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March 22, 2024
My fellow 512 family,
Here are a few announcements from TWU International on other workgroups within the airline industry. TWU Local 555 represents ramp, operations, provisioning, and freight agents for Southwest Airlines. Overwhelmingly, they ratified their contract by 78%. Some highlights: wage increases on DOR ranging from 14.4% to 46%, an average increase of more than 18%, shorter PayScale, improved 401K going to 10%, and lump-sum bonus payments totaling $140 million.
TWU Local 577 represents Allegiant Airlines Flight Attendants and reached a tentative agreement. With an average wage increase of 25% on DOR and top-of-the-scale, members would receive a 41.2% wage increase on the date of ratification. All would receive at least a $1,013 bonus per year of service. Just a reminder, they are a relatively new airline, so seniority is very low.
The TWU/IAM Association Negotiation Committee for M&R, MCT, MLS, and MTS met at Tulsa Maintenance Base from March 18th to 22nd to ensure readiness for the upcoming negotiations with American Airlines. The next meeting is scheduled for the first week of April in CLT.
At a recent aviation summit, a senior manager for American Airlines said that Artificial Intelligence will eventually be “everywhere” within the airline industry. It could boost productivity by billions of dollars by assisting human employees in performing their duties. It may not sound scary, but your TWU fleet negotiation committee is currently discussing how it could affect our future scope of work. We are taking the necessary steps to prepare for negotiations in September.
In our weekly meeting with management on the facility maintenance side, we discussed moving to arbitration with the presidential grievance on Envoy Hangar three (3) work and setting up a meeting to clarify Kin Care for FM and GSE. We discussed Hartman working on a new disconnect installation on the G19 jet bridge. Lastly, we discussed 321 unloading and local delivery issues.
The Company at ORD is re-establishing the aircraft towing team and will have it as a separate duty assignment. They posted a letter for anyone wanting to enter this duty assignment. Please read this letter and all its restrictions before transferring.
Just a few reminders: The Rovr device is for assignments and not to be used by the allocator to lead and direct your work. Please report any of these issues to us at the field office. As Good Friday and Easter approach, we must remind you of the AA Attendance Policy on the pattern of absences during Critical Operation periods, which include the Friday preceding Easter through the Monday following Easter. The occurrence is two (2) points unless acceptable documentation has been provided to the lost time manager.
Sincerely and fraternally,
Juan Elvira
President – TWU Local 512
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