TULE: Today Last Day For Hangar 3/4 Cafeteria

Daily Dispatch – 07/16     The Hangar 3/4 Cafeteria and the Outback Café in the Turbine building will close starting tomorrow, July 17, 2013 for renovations. A “food court” concept is planned with four vendors operating in the cafeterias. About 30 days after shutdown, the hangar 3/4 cafeteria will partially reopen with two of the vendors serving food.…

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Equity Distribution Update 7-16-2013

Dear Brothers & Sisters: The TWU Equity Distribution Committee, legal counsel and the Presidents Council met on July 16, 2013 at the ATD office in Hurst, Texas to review the draft Equity Distribution Plan. We discussed in detail the many comments and suggestions received from the TWU membership while visiting the various stations on the…

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IBT Pension Funds

Fund Name Status Date Deficiency Date Years to Deficiency Comments Suburban Teamsters of Northern Illinois Red 04/26/13 01/01/13 9 Plan in deficiency IBT Local 945 Red 03/31/13 01/01/13 4 Plan in deficiency for five years already, barred from paying lump sum benefits, advised that benefits may have to be reduced or adjusted down Cleveland Bakers…

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Teamsters Negotiate Equity Deals But Members Haven’t Received a Penny

This fall, TWU members will receive an equity stock distribution of considerable value from American Airlines. The Teamsters claim they have negotiated better equity deals at Global Aviation and YRCW (Yellow Freight).  Let’s take a closer look. The Teamsters say their equity deals call on the companies to pay administrative costs, and that equity payments…

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Unofficial results for TWU-514 Elected officials – July 15th 2013

(Highlighted in Green are  duly elected – Unofficial) President Dale Danker 570 John Hewitt 431 Steve Luis 258 Kunal Shinde 185 Don Canann 123 James Booker 111 Harry Ashbaugh 101 Ron Ingles 38 Vice President Gary Yingst 677 Ray Wilson 675 Terry Lesperance 433 Secretary Treasurer D’Ann Johnson 734 Mark Bruski 268 Patrick Thornton 264…

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The Facts and Moving Forward

The past year has been a very challenging one. The bankruptcy process has been very stressful on our members. But, we secured an agreement that is far better than any other union has negotiated with a bankrupt company. In fact, the TWU scope protection protects more good paying jobs than any other labor agreement in…

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