Equity Distribution Update, May 30, 2013

Dear Brothers & Sisters: The AA Presidents Council met on May 29 & 30, 2013 at the ATD office in Hurst, Texas to review the Power Point presentation and the preliminary plan document as presented by your TWU Equity Distribution Committee and legal counsel. We approved the Equity Distribution Plan and revised the presentation that…

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AA Bankruptcy Court Update May 30, 2013

The Bankruptcy Court today held a hearing on the Debtors’ motion seeking entry of an order approving the memoranda of understanding (the “MOU”s) among certain of the Debtors, US Airways, Inc. and any successor (“US Airways”) and the unions representing the Debtors’ and US Airways’ pilots and certain of the Debtors, US Airways and the…

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CLEAN-UP VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 at the home of Brother Delbert Gault UA Local 344 17641 Blueridge Road East, Newalla Brother David Hatch, CWA Local 6016, and the United Way Union Disaster Relief Team (DRT) will be working to clean up storm debris and get it moved to the street for pickup. Meet at Love’s I-40 and…

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Local airlines workers to vote on union change

SOURCE TULSA – After nearly a yearlong effort of knocking on doors and garnering support, mechanics and related workers at American Airlines on Tuesday filed for an election with the National Mediation Board to become Teamsters. The petition for an NMB election follows a similar move by mechanics at US Airways. Those workers filed for…

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Pension Plan Helps IAM in Campaign at US Airways

By Ted Reed – 05/29/13 – 6:45 AM EDT SOURCE CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TheStreet) — As the Teamsters union seeks to raid mechanics at US Airways , the toughest question the union has to answer concerns the impact that a change could have on the mechanics’ pensions. The International Association of Machinists provides members, including 3,500 US Airways mechanics,…

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