Passages

Passages “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

Reality Check

Ever notice how a slinky leads with momentum, and the rest of it follows only to end up at the bottom with no way back to the top? DON’T BE A SLINKY. Bankrupt airline union memberships who voted out their original union, lost heavy maintenance to foreign outsourcing. None have brought it back.  “Don’t follow…

Shop Stewards Meeting, February 11, 2013

Date: Monday, February 11, 2013 Time: 7:15 AM | 11:45 AM | 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Training Article 1 – Scope  Shop Stewards Meeting Notice, 2-11-13 – In PDF

Q&A regarding the MOU

PAY ISSUES 1.    Was profit sharing eliminated? If so, what was it replaced by? We eliminated profit sharing and replaced with a base pay increase that is substantially more valuable to our members. Profit sharing is a one-time bonus pay conditioned on profitability. It is not base pay which is a permanent part of compensation. We have…

More Details on the MOU with US Airways

From Bobby Gless, February 1, 2013 TO: AA Locals 501 – 568 RE: MOU Dear Brothers & Sisters: I have received a number of calls about the MOU that we posted on the website on Monday. Therefore, I asked the Director of Strategic Research to provide an explanation of how a 4.3% raise compares to…

Reality Check

So you want a new Union because:  The old one could not stop American Airlines from going Bankrupt  The old one negotiated an agreement that saved Jobs  The old one kept your pension frozen rather than GONE  The old one fought and kept 31 maintenance docks / lines working  The old one kept the outsourcing…

The Facts on the 4.3% Raise for TWU Members at American Airlines

There has been a question raised by some members about whether the trade off of profit sharing for the 4.3% base pay increase was a good deal.  It’s been claimed that the  4.3% raise is not worth as much as the so called 5% profit sharing program. No profit sharing program has put a cent…