Feb 13, 2017 | American, The Association |
Fleet Service and Mechanic and Related/Stores Negotiations Update
August 05, 2016
Sisters and Brothers,
The TWU-IAM Association today announced we have reached an interim agreement with American Airlines to provide all members industry-leading wage rates, a lump sum payment and retirement improvements. Your committee will continue joint contract negotiations with American to resolve all outstanding issues, including bargaining additional wage and retirement improvements.
Association members will receive the industry-best wages we deserve effective November 2016 and not have to wait as we continue to bargain the other parts of our joint contracts. A lump sum payment will be made to members to bridge the gap until the November 2016 effective date. The process of bargaining joint contracts after a mega airline merger like American and US Airways is complex and, as you very well know, time consuming.
The interim wage adjustment agreement provides average wage hikes of approximately 22 percent. Mechanic and Related workers will elevate three percent above similarly classified workers at Delta Air Lines and Fleet Service, Stores/Material Logistic Specialists and Maintenance Training Specialists’ wages will increase one percent ahead of their counterparts at United Airlines. . The agreement also calls for enhancements to defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. And, while not required under this agreement, the Company’s presentation to the Association included the possibility of insourcing some maintenance work that had previously been outsourced. These are important gains for our Association.
We’d like to thank Association Chair and Vice Chair Sito Pantoja and Harry Lombardo for listening to the entire Association membership, and taking our voice to American’s executive leadership to make this happen. We would also like to thank the membership for its support and solidarity, and for making your voices heard loud and clear and American Airlines for being a willing partner. We look forward to continuing these joint contract negotiations to achieve improvements in all areas of our contracts, including pressing for additional gains in wages and retirement security.
Both the Fleet Service and the Mechanic and Related/Stores Negotiating Committees unanimously voted in favor of the interim improvements.
The full text of the interim wage adjustment will be posted as soon as possible.
Fraternally,
Fleet Service Committee:
Mark Baskett, Mike Fairbanks, Pete Hogan,
Tim Hughes, Mike Mayes, Steve Miller,
Brian Oyer, Pat Rezler, Art Risley,
Andre Sutton, Rodney Walker, Bill Wilson
Mechanic and Related Committee:
Jason Best, Mike Bush, Ken Coley, John Coveny,
Dale Danker, Mark Huffman, Bennie Martino, Gary Peterson,
Larry Pike, Sean Ryan, Jay Sleeman, Mark Strength
Feb 13, 2017 | American, The Association |
Fleet Service Negotiations Update
July 29, 2016
Sisters and Brothers,
The Association Fleet Service Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines this week in Dallas/Fort Worth to continue joint contract negotiations.
Despite our willingness to move this process along, the company continues to bypass your committee and attempt to negotiate directly with you, the membership, through town hall meetings. During these meetings, the company promises large pay increases, but fails to tell you is that in other very important areas of our contract they are presenting concessionary proposals that include the lesser language of the two pre-merger contracts.
At his “State of the Airline” speech, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said, “The company is not happy that negotiations have gone on this long.” But if that’s the case, then why then do his negotiators continue to propose concessions, knowing full well that we will reject those proposals, and prolong negotiations even more? This is nothing less than a standard management stalling technique.
We know you are eager for bargaining to finish. So are we, but these proposals simply do not meet your survey responses or expectations.
This week we passed our overtime proposal and we received back counter proposals on vacations and temporary assignments. There are several articles to which we are awaiting the company’s response, including holidays, sick time and recognition and rights.
The following are the TAs reached to date:
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| Shift Differential |
Preamble |
Training, Travel Pay and Meal Per Diem |
| Grievance Procedures |
Leaves of Absence |
Meal Periods |
| Representation |
Field Work |
System Board of Adjustment |
| Uniforms |
Absence from Duty |
No Strike No Lockout |
| Fitness for Duty |
Bulletin Boards |
Probation |
| Safety and Health |
Purpose of Agreement |
Termination of Employment |
| Shift Trades |
Furlough Benefits |
Work Schedules |
We have the negotiations scheduled for the next two weeks in Dallas.
Fraternally,
Mark Baskett, Mike Fairbanks, Pete Hogan,
Tim Hughes, Mike Mayes, Steve Miller,
Brian Oyer, Pat Rezler, Art Risley,
Andre Sutton, Rodney Walker, Bill Wilson
Feb 13, 2017 | United |
United Bonus Payment Protest Period Ended
July 19, 2016
On Friday, July 15th, the protest period for bonus payments ended.
All IAM-represented members at United Airlines were notified on May 26, 2016 that if they believed there was a discrepancy in the bonus amount received, or that they were omitted from receiving the bonus payment in error, they must submit the discrepancy in writing to District Lodge 141 no later than July 15, 2016.
As part of the IAM-United Airlines limited issue, expedited negotiations each IAM member at United Airlines received a bonus payment of $205 per year of completed service, totaling approximately $100 million. This $100 million was in addition to the $170 million in retroactive and bonus payments received in 2014, totaling more than a quarter of a billion dollars in a little over two years, as well as achieving industry best wage rates as of November 2016 and industry best work protection.
After all protests are processed, any remaining monies will be distributed in equal amounts to the membership. The amount and date of that distribution will be communicated to the membership when we have that information.
Feb 13, 2017 | EAP |
Recently, Kathy Ferguson and Victor Acosta, District 141 and Paul Schultz and Stephanie Starks District 142 responded to the Orlando Night club shooting. We had many members affected – the team spent time with the members who were directly affected and also those members who knew people that had been there. Thanks to Kathy, Victor, Paul and Stephanie, we were able to address the needs of those who wanted immediate help and follow up with the folks who will utilize continuing services.
The July EAP Helping Hands monthly newsletter is about caregiving this month. To read this edition and past editons visit: Helping Hands
Feb 13, 2017 | American, The Association |
Fleet Service Negotiations Update
June 30, 2016
Sisters and Brothers,
The Association Fleet Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines this week in Dallas/Fort Worth to continue joint contract negotiations.
During this week’s talks, we made progress on issues which have previously bogged us down. A TA was reached on Work Schedules and significant progress has been made on Overtime. To date, we have not received a response from the company to our counter-proposal on Holidays. That TA’s are not coming out every week is not reflective of the hard work of the committee. We remain committed to be expeditious but take the time necessary to achieve the best contract language possible.
Regarding seniority list integration, earlier this week Joshua Javits issued a letter introducing himself to Association members and outlined his role in the seniority integration process. It is important to note that having an integrated seniority list is not necessary for a joint agreement to be reached and ratified prior to the posting of that final list.
During the negotiations process, we have reached the following TA’s:
| Shift Differential |
Preamble |
Training, Travel Pay and Meal Per Diem |
| Grievance Procedures |
Leaves of Absence |
Meal Periods |
| Representation |
Field Work |
System Board of Adjustment |
| Uniforms |
Absence from Duty |
No Strike No Lockout |
| Fitness for Duty |
Bulletin Boards |
Probation |
| Safety and Health |
Purpose of Agreement |
Termination of Employment |
| Shift Trades |
Furlough Benefits |
Work Schedule |
We understand your frustrations and we want a contract as fast and as much as you do. However, we also must preserve our work rules and other contractual provisions that make our work lives better. We must stand together as we work through this process!
Fraternally,
Mark Baskett, Mike Fairbanks, Pete Hogan,
Tim Hughes, Mike Mayes, Steve Miller,
Brian Oyer, Pat Rezler, Art Risley,
Andre Sutton, Rodney Walker, Bill Wilson
