Local 514’s Digest for the week of Oct 14, 2022

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Vice President: Terry and I have been in Charlotte, NC this week preparing for benefits enrollment. We will have eight enrollment counselors available starting Monday, Oct 17, 2022 in Hangar 3 HOC. If you do not wish to sit with a counselor, make sure to go into Jetnet and confirm your selections. DAT selection is…

TWU Express, Fall 2022 | VOL. 74 | NO.3

Deterring Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing By International President John Samuelsen ver since I was elected International President in 2017, the TWU has been fighting the overseas outsourcing of aircraft repair and overhaul, bringing back good-paying, blue-collar jobs to the U.S. We have steadfastly fought the offshoring of maintenance taking on the issue in our contracts, in…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of Oct 7, 2022

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President: All, I attended an IEC (International Executive Council) meeting in California this week. During this meeting it was announced that current Air Division Director Gary Peterson would transition to a new role as Chief of Staff for International President John Samuelsen. Andre Sutton, current International Rep. was named as Peterson’s replacement. I’ve been asked,…

RO Report from Executive Board Member Jay Potter

I continue to work on Base Maintenance Outsourcing. Below is a review of our CBA regarding base outsourcing.  Base Maintenance Outsourcing is found in Article 6.E. through 6.I. of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Section F. & I. covers the AO & AO Support Shops, “Company base maintenance employees will perform at least fifty (50%)…

Lincoln STD/LTD Proposal

Please see attached Proposal from Lincoln for our STD and LTD insurance, 2023. (Please note that the earnings definition to include Overtime up to 15 hours and the shift differential pay will be updated during implementation for the policy docs)

Third Quarter Veterans Report

The third quarter International Veterans was hosted by Local 514 this year. From September 27th to 29th we had an opportunity to convene TWU member veterans from all across the country educate, collaborate, plan for the future, and support one another. We had attendees from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Ohio, and…