TWU Founder Michael J. Quill The union has been honoring our founder with these scholarships since 1969. Quill Scholarship awards have benefited hundreds of TWU families. Children of our members…
Passages “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
AMR put these questions and answers on its investor relations page. We put it here unedited. AMR COMMON STOCK Q&As Important note: The brief answers below are provided for informational purposes only and are not intended to be a substitute for a careful review of the relevant documents, which include the merger agreement and support…
The TWU scope clause (Article I) has changed in the newly ratified September 12, 2012 M&R agreement. While the TWU negotiating committee pushed for maintaining the previous language that kept approximately 90% of maintenance spend in-house (includes TAESL as insourced work), the bankruptcy (BK) process made that an impossibility. Every airline that has gone through…
Since November 2011, we have been forced to respond to AMR’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This is obviously not the first time that an airline used bankruptcy to abrogate labor agreements. Managements at United, America West, US Airways, Northwest Airlines, Continental, Frontier, and Delta have all taken labor unions to federal…
Dear Brothers and Sisters: I recently sent you an update on the TWU’s efforts to mitigate the impact of bankruptcy on our membership. We continue to work through every means possible to improve wages, benefits scope and opportunities for our members. In the past week alone we were able to gain an additional quarter of…
The Teamsters claim they can stop the outsourcing of aircraft maintenance. But, where were the Teamsters when United held the big party to celebrate its 100th aircraft to undergo a heavy maintenance check at the Ameco maintenance repair hanger in Beijing, China? This celebration took place in May 2011, well over a year ago. How…
February 25, 2013 thru March 8, 2013 If a Nomination Form (Shop Stewards Nominations Form) is not posted in your area by March 1, 2013, please contact the Union Office, 918 437-4300. Kevin Gorremans Elaine Gibson Troy Turner Kendal Anderson Joe Fuselier Brenda Dean John Richards Approved for posting Mike McDonald, Vice President Note:…