The meetings scheduled for February 1, 2012 will take place at Flagship University in the Americana Room.
The AA group will meet at 10:00 am and the purpose of this meeting is to initiate the process for changes to our collective bargaining agreements pursuant to Section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code. At this meeting, the Company's Chief Restructuring Officer, Beverly Goulet, will make a presentation on the company's restructuring Business Plan, and provide supporting information relating to the plan. Following that presentation, Jeff Brundage will discuss proposed changes that affect all Unions. Then, company negotiators will meet separately with each of the Unions to present specific proposals and supporting information.
The American Eagle group will meet at 2:00 pm to receive the same presentation of the AA restructuring Business Plan. Their negotiations will begin in the weeks following completion of the AA discussions.
Fraternally Robert Gless Deputy Director Air Transport Division
AA System Coordinator
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 22:19
Press Release
Written by Peter J Caruso
Thursday, 12 January 2012 18:41
Brothers and Sisters,
Below is the Update released by the ATD regarding NMB meetings.
TWU representatives met yesterday afternoon with Harry Hoglander and Larry Gibbons of the NMB and American Eagle Senior Management. The NMB notified all parties “that they remain committed to helping the TWU reach labor agreements with American Eagle, despite the company’s November bankruptcy filing” and “that the bankruptcy filing at AMR does not immediately impact the NMB’s function or status of open cases”. This morning the TWU is again meeting with the NMB, along with the APFA, APA and AA Senior management, and anticipate they will be receiving the same message for the open mediation cases on the AA property. How this position will be viewed by the bankruptcy Judge, Lawyers, Company or Unions is unknown at this time. For the most updated information on the AMR bankruptcy, please visit the TWU bankruptcy website at aa.twu.org.
Jorge Rojas
President TWU Local 561 MIA/TPA/FLL
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Last Updated on Thursday, 26 January 2012 18:13
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011 22:18
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Motion that states anyone who is removed from the Stores Manning to perform the duty of MPR must be removed from the OT list and Field Trip List. When returned to regular duty, placed back on the OT and Field Trip list, with Highest Hours plus 1.
(TWU Represents the Majority ofAMR Employees) onToday’s Bankruptcy Filing by American Airlines and American Eagle
We are very disappointed by today’s action by AMR. The Transport Workers Union will doeverything possible to protect our members at both American Airlines and American Eagle.Work at both airlines will continue through the Chapter 11 reorganization.Our union had tried to work with AMR managers to make the company more cost competitive and more efficient. In the past month we had reached tentative agreements for
both flight dispatchers and fleet service workers. Fleet service is American’s largest bargaining unit.Other TWU units at both American and Eagle had previously inked agreements. Our aircraft mechanics and maintenance workers, represented by TWU, have saved the company several hundred million dollars over the past decade through boosted
productivity and by bringing inwork from other airlines. While we think this bankruptcy could have and should have been avoided, it does not come
as a surprise. TWU engaged special bankruptcy counsel two
years ago as a contingency and our attorney Sharon Levine
f the firm Lowenstein Sander PC will file claims on behalf of TWU members later today in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of New York.
This is likely to be a long and ugly process and our union will fight like hell to make sure that front line workers don’t pay an unfair price for management’s failings.We also will do everything possible to protect our passengers. American Airlines does more maintenance in-house and in the
USA than any other major US-based airline. Other bankruptcies in the airline industry have seen aircraft overhaul and other repair work sent to less secure. poorly regulated maintenance facilities in third world countries. We will do everything in our power to maintain quality and safety for this airline and its passengers, while protecting the interests of our members. Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) represents 200,000 workers and retirees, primarily in commercial aviation, public transportation and railroads. The union is an affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
The TWU Maintenance and Related (M&R) Negotiating Committee reconvened in Hurst, Texas on October 6, 2011. During this meeting Larry Pike, President TWU Local 567, Don Videtich, ATD Representative and Mark Richard, Labor Attorney, reported on the informal meetings of October 3-5, 2011, with representatives from American Airlines Senior Management . The parties continued the discussions of the open articles from the last session.
After the report to the full M&R Negotiating Committee, a motion was made “to request a formal release from the NMB dated October 7, 2011”. In addition to the motion, a roll-call vote was requested. The following are the results of that vote:
American Airlines to meet Feb. 1 with unions
