Equity Distribution Plan Update from ATD Director, Mike Mayes

Dear Brothers and Sisters: I write you with a quick update on the Equity Distribution Plan. Several members raised questions in response to my letter that was sent last week. As a result, I have asked our lawyers to prepare a “question and answer” sheet . This will be sent out in the near future.…

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Anti-Union Janus v. AFSCME

On September 28, the US Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case, called Janus v. AFSCME, an anti-union force pushed in an attempt to have fair-share fees ruled unconstitutional for public-sector employees. Since 1977, the Supreme Court decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, unions have been able to charge fair share fees (“agency fees”) to…

Giving Thanks By Giving Sight in honor of Veterans Day

On November 10th our doctors will be Giving Thanks By Giving Sight in honor of Veterans Day. They will be volunteering their time, staff, clinic, and surgery center to help at least 20 veterans in need of cataract surgery at no cost. If you are or know of a veteran who could truly benefit from the gift of…

Picketing Report from Executive Board Member at Large, Joe Brown

TWU 514 leadership and its members are United with our Union Brothers and Sisters in our fight for an industry best and nothing less contract.   Over the course of the last three months members and officers of our local union have traveled to Dallas, Miami, Chicago & most recently San Francisco to show American Airlines Management that…

Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

  Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. Negotiations for M&R were focused on the Filling of Vacancies Articles. Tentative Agreements were reached for these classifications the IAM is responsible for: Filling of Vacancies for Quality Assurance Auditors, Technical Documentation Specialists & Planners in the…