A Win for Aircraft Maintenance Workers: FAA Finalizes Drug and Alcohol Testing Rule for Foreign Aircraft Repair Stations

The Federal Aviation Administration published a final rule on Monday that requires foreign aircraft maintenance facilities to create and maintain drug and alcohol testing for workers – ensuring that airlines cannot skirt safety rules when they choose to outsource work abroad.   “This closes a major safety gap that the Transport Workers Union has fought to end for…

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Local 514’s Digest for the week of December 13th, 2024

President: Every week, I have conversations with International Rep. Rollie Reaves to discuss open issues that he is trying to help resolve for Tulsa and the system. He called me this Thursday to inform me that he and American Airlines attorney Johnathan Oliff met to strike for an Arbitrator for the “Dodgeball case.”The Dodgeball case…

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M&R Association Update: 12-12-2024

December 12, 2024 TO: TWU-IAM Association MembershipRE: American Airlines Tech Ops Meeting On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the leadership of the TWU-IAM Association held a meetingwith the senior leadership of American Airlines Tech Ops. The purpose of this meeting wasto discuss the accomplishments of 2024 and outline the Association’s expectations for theupcoming year, 2025. Representing…

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Local 514’s Digest for the week of December 6th, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: Retirement Committee Co-Chairs Jay Potter, George Albano, VP Marla Johnson, and I and Attorney Steve Hickman met with the Fidelity team at their local office in Tulsa this week. We have been reporting that the Executive Board decided to terminate the Advantage Group’s service on December 31, 2024.   Alex Steele, the designated American Airlines…

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