514 – What’s on the plate

  Teamsters pull out of the American Airlines representational drive. See Withdrawl Letter Here Letter from Don Videtich DOJ lawsuit to stop merger Kathy Taylor  letter in protest of DOJ Lawsuit Contact Computershare in regards to your W-9 Access it through JP Morgan, Your 401K link. For questions regarding your Employee ServiceDirect account, please contact…

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IBT Campaign

All, We have been notified that the Teamsters (IBT) have sent notification to the National Mediation Board (NMB) of their withdrawal of their application to represent the Mechanics of American Airlines.  Since the IBT’s initial filing for a representational vote, the TWU has been working diligently in order to protect our Members from an unwarranted raid that…

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Letter from Kathy Taylor to Eric Holder – RE: DOJ Lawsuit

The Honorable Eric Holder United States Attorney General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Mr. Attorney General: As a fonner Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce and an executive in the transportation industry, I am disappointed by the United States Department of Justice decision to challenge the…

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Teamsters withdraw petition @ AA

Re: American Airlines Mechanics and Related, R-7365 Dear Ms. Dowling and Mr. Graber: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has determined that the recent announcement that the federal government will fight the proposed merger between USAirways and American Airlines places the workers at American Airlines in significant turmoil. Accordingly, the IBT is withdrawing its petition to…

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Department of Justice: Don’t Block the Merger

  This is urgent.  Our future at American Airlines is at stake. The DOJ’s attempt to block the American-US Airways merger will put our members at a competitive disadvantage.  The DOJ would allow market share to be concentrated with just two mega-carriers – United and Delta.  Faced with increased competition, American Airlines would be weakened…

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