Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association met with American Airlines October 30 in Dallas, TX for mediated negotiations under the supervision of the National Mediation Board. The purpose of this first mediated session was to bring the Federal mediators up to speed on the status of our negotiations. Areas covered were compensation, healthcare, retirement, work…
Video from President Dale Danker Brothers and Sisters, The two mediators assigned to our negotiations have notified the TWU-IAM Association and the Company that three bargaining dates have been scheduled: October 30, January 29-31 and February 12-14. While the Association welcomes the opportunity to negotiate during these dates, these three sessions are simply not…
District 142 General Chair Sean Ryan and District 141 Assistant General Chair Mark Baskett discuss the ongoing contract negotiations to American Airlines membership.
Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines on July 24th in Washington, D.C. to continue the discussion about comprehensive Scope proposals. During this session, it became very obvious to your committee that the company isn’t hearing your displeasure about their previous Scope proposals. While there was some movement for our…
As discussed on last Friday’s conference call the Association executive committee will be working in DC this week. They have made it clear that they will meet anytime anywhere. If the company shows up the executive team will expect the company to give them their full-text scope proposal. I will post updates when I get them. Union! Dale
Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines on June 25, 26, & 27 in Washington, DC. The vast majority of these negotiating sessions were spent discussing Scope in a very detailed manner, mainly for the Maintenance and Related group. While Fleet Service Scope was discussed, it was done on a much…
514 members, Earlier this week the association executive negotiation team met with American Airlines in JFK. It was reported to me on a conference call today that American Airlines once again did not come with a counter proposal from our economic pass. Nor did they put in writing the details of the proposal you received…
Brothers and Sisters, Association negotiators met with American Airlines Monday and Tuesday this week. The purpose of the meetings was to discuss minor, but important open issues. Some progress was made, but American remains unreasonable by not settling issues they should be able to agree to. The Company’s public statements that they desire to conclude…
514 members, I’m sure most of you are aware by now, the company emailed each of you what they are calling an enhanced proposal. Thursday evening at 6 PM central time, I along with the TWU Presidents had a conference call to discuss the proposal. Most that were on the call had many questions, and unfortunately,…
Understanding the Company Offer: Scope Shift Relief Holidays Vacation Pay 401k Healthcare Profit Sharing