Brothers and Sisters, Section 6 Openers for all Association Agreements Today, September 12, 2018, American Airlines delivered Section 6 notices for all open TWU-IAM Association collective bargaining agreements. Simply stated, a Section 6 notice officially opens contracts under the Railway Labor Act. The TWU-IAM Association welcomes this gesture by the Company as a sign they…
Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive leadership met with American Airlines management this week to push through the tough Fleet Service Scope issues and proposals we have exchanged. Your committee was initially pleased when the Company’s Chief Negotiator offered to include protection for all of the fleet work currently performed at the 40 fleet service…
March 22, 2018 In this period between scheduled negotiating sessions, the Association leadership met with American Airlines management principals in the hope of better understanding each other’s position on the outstanding issues that need to be resolved in order to conclude negotiations. Significant issues, including wages, job scope protection, pensions and medical benefits remain open. The…
All, Linked is the decision from the Feb. 2017 arbitration hearing. I was on a conference call today to discuss it. The prefunding case is being looked at to determine if there is a path to fight it going forward. The union’s position is it’s your money. Equity- No word on any movement on the…
All, I’m not one to write long winded letters or make videos when I don’t have anything to report out so this is going to be short. As soon as I get an email from the TWU International with a meeting date and time, I plan to send Jay Potter to DC. He will…
October 20, 2017 Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in New York City. As was previously reported, an Association subcommittee met last week in…
Dear Association member, In an internal communication to TWU-IAM Association members at American Airlines, Kerry Philipovitch and David Seymour—American executives who have not attended one negotiating session—claim the Association is dragging its feet in responding to American’s “comprehensive” proposal. FALSE! Association executive level negotiators told American negotiators that their comprehensive proposal belongs in the garbage.…
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…
514 members, This week in DC during negotiations the company dropped a proposal on the table that included all remaining articles. Words can not describe my disappointment. The negotiating committee worked Thursday to review their proposal line by line, and we will continue to do the same thing Monday back in DC. They did provide an overview sheet.…
Brothers & Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of June 5th, in Washington D.C. and continued discussions of several of the open issues and Articles. The M&R Committee reviewed and passed to the Company M&R…