Below is the text of a letter I sent to James Little.
View attachment P Carroll to James Little.doc
Feb 2 2013
Patrick Carroll
P O Box 162494
Fort Worth Texas 76161
James Little
By certified mail 7012 3050 3333 1850 9588
TWU International Headquarters
501 3rd St. NW - 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
RE: Laid Off From Employment at AA
Open Letter
Dear President Little,
Recently I was made aware that American Airlines Inc. (AA) employees with less seniority than I have/had are currently working at the TAESL engine overhaul facility at AFW airport. This is troubling news to me in that I have/had seniority rights to that employment and through no fault of mine my employment was terminated due to the actions of the TWU acting collectively with AA. I am intent on gaining insight into specifically what the TWU is doing and shall do to mitigate the harm done to me and my family by the actions of TWU International officers colluding with AA management and the resultant harm effected against me and my family.
On December 14[sup]th[/sup] , 2012 I was laid off from my employment with AA/TAESL with only one day notice. Would you like to receive only one day notice that you were losing your job, President Little? Now I am told that TWU represented personnel with less seniority are employed where I was laid off from! All the while TWU Local 567 officers are still gainfully employed and, to my knowledge, failing to act on my behalf.
It would seem that the TWU International is complicit in this scheme in that a letter generated by Mr. Don Videtich only implies that a 29d grievance might have to be filed to mitigate many, and that is probably into the hundreds, of such grievances. This condition might have been averted if only the TWU stood firm in the application of the current agreement which they hold upon high as setting industry standards. Instead, the TWU has set upon a course of underhandedly capitulating to AA demands that AA does not need to abide by; the Basic Agreement, general industry practice, and state laws regarding laid off employees and instead is allowing AA management to “wing it” during the current layoffs.
One day notice, President Little, and I am not the only employee so affected. Is that the best the TWU can do, allow their dues paying members to be treated no better than a day laborer in a non-union setting? I was disgusted when reading the letter I received regarding how much the TWU has done representing their AA memberships. I am choking on my own bile while you carp about how great you and your labor expert staff are handling the business at hand with AA. AA is doing what it wants and your “experts” are assisting them in their efforts.
I am eagerly awaiting your response as to your plan to restrain AA from it actions violating mine and many other employees rights through their unlawful actions while laying me off out of seniority. Are you, President Little, do something more than appear as a self-aggrandizing figurehead for the TWU and actively support your dues paying membership instead of AA management. It appears you hide behind low level appointed flunkies that are in their positions only because of their “sworn allegiance” to whatever you and AA concoct relating to the harmful treatment of TWU dues paying members.
Thank you for your attention to the matters I have shared with you. As I ready myself for what might come to me and my family I will take with me the TWU’s actions regarding myself and multitudes of dues payers; harmed not only by the employer, but also by their own Bargaining Agent, the TWU.
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Patrick Carroll
Former Shop Steward
TWU Local 567
View attachment P Carroll to James Little.doc
Feb 2 2013
Patrick Carroll
P O Box 162494
Fort Worth Texas 76161
James Little
By certified mail 7012 3050 3333 1850 9588
TWU International Headquarters
501 3rd St. NW - 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
RE: Laid Off From Employment at AA
Open Letter
Dear President Little,
Recently I was made aware that American Airlines Inc. (AA) employees with less seniority than I have/had are currently working at the TAESL engine overhaul facility at AFW airport. This is troubling news to me in that I have/had seniority rights to that employment and through no fault of mine my employment was terminated due to the actions of the TWU acting collectively with AA. I am intent on gaining insight into specifically what the TWU is doing and shall do to mitigate the harm done to me and my family by the actions of TWU International officers colluding with AA management and the resultant harm effected against me and my family.
On December 14[sup]th[/sup] , 2012 I was laid off from my employment with AA/TAESL with only one day notice. Would you like to receive only one day notice that you were losing your job, President Little? Now I am told that TWU represented personnel with less seniority are employed where I was laid off from! All the while TWU Local 567 officers are still gainfully employed and, to my knowledge, failing to act on my behalf.
It would seem that the TWU International is complicit in this scheme in that a letter generated by Mr. Don Videtich only implies that a 29d grievance might have to be filed to mitigate many, and that is probably into the hundreds, of such grievances. This condition might have been averted if only the TWU stood firm in the application of the current agreement which they hold upon high as setting industry standards. Instead, the TWU has set upon a course of underhandedly capitulating to AA demands that AA does not need to abide by; the Basic Agreement, general industry practice, and state laws regarding laid off employees and instead is allowing AA management to “wing it” during the current layoffs.
One day notice, President Little, and I am not the only employee so affected. Is that the best the TWU can do, allow their dues paying members to be treated no better than a day laborer in a non-union setting? I was disgusted when reading the letter I received regarding how much the TWU has done representing their AA memberships. I am choking on my own bile while you carp about how great you and your labor expert staff are handling the business at hand with AA. AA is doing what it wants and your “experts” are assisting them in their efforts.
I am eagerly awaiting your response as to your plan to restrain AA from it actions violating mine and many other employees rights through their unlawful actions while laying me off out of seniority. Are you, President Little, do something more than appear as a self-aggrandizing figurehead for the TWU and actively support your dues paying membership instead of AA management. It appears you hide behind low level appointed flunkies that are in their positions only because of their “sworn allegiance” to whatever you and AA concoct relating to the harmful treatment of TWU dues paying members.
Thank you for your attention to the matters I have shared with you. As I ready myself for what might come to me and my family I will take with me the TWU’s actions regarding myself and multitudes of dues payers; harmed not only by the employer, but also by their own Bargaining Agent, the TWU.
Sincerely and Fraternally,
Patrick Carroll
Former Shop Steward
TWU Local 567
