Brother’s and Sister’s. I want to update our membership on Two items at Tulsa Base. First I Want to say Great Job to the Paint Crew’s at Tulsa Base and Extra Kudos to the 737 Paint Crew’s, All inclusive of the Blackman Airplane, Halo Paint and C-Check’s. The Corporate Appearance Manager has told Mark Ehnen…
On September 28, the US Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case, called Janus v. AFSCME, an anti-union force pushed in an attempt to have fair-share fees ruled unconstitutional for public-sector employees. Since 1977, the Supreme Court decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, unions have been able to charge fair share fees (“agency fees”) to…
TWU 514 leadership and its members are United with our Union Brothers and Sisters in our fight for an industry best and nothing less contract. Over the course of the last three months members and officers of our local union have traveled to Dallas, Miami, Chicago & most recently San Francisco to show American Airlines Management that…
Brother’s and Sister’s, I want to address 2 different subject’s today. First: The Company has identified 24 AMT’s as surplus between hangars 5 & 6. Eleven (11) general’s from shop #2344, hanger 5, Thirteen (13) general’s from shop #2257 in hangar 6. They will be filling vacancies in hangars 1&2 and 3&4. Five of the…
Brother’s and Sister’s. The TWU NATIONAL CONVENTION was held last week in Las Vegas. The TWU 514 Delegates supported the John Samuelsen Slate, that overwhelming won the Election. The Monday meeting was 9:00 am – 3:00 pm and Tuesday thru Thursday was in session 9:00am – 5:00pm. There were various speakers including Sito Pantoja who briefly spoke on the negotiations with American Airlines. John…
Brothers and Sisters, I would like to give an update on current events at the Tulsa Base. We are still meeting with The Company in regards to the Recall/Reassignment identified for Hangers 3/4. The TWU Currently has a 29D grievance filed against the Company for moving Inspection work on C-Check Card’s over to the AMT…
Recording Secretary Jay Potter & Chairman of Maintenance Pat Kinnamon We wanted to clear up some issues regarding the 83 General and 23 Avionics jobs currently posted on the Shop to Shop Transfer in Tulsa. The QAM has been recently revised. The changes were sent to the ATD on June 07, 2017 per the CBA.…
Brothers and Sisters There has been a lot of discussion in regards to the shift swap policy and the language. This is a policy and it does not trump the current agreement. The current agreement states you are eligible for overtime proffer on your current shift as posted. Your overtime hours currently do not follow…
MRO Americas 2017 Pat Kinnamon, Ray Wilson, and I attended MRO Americas 2017. We attended several sessions including Annual Industry Analysis and Forecast, American Airlines State of the Airline, and The Need for AMT’s. Growing the Next generation. MRO spend is expected to grow from 67B to 100B worldwide in the next ten years.…
All Here is a short update for Tulsa Base either current or future state. The A321 that was previously scheduled for a C11 check in Tulsa will not be done at Tulsa Base. A sixth 737 line is slated to start this fall at Tulsa Base. AA has not determined which hanger the work will…