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Welcome to TWU Local 512! |
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Thursday, 16 April 2009 |
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!
March 11, 2010 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Fleet and Ground Service Negotiations Committee met with the company at the request of the National Mediation Board and Mediator Terri Brown, from Saturday March 6th through Thursday March 11th. On March 6th we began an intense series of negotiation sessions with the Company. Although we came to agreement in several areas, we were unable to come to complete resolution on all open items. It is our belief that the TWU entered these negotiations with high hopes of reaching an agreement that would respond to the sacrifices made since the 2003 concessions. Unfortunately, the company did not seem to hold those sacrifices with the same importance. Even with the efforts put forth by your Negotiating Committee, it became apparent the company was still trying to extract more concessions from the membership. It is the belief of your Negotiating Committee that we can no longer just give away more jobs, such as the system wide outsourcing of Day Line Cabin Service. The outsourcing would not only impact those in that work group but would also affect members in other areas, including those in many down line cities. Your Negotiating Committee was willing to entertain modification to the Available Seat Miles (ASM) Cap, but the Company was unwilling to provide adequate job protection for our members. Your Negotiating Committee made several attempts to find resolution to these open items, but the Company was not receptive to your needs. Thank you for your continued support. Fraternally, Your Fleet Service Negotiating Committee
HERE is the letter from John Conley
HERE is the letter requesting release
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!
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.
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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