Negotiations:
On the 25th the Association put out an Update, The Association leadership has pursued continuing negotiations on American Airlines with or without the presence of the National Mediation Board (NMB) with some limited success. After our last negotiating session closed November 15, we asked the Company to agree to meet this week. They declined.
We will meet with NMB members December 4th and 6th next week and December 9th through 12th the following week.
Full Post HERE
A History Note from President Dale Danker,
The Ludlow Massacre was a domestic massacre resulting from strike-breaking. The Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards attacked a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado, on April 20, 1914, with the National Guard using machine guns to fire into the colony. Approximately 21 people, including miners’ wives and children, were killed. The chief owner of the mine, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was widely excoriated for having orchestrated the massacre.
Read more on this HERE
PBS VIDEO: One of the most significant events in the struggle for labor laws in America played out in Las Animas County in the Spring of 1914. With the control of much of Colorado’s coal mines in the hands of just a few companies, miners grew increasingly intolerant of low wages and dangerous working conditions. Over the next few months, tensions escalated as the striking miners ransacked several mines.
Did you say Christmas Gifts?
TWU 514 has these jackets currently available.
We have a very limited size selection:
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- $10 Satin XL 2X 3X 4X
- $7 Denim 2X 3X
- $95 Carhart Most Sizes..
Our Union at Work:
| Grievances | Dollars Recovered | Month |
| 71 | $14,441.36 | 2019/01 |
| 73 | $8,181.60 | 2019/02 |
| 86 | $7,368.76 | 2019/03 |
| 71 | $3,300.01 | 2019/04 |
| 144 | $11,968.15 | 2019/05 |
| 113 | $5,578.91 | 2019/06 |
| 129 | $28,208.84 | 2019/07 |
| 151 | $6,464.61 | 2019/08 |
| 140 | $8,990.59 | 2019/09 |
| 153 | $2,295.68 | 2019/10 |
| Total Number of Grievances Paid | 1131 | |
| Total Dollars Recovered to our Members | $96,798.51 | |
WER, What does it Mean? Work Experience Review.
A panel comprised of one company representative and one union representative will review the experience and schooling as provided by the member submitting an upgrade or promotion through the online bid process. All documents must be submitted as outlined by Talent Services. Make sure you upload all college credits and hours, add any and all work experience and W2s from former jobs. Make sure all you send in is clear and readable. This will help on WER’s to ensure correct information on the WER file.
To see The Training document CLICK HERE
All, Please have a Safe and Great Thanksgiving Holiday,
Your Chairman of Maintenance Pat Kinnamon
And
A Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving to my Sisters and Brothers of TWU514 and your families!
Linda Dill – Chairwoman of Material Logistics Specialist (MLS)
Long Sleeve T Shirts..
We are placing orders for the TWU 514 Long Sleeve.
Must order by December 20th 2019
Enjoy learning?
Podcasts are a great way to learn about interests.. Here is one that the AFL-CIO has available.:
A Future Where People Will Have Jobs: A Conversation with International Labor Organization Director-General Guy Ryder
New Members!
We have had 36 new members added to our family.
Be sure and welcome them.
Thanksgiving.
Every day we have been blessed, we are blessed with family, friends and we are also blessed with a work environment that is Safe. We have been blessed with a living wage and we are treated with dignity in the workplace. In no way does this mean that we do not have to fight for all the above. The work of labor is never to rest for the great power of corporate greed is forever devising.
We ask that you take time this Thanksgiving to remember these things, and also give to those less fortunate.
From all the officers of Local 514,
Have a Thankful Thanksgiving.