5 questions with Sam Cirri – Tulsa World, Friday Sept. 2, 2011

By D.R. STEWART World Staff Writer Published: 9/2/2011  2:21 AM Last Modified: 9/2/2011  7:00 AM 1. The Transport Workers Union has been negotiating a new labor contract with American Airlines for nearly four years. How close are the two sides to a tentative agreement, and what are the remaining issues that have to be resolved? While we’re…

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Contractually Speaking

Leaves of absences can be found in 3 articles of the TWU/AA contract. The quick and easy is the following chart found at the end of Article 17 “Leaves of Absence”. The other 2 articles are Article 18 “Military Leave” and Article 34 “Sick Leave/Unused Sick Leave” One of the major surprises in leaves of…

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Representative Eric Proctor Goes To Bat for TWU Members

Sam Cirri’s press release regarding American Airlines’ plan to move 70 Maintenance Control Technicians (MCT) and 160 related support to Texas caught the eye of Oklahoma House District 77 Representative Eric Proctor. Representative Proctor pledged his support and announced his intent to speak against the move. The Tulsa community has invested millions of tax dollars…

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Foster Brunner Tool Raffle

Foster Brunner passed away in 1997. His widow is moving to a nursing home and asked if we could raffle his circular saw, gasoline blower, small tool box and miscellaneous tools to help off-set the cost. Raffle tickets will be distributed to shop stewards at the September 12, 2011 Shop Steward meeting. Tickets are a…

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Shop Stewards Meeting, September 12, 2011

Date …………………….. Monday, September 12, 2011 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM | 11:45 AM | 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda 1. Financial Management – Training the Trainer. Presented by Julie McAdory, Regional Director for Money Management International in Mississippi. Sam Cirri, President   Shop Stewards Meeting Bulletin – Posting in PDF 

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Spc. Joshua M. Seals, 21, of Porter, Okla.

Spc. Joshua M. Seals, 21, of Porter, Okla., died Aug. 16 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard, Tulsa, Okla. Yet again we were asked to honor a fallen hero from the 145th, and AA/TWU…

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