Association Update, August 1, 2023 Attendance Policy – Holiday Pay

  514 Members, At last, we have the arbitrators decisions on Holiday pay and Sick points. The executive board officers and I had a conference call with Rollie Reaves, TWU International M&R representative, today to review these documents. There are several questions regarding these decisions and the impact they will have on our membership. I…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of July 28, 2023

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Vice President: We will be changing the membership meeting back to Monday’s for the rest of 2023. The attendance level has not improved and it also interferes with the GRB every other month. We are considering a blended schedule that could be posted in next years calendar. This would eliminate a lot of the confusion…

Foreign Aircraft Maintenance

More than 900 aircraft maintenance and repair stations have been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) outside of the United States. The number of these facilities has grown by more than 30% in the past four years. These foreign repair stations are located all around the globe including China (78 facilities), Singapore (54), Brazil…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of July 21, 2023

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President: This week I traveled to Phoenix to meet with Local 567, 591 and the IAM.  We discussed several contractual issues along with open seniority protests. The dodgeball/pick’em Presidential grievance I wrote on Tulsa’s behalf is still at the top of the list to be heard. I look forward to this case going in front…

Membership Meetings for July 27th, 2023

MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ARE CHANGING TO THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023 Times: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street, Tulsa, OK 74116 Agenda Regular Order of Business   July 2023 Membership Posting in PDF