In a move that will lead to joint contract negotiations for more than 30,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Transport Workers Union (TWU), the two unions today jointly petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) asking it declare that post-merger American Airlines and US Airways are now operating as a…
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Shop Steward Training: The TWU-IAM Association Agreement
The July Steward Training covered the upcoming Association Agreement that our membership will soon be voting on. We began the training by going over the Trumka letter that aired his concern of a costly labor battle amongst AFLCIO Unions while not adding a single new member to organized labor. Trumka encouraged the TWU and IAM…
Shop Steward Meeting, Monday August 11, 2014
Monday, August 11, 2014 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Training: Seniority Integration/Preferential Hiring Gary Yingst Vice President SS Meeting Notice August 2014 in PDF
AA leadership announced the movement of the DFW 777 B-Check
Early this morning AA leadership announced the movement of the DFW 777 B-Check to MIA, beginning in late September. AA has notified us that a significant number of transfers will be moved into MIA, that offering will begin to take place in the next two weeks. A recent change was made to the electronic transfer…
GSW Vice Chairman Eligible Candidates
Candidates Bill Jackson John Estes Approved for Posting: Shawn Allan, Chairman Local 514 Election Committee Letter in PDF: GSW Vice Chairman Election- Eligible Candidates
Correspondence on the prefunding contributions and the 1114 process
Reply from Paul D. Jones Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Airlines To David Virella , TWU-ATD AA System Coordinator This will respond to your letter dated June 24, 2014, to Steve Johnson and me regarding the employer-matching portion of the prefunding contributions that were made to the TWU VEBA. The employee-paid portion of the VEBA contributions were returned to active employees in accordance with the collective bargaining agreements the TWU reached with American Airlines in September 2012, and, by the terms of those agreements, the employer prefunding contribution is to be distributed to active employees only “upon successful resolution of the…