Local 514’s Digest for the week of January 12, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: This week Jay Potter and I traveled to Dallas to continue discussions with the TWU negotiating committee.  Discussions centered around the long list of known issues in all the contracts.  We will travel to Phoenix next week to meet with the IAM to address and recognize their issues and start the process to prepare…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of January 5th, 2024

TWU Local 514

President: Heads up, if the company calls you into a meeting, either alone or with a large group of your coworkers, they may document that conversation. They may ask you to sign a roster, like they did in Hangars 5 & 6, then accuse all that signed it of not being on the airplane during…

Share The Warmth Drive

Hello Everyone,I wanted to give you all an update and a SHOUT OUT!The last minute Share The Warmth Drive for the Salvation Army, Tulsa Base came through. From the beginning to the last pickup today, this was the final count. They all will be handed out by the Salvation Army to the homeless.Thank you all.

Local 514’s Digest for the week of December 15, 2023

President: I’ve had continued talks with Rollie Reaves and Gary Schaible to understand the system issues around Crew Chief known outages, vacation bid, DAT denial pickups, as well as upcoming negotiation plans.  The board met with VP of Base Maintenance Greg Emerson on Thursday.  He gave us a look back at 2023 challenges and a…