Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. Negotiations centered around the Fleet Service group and good progress was made working through outstanding language issues. The Mechanic & Related/Stores Committee met internally for important discussions regarding the seniority article and they are pleased to report…
Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee informed American Airlines they would not meet face to face with the company this week while in Washington D.C. Your negotiating committees continued to evaluate the proposal presented last week and worked on crafting language to respond to this woefully inadequate company document that is far from industry…
Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of July 17th, in Washington D.C. On the afternoon of July 19th, American Airlines presented their initial proposal covering the remaining articles to your Executive Committee. Upon initial review, the company’s proposal is inadequate and falls far short in providing the contract…
Brothers & Sisters, The Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of June 12th, in Washington D.C. and continued negotiations on Classifications for M&R, and Promotions & Transfers, Recall, and Reduction in Force for Fleet Service among other contractual provisions.…
Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue Brothers & Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of May 22nd, in Washington D.C. and…
Executive Session Negotiations Continue American negotiations continued this week in Washington, DC. By mutual agreement, the Chairperson of the National Mediation Board (NMB), Linda Puchala, joined our negotiations. The purpose of entering Executive level negotiations is to bring the talks to a successful conclusion and to the degree the NMB can assist in that…
September 30, 2016 Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of September 26th in DFW. During this session, your committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: Hours of Service M&R & MLS – We continue to work on this article and are moving closer to an…
Brothers and Sisters, This week has been another that I have spent in DFW working in the negotiations process. We have been harmed for far too long and the dragging out of negotiations harms us every single day. I will be out of town 12 of the next 15 weeks working for you. I know the…
Sisters and Brothers, The Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of March 7 th in Washington DC. Contrary to the message being delivered by management returning from the leadership conference in Dallas, your committee has not received any proposals related to compensation. Your Negotiating Committee, during this session, worked on the following articles:…