Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 16th, 2025

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President: This week, I attended meetings in Calgary with Gary Schaible, Rollie Reaves, several TWU reps, and other airline workers worldwide to discuss mental health issues amongst our work groups. In our current state, we have EAP counselors both Union and Company for our folks to reach out to. Still, it was clear to me…

Assessing FAA Reauthorization One Year Later

Major Safety Wins, But More Must Be Done Foreign aircraft repair facilities are now subject to drug and alcohol testing and flight dispatchers are no longer allowed to work remotely but there’s still plenty of work needed from the Federal Aviation Administration to fully implement last year’s FAA Reauthorization law.   Friday, May 16 marks…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 9, 2025

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  President: The company has informed the Association that some engine work being performed in Tulsa and other stations will be outsourced due to the tariffs being imposed by the Government. It is QEC-type work here in Tulsa and not heavy engine overhaul on the Trent 800 series engines used on the 777. The company…

TWU-IAM ASSOCIATION BULLETIN – PHX AND TUL ENGINE WORK UPDATE

TO: TWU-IAM Association Membership RE: PHX and TUL Engine Work Update On Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, American Airlines notified The Association of their intention to send some engine work being performed in PHX and TUL out to a vendor due to the tariffs being implemented by the current administration in Washington, DC. The Company assured…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of May 2, 2025

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Vice President: The May Membership Meeting has been rescheduled to May 12, 2025 Nominations for Officer positions will be conducted as part of the agenda at this meeting. Grievance Report We currently have a total of 1235 open grievances. 857 of those are overtime bypass with the majority being Crew Chief known outage grievances. We…

Joint Membership meetings, May 2025

*Monday, May 12, 2025 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall11929 East Pine Street, Tulsa, OK 74116 Agenda Regular Order of Business Nominations for Officer positions will be conducted as part of the agenda at these Membership Meetings. *Note – Due to Election Nominations, May 29th Membership Meetings has been rescheduled toMay…