Special Crew Chief Self-Demotion to Close on March 30th 2018

To: All Title I Represented Employees – AMT/Cleaner RE: Special Crew Chief Self-Demotion Opportunity The AA/TWU Agreement provides for a special fifteen-day window to be established to allow an opportunity for Crew Chiefs to self-demote outside the normal filling of vacancy provisions. The jobs vacated by the self-demotion process will be awarded on a local…

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The Truth About American’s FAKE SCOPE Proposal

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU/IAM Association seeks to protect your jobs and the WORK you do. Without protecting your work, your job is at risk; and without a job, every other benefit in a contract is meaningless. Steve Johnsen and American are proposing FAKE SCOPE. In their most recent and insulting offer, Steve and company…

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American Derails Negotiations

March 22, 2018 In this period between scheduled negotiating sessions, the Association leadership met with American Airlines management principals in the hope of better understanding each other’s position on the outstanding issues that need to be resolved in order to conclude negotiations. Significant issues, including wages, job scope protection, pensions and medical benefits remain open. The…

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TWU International Officer Appointments

Dear Brothers & Sisters: As you all know by now, both Secretary-Treasurer Gary Maslanka and Administrative Vice President John Bland are retiring after great careers of advocacy for this membership. It is never easy to say goodbye to friends and colleagues who we have worked with and admired over the years. Even though Gary and…

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