2018
Benefits
Starting December 16th thru December 21st, the TWU 514 will have counselors available to help members who have a line on their pay statements label “TWU VOL” to move it from After Tax Deduction to a Direct Deposit line.Counselors be available in Grievance Office.
How To for the changes required can be found HERE
GSW – Election: Nominations for term of 2020 through 2023
GSW members only, Make your nominations for Vice Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer HERE
Shop Stewards Elections to be held in January – 2020
We will be preparing for the 2020 Shop Stewards sign up – elections, this will be done electronically, through twu514.org website.Sign up will start January 2, through January 18, 2020. Elections for areas that require them will be held the week of January 20th.
Bylaws pertaining to Shop Stewards are Located HERE
With a company that has had over 2000 grievances filed on them in 2019, each being a contract violation, We must remain vigilant on the floor. One way to do this is with educated Shop Stewards. The job is a thankless one, the need for monitoring our current bargaining agreement has never been more important.
Safe work environment and Dignity on the job will forever be the goal of our union.
Shop Stewards are the Eyes and Ears of local 514, don’t just sit back and point fingers, please consider signing up this January.
Kendal Anderson
Vice President, TWU 514
Oklahoma department of wildlife conservation “Public Comment”
For all of our members that enjoy the great outdoors, Oklahoma hunting and fishing regulations are changing.
These changes are open to public comment. The period for open comment is December 2, 2019 – January 3, 2020.
Each rule change proposal pertains to Title 800 of the Oklahoma Administrative Code. Title 800 is used by the Wildlife Commission to set fish and wildlife rules.
To see more on this go to their website HERE: https://www.wildlifedepartment.com/public-meeting
December 2019 Joint Membership Meetings
Monday, December 16, 2019
Time:
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- 7:15 AM
- 11:45 AM
- 3:45 PM
- 11:30 PM
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Time:
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- 5:00 PM
Place:
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- TWU Local 514 Union Hall
11929 East Pine Street
- TWU Local 514 Union Hall
We will have Food and a Gift for all that attend.
To All,
This will be the last Digest for this year. We will be starting back up again in January 2020.
Reflecting.
Negotiations have been less than inspiring, this may be due to the Association in part but I would like to remind you that our section 6 openers started in September of 2018. We had been in discussions with the company since 3-12-2015 on the blending of agreements, so we had a pretty good idea what a contract for the largest, most profitable airline in the world would look like.
The company at any time could have came forward with language that compensates the sacrifices that we all have endured. We in turn would have voted and moved through this with an agreement that would help to restore the Pride we have working for a company that values their “Team Members”.
Enough for a “Fairy Tale” ending such as the above would be considered.
The truth is, The company has been handing us language that is considered less than or equal to the current bankruptcy language we are living with today. I for one believe that any one of our members being at the table seeing this process of unacceptable language presented, would do exactly what we are seeing today. In summary, YOU would not bring back an agreement that is below what the largest and most profitable carrier in the world had placed on the table.
The company has used its powers of deception to throw carrots in front of language that would not be best for all of our future interests. The company is to blame for not bargaining in “Good Faith”, Not the Union.
I myself am thankful for the wisdom that our elected representatives have possessed in not giving in to the company redirect. I believe they are acting in the same manner that any one of us would had we been in their shoes.
To all our negotiators: lost time with their families, loved ones and endless hours of discussion on our behalf. We need to send our thanks and help them to have the strength needed to get us the contract that will bring Pride back into this American Airlines and even more important this Transport Workers Union of America.
Merry Christmas,
Al Ball
TWU Local 514 Member