Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines By Chris Maher | July 30, 2013 The Transport Workers Union has accused the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of forging hundreds of workers’ signatures, amid a fight to represent mechanics at soon-to-be-merged US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines parent AMR Corp. The TWU filed the allegations…
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Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines
i-Team Committee Update
The I-Team is currently making visits on base and off base sites to give information and answer questions regarding the following items: • Equity distribution – Explaining the current and up to date info. There has been some additional info since the June 13, 2013 meeting. • Pay rate increase of 4.3% when New American…
Prescription Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Drugs
Beginning today smoking cessation prescriptions will be covered by the Core, Standard or Value medical plan options. The cost of the medication is based on which coverage option the person is enrolled in. Additionally, we will be offering the Knock Out Nicotine program. Covered employees and dependents age 18 and over can get the medications at…
AMR Bankruptcy Update – July 30, 2013
Brothers & Sisters, I wanted to give you a short update on the AMR Bankruptcy. The voting deadline for creditors on the Plan of Reorganization ended yesterday and those votes will be counted and verified in the next day or two. We’ll know the unofficial results in the next few days, but the actual court…
Teamsters ask for more time on American Airlines election case after TWU accuses organizers of falsifying signatures
Last week, the Transport Workers Union submitted material to the National Mediation Board alleging that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters had forged signatures to “showing of interest” cards. As a result, the Teamsters – who are seeking to supplant the TWU as bargaining agent for American’s mechanics and related employees – asked the NMB on Tuesday to…
Notice: TWU LTD Plan Paycheck Deductions
Dear Colleague, As a service for TWU members, American Airlines HR Services works with Mutual of Omaha to collect payroll deductions for the TWU Long Term Disability Plan. Unfortunately, we identified that the amounts collected on 2013 paychecks from January through July were incorrect. In most cases, the amounts collected were too low, and we…