The Association Update

The Association Update November 11, 2016 Sisters and Brothers, The Fleet Service Committee met with American Airlines this week in Las Vegas. The company presented their plan and implementation for cross utilization to Maintenance and Related. In continued...

American Airlines Workers Industry Best Pay Rates Go into Effect

American Airlines Workers Industry Best Pay Rates Go into Effect November 09, 2016 This month, approximately 30,000 ground workers at American Airlines will see their industry-leading wage rates reflected in their paychecks. The wage increases for the TWU/IAM...

Fleet Service Update

Fleet Service Update October 28, 2016 Sisters and Brothers, The Fleet Service Committee met with American Airlines this week in Dallas/Fort Worth. During this week’s session, the following articles were exchanged and discussed: Overtime – We exchanged our counter...

Congratulations! Dave Lehive

Congratulations! Dave Lehive District 141’s own Senior Communications Coordinator, Dave Lehive, has won First Place for his photography in the 2016 IAM Photo Contest. IAM photographers from around the US and Canada compete each year to bring the best unposed...

Mike Klemm, PDGC, Update

Mike Klemm, PDGC, Update October 21, 2016 Sisters and Brothers, As many of you know, last year the District Lodge 141 membership proposed, and the 2015 District Lodge 141 Convention delegates approved, many bylaw amendments. Those bylaw changes were then put to the...

The Association Update

The Association Update October 21, 2016 Sisters and Brothers, The Fleet Service Committee met with American Airlines this week in Chicago. After much discussion regarding cross utilization in the early part of the week, we made sufficient progress to engage in other...

IAM members at Philippine Airlines unanimously vote for contract

IAM members at Philippine Airlines unanimously vote for contract. October 25, 2016 Voting on the tentative agreement at Philippine Airlines was completed this week. IAM members at Philippine Airlines unanimously ratified the contract, which was signed today in San...

The Association Update

The Association Update September 30, 2016 Sisters and brothers, In last week’s communication, we stated the Association was shown the company’s presentation on its cross utilization scheme that violates our collective bargaining agreements and the interim wage...

The Association Seniority Integration Update

The Association Seniority Integration Update September 28, 2016 Dear Sisters and Brothers, In June of this year, the membership was advised that the TWU/IAM Associations had retained the services of Neutral Joshua Javits to create final integrated seniority lists....

Fleet Service Update

Fleet Service Update September 23, 2016 Sisters and Brothers, Both the Fleet Service and Mechanic and Related/Stores negotiating committees met this week in Washington, DC. The week began with each committee meeting with company representatives to discuss outstanding...

Help Protect Airline Customer Service Representatives from Assault

Help Protect Airline Customer Service Representatives from Assault September 22, 2016 When a TSA agent or law enforcement officer is assaulted at an airport, it’s a serious federal crime. And rightfully so, since we’re counting on them to keep us safe. But airline...

The Associations Update

The Associations Update September 12, 2016 Dear Association member, As you know, in May, 2013, following the merger of American Airlines and US Airways, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (lAM) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU)...