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Passages “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

Important Stores Mediation Update 11-10-10

The Stores Negotiating Committee has a meeting scheduled with NMB Mediator Jack Kane next week Tuesday November 16, 2010 in Hurst Texas.  The meeting will entail debriefing Mediator Kane on the rejected tentative agreement, specifically the memberships reasons for rejection along with discussions on scheduling future bargaining sessions. We will update the membership as soon…

Letter of Agreement: Int’l TWU – 29D – QAM Objection – Article 11(f)

This is to confirm our understanding regarding full and final settlement of the 29(d) Presidential grievance you filed dated October 20, 2010 relative to the Company’s imposed qualifications requirement of twenty-four (24) months credited experience to the Qualifications Administration Manual (QAM) for a Line Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT).

Letter of Agreement: Procedures for Transfers

The Company and the TWU have agreed to implement the following procedures in order to clarify the transfer process. Due to the criticality of verifying employee’s background history, many employees have transferred to stations only to be informed by outside agencies that they have not been approved with credentials to work at their new station.…

President’s Report, 11-08-2010

Since I took office in August it has been a busy three months. We have voted on a Tentative Agreement where M&R and Stores failed 2 to 1 and Tech Specialists ratified their agreement. I have attended Negotiations meetings for M&R, Stores, and Fleet Service and believe that changes for the better in organization and…

President Little Nominated to FAA Advisory Council

Oct 13 2010 TWU International President James C. Little has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Management Advisory Council (MAC) to help advise the FAA on management and policy issues related to the airline industry. President Little will bring his experience in the airline industry and…

Labor History This Month

Important Dates in Labor History Nov. 15, 1881 The labor organization later known as the American Federation of Labor is founded at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh. Cigar-maker Samuel Gompers would become its president in 1886. Nov. 11, 1887 Four labor organizers hanged for alleged conspiracy in riot and bombing in Chicago’s Haymarket Square. Nov. 23,…