General Membership Meetings for
March 16, 2010
will be held at the TWU Hall.
General Membership Meetings are scheduled for:
March 16, 2010
Times 0700, 1000 & 1500
Refreshments will be served at all meetings.
An informed Membership is a united Membership. STAY INFORMED!
REVISED INTERIM PART TIME BID  HERE
NEWS FLASH:
The Transport Workers Union said it won't be asking for a release into a 30-day cooling-off period until Thursday at least.
The TWU's statement:
"NMB Board Member Linda Puchala has asked the TWU and its representatives gathered in Washington today to hold off filing for release from mediation until at least March 11. An announcement had been planned for today.
"The union is honoring her request.
"The TWU will have further information this Thursday." Look under HOT NEWS for the complete story. (3/09/10) Brothers and Sisters,I will be in federal mediation March 5th through the 12th. Thank you for your support during these difficult times. I respect the seriousness of the situation. The TWU Fleet Service/Ground Service committee has worked tirelessly to achieve an agreement that would restore the concessions we lost in 2003. I recognize the companies need to compete in todays difficult financial times. Unfortunately, the company has tried to gain another concessionairy contract without filing for bankruptcy.
I will be on the field Wednesday March 3rd and possibly Thursday March 4th to discuss these matters with the membership.
We have to have solidarity!
Sean P. DoylePresident, TWU Local 512 HERE is the Official response to the companies latest proposal.
Special Note:
American Airlines has mailed a contract proposal summary to the membership that the bargaining committee did NOT agree too. The T.W.U. feels that going around them with this summary is bargaining in bad faith. We would like you, the membership, to write on that proposal, "My Union Bargains For Me. Please Talk To Them" and bring it to a union steward or executive board member as soon as you possibly can. We are going to place them in a box and send them back to corporate headquarters. The other TWU locals are also going to do this along with the Flight Attendants union!Here are the highlights as we see them:Compensation. By their own admission we would be 3rd over all. Southwest pays roughly 25% more than AA and they are profitable. Adapt your business model, don't steal from employees. Book raises not lump sum payments.Productivity? Outsourcing has not proven profitable in past endeavours why would it now? Lets try teamwork and adaptation first. AA talks about teamwork and team problem solving. Let them step up to the plate on these more difficult issues.Holidays. AA-TWU is last in the industry. Management still has pre-2003 levels.Vacation. Return us to 2003 levels like management.Sick Time. AA-TWU is last in the industry.Shift Differential. AA-TWU is last in the industry.Retiree Medical - Refund Prefunding. Why would we give up our future benefits for nothing? If this is a bad deal for AA, let them come up with an offer other than "Sorry, it didn't work for us."Profit Sharing. We've been down this road before. We've seen them make double payments on assets & pay themselves huge bonuses to lower profits.Eagle ASM Cap. 21.3%, are they kidding. We've seen Eagle grow in Chicago while AA shrinks at the 6% cap. To give this up for trinkets and baubles would be the end of the majority of AA-TWU jobs in Chicago. The downlines could just roll up the sidewalks and go home.
Fleet Service Bid Clarification:
There have been several rumors circulating on the ramp this week concerning the full time Title III employees affected by the reduction in force and their bid status.
Any Title III Fleet Service Clerk being affected by the R.I.F. and electing to stay in ORD part time should not “self slot” themselves with the posted part time seniority list and bid on the current part time bid.
The condensed timeline for the bid and layoff has created another unique situation. Some of the full time employees being affected and electing to stay in ORD as part time have not been given bid times on the part time bid. Because the option window for these full time employees doesn’t close until Monday March 1, 2010 and awards are not announced until Friday March 5, 2010 it won’t be possible for those affected members to bid on the posted part time bid. They will have to bid on a supplemental part time bid. The specifics of this supplemental bid have not yet been shared with Local 512. The Local is still discussing the parameters of this three week bid with the company to try and ensure that every members seniority is honored. Second Vice President Biancalana and Secretary Treasurer Hagn have volunteered to assist the company in developing this bid to protect the contractual rights of our members.
Every part time employee in ORD will re-bid shifts that will take affect on April 3, 2010. That timeline has not been worked out either. This process is complicated. If you have any questions please see the bid committee or call the Hall.
We have been informed by Mediator Jack Kane that the up coming M&R Mediation Session in Tulsa, Ok has been canceled. Further information will be forthcoming as soon as a new date is scheduled. Once again, no reason was given.
Important Note:
The Fleet and Ground service mediation session that is to be held in Washington DC., March 5th. through March 8th. has been extended through March 11th by Federal Mediator Teri Brown. No reason given at this time.. Both parties have been instructed NOT to leave the Washington D.C. area until 12:00 P.M. Thursday March 11th.
Attention: TWU Local 512 Members I was just on a conference call with the ATD International, Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 09:45 CST. The reason for the call was the Transport Workers Union will ask to be released from federal mediation if no agreement with American Airlines is reached by March 8, 2010. The TWU will be the first union representing a major carrier to request release from the Obama-era National Mediation Board. This is the natural progression under the U.S. Railway Labor Act. The M&R mediation session is scheduled in Tulsa, OK from March 1 - 5, 2010. The Fleet & Ground Service mediation is scheduled for March 5 - 8, 2010 in Washington D.C. at the National Mediation Board. If, at that time, we do not reach a tenative agreement, we will formally ask to be released. The thirty day cooling off period WILL NOT start on this date. Both sides will be given the opportunity to submit comments to the National Mediation Board and then there are different senarios that could and would take place. Please plan on attending one of the membership meetings at the place & times listed above. In solidarity,
Sean Doyle
President, Local 512 CLICK HERE to read the official TWU press release. CLICK HERE to view the Collective Bargaining Process Flowchart. CLICK HERE for Frequently Asked Questions: Mediation
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