Pilot's MOU could benefit APFA & TWU

[OldGuy@AA]

This just in: Jim Little TWU president and grand poobah has promised to "Fight like hell" for his membership. hahahaha

 

[swamt]

LETTERS AND MEMORANDA
196
LETTER OF MEMORANDUM – 7 – ME, TOO, PROVISION
September 12, 2012
Mr. Robert F. Gless
Deputy Director - ATD
AA System Coordinator
Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO
1791 Hurstview Drive
Hurst, TX 76054
“Me, too, provision”
Dear Robert,
During the negotiations that led to the signing of the Agreement between American Airlines, Inc. (“AA” or “the Company&rdquo😉 and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (“TWU&rdquo😉 covering Fleet Service Employees and Ground Service Employees, the Company and the TWU agreed to the following, effective upon ratification of all seven (7) of the TWU Agreements by the TWU membership:
1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Restructuring Agreement (“Agreement&rdquo😉, the terms of the Agreement shall not become effective until the Company has received approval to implement, through binding agreement, and/or implemented by legal unilateral authority, revisions to (i) the labor contracts of the Company’s other non-TWU unionized employees and (ii) the wages, benefits and working conditions of the Company’s non-union hourly employees and (iii) the wages, benefits and working conditions of the non-union salaried and management employees so that the aggregate revisions in (i),(ii) and (iii) for each individual non-TWU union and non-union employee group are reasonably projected by the Company to produce the targets for labor cost savings specified in the Company’s Section 1113© motion.
2) The Company agrees that if the Company fails to implement the changes described in paragraph 1 for any other non-TWU union or non-union employee group, without implementing other changes that are reasonably projected by the Company to achieve equivalent labor cost savings, the Company will meet with TWU to discuss and agree upon a proportionate reduction in projected labor cost savings under the Agreement. This paragraph shall expire upon the earlier of 1) six (6) months after the date the Company emerges from the bankruptcy process; or 2) when the changes described in paragraph 1, or other changes that are reasonably projected by the Company to achieve equivalent labor cost savings, are implemented for all non-TWU union or non-union employee groups.

AANOTOK, Thanx for the info. I thought the "me-too" clause was going to run the legnth of the 6 year contract in the beginning. Now I see you guys do have a die date. The company (AA) will easily run it's course beyond the 6 months time frame in order to get out of the "me-too" clause to increase any kind of bennefit to the TWU members. Not so sure AMFA could do anything about this clause if and when they were to take over. Too short of a time frame to be able to fix. Why in the world your TWU nego's agreed to this is just way beyond me. But then again, the TWU is always "agreeing" with the company for everything, like conncessions, for many of decades. Even more conncessions "agreements" will be in the TWU members future if AA and US do in fact merge together. Hope you guys are able to get AMFA in before this happens, good luck to you all at AA.

 

[iluvaa]

Its all been implemented me to is over

 

[cf6mech]

And so should working OT with so many on the street, but I dont see that happening,....we are our own worse enemy.....its more than just crying about the TWU, I see record numbers working OT now, guess people really aren't fed up and willing to except the lowest wages in the industry and then working twice as hard for Horton and spending more time away from wives and families to get what every other mechanic gets for a forty hour week,...good look with that.....just my observation.

 

[Rogallo]

I Got Mine, Brother!

 

[1AA]

So does that mean that we do or do not get the 14% contribution in our 401k without a match like the pilots got? After all they held out for better. So we should get the same, right? Is that not the intent of the ME TOO clause?

 

[Bob Owens]

In 1995 we had a Me Too clause as well, how much did we get from that one?

 

[AMFAinMIAMI]

Maybe AA will give you a color picture of one of OUR new aircraft with the new Paint.


Since from the time I have been here at AA, almost 15 yrs it doesn't take much for the TWU
represented employees to say we'll get next time. Oh well, or what can we do about it.
We got piped again.