Over the weekend, Kansas City had severe thunderstorms. It appears one of these storms knocked out the phone system in the District office. When the staff arrived Monday, they found the computers were down and the phones not working. The computers came back up, but we were unable to re-establish phone service. AT&T has been […]
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Sisters and Brothers: The joint Alaska Airlines Negotiating Committee continued negotiations with Alaska Airlines management this past week in Seattle, Washington. This session was dedicated to COPS contract issues. Represented by the Company were: Greg Mays, Vice President/Labor; Wayne Newton, Vice President/AOCS; Jeff Butler, Vice President/Call Centers; Bob Hartnett, Labor Director; Denise Kliskey, COPS Labor
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June 7, 2018 Brothers and Sisters, On behalf of the members of the TWU-IAM Association, we would like to extend our enthusiastic support for the Aircraft Maintenance Offshoring Bill, federal legislation that would support US aircraft maintenance workers. This bill is intended to draw attention to the airline industry-wide trend of offshoring aircraft maintenance. “The
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On Tuesday, May 8, the Company released some information concerning a new concept within the Customer Service Classification call the “Concorde Team”. In my last bulletin on April 26, 2018, I referenced the fact that we had addressed the Union’s (and our memberships) issues with Doug Caines at that meeting. While we discussed the concept
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The Southwest Airlines Shop Steward Conference was held May 30 and 31, 2018 at the Winpisinger Center. President-Directing General Chair Dave Supplee made opening remarks and introduced Airline Coordinator Tim Klima, who gave an update of the approaching negotiations between District Lodge 142 and Southwest Airlines. Grand Lodge Representative Rich Johnsen and District Lodge 142
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Brothers and Sisters, In an amateurish and unprofessional move, American Airlines management is trying to bribe Association members into giving away work, abandoning good healthcare and giving up better retirement security by doing an end run around your negotiating committee. Making the biggest mistake possible, American negotiators continue to disrespect you and your leadership by
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In 2001, the FAA created the created the prestigious Charles E. Taylor Master Mechanic Award to honor AMTs, who had served at least 50 years in aircraft maintenance. The following year, California Senator Knight introduced a resolution honoring Aviation Maintenance Technicians annually in honor of Charles Taylor’s birthday. Charles Taylor was the machinist who built
Brothers and Sisters, American Airlines recently changed course by contacting the TWU-IAM Association leadership seeking dates to discuss minor issues that remain open in our negotiations. The Association views all discussions between us and the company as important to achieving our goal of a tentative agreement. For this reason, the TWU-IAM Association Negotiating Committees have
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On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, your negotiating committee met in Dallas at Southwest Airlines Headquarters to begin contract negotiations. Present for the company were: Adam Carlisle, Sr. Director, Labor Relations, Dan Kusek, Sr. Mgr., Labor Relations for CSA; Andrea Nivet, Sr. Mgr. Labor Relations for CS&S; Danielle Reidder, CS&S Regional Director; Jeff Cox, Ground Ops;
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Since American management walked out of talks in late March, the TWU-IAM Association mechanic and related, stores and fleet service negotiating committees have been fully prepared to resume joint contract bargaining and bring these negotiations to a successful conclusion. Instead of making a good faith effort to to reach a fair agreement with 30,000 American
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