The TWU Negotiating Committee met today at the Hurst Conference Center to prepare for court supervised mediation sessions in New York. The Maintenance and Related and Stores work groups rejected AA’s last offer on May 15th. The mediated bargaining session will be for these two work groups and begins at 10:00am on Monday June 11. If no agreement is reached, the parties will reconvene on Tuesday June 12 at 1:00pm and continue until the close of business that day. All seven work groups attended the meeting due to unresolved global issues which affect all TWU represented work groups, including the “me too” clauses.
Attorney Mark Richard explained the recent claim forms mailed out by AMR. Richard detailed the process involved in filing the claim forms and advised negotiators to inform their members that, “if any member believes they have a claim, by all means file one.” A member should not rely on anyone else to file a claim on their behalf. The deadline for filing is July 16, 2012.
The judge has also referred APA and APFA to supervised mediated sessions with the company over the next two weeks.
The mediated sessions will be an opportunity for the parties to reach a deal before the judge renders a decision on the 1113 motion to abrogate the contracts on June 22.
TWU Negotiators for Maintenance and Related and Stores want members to understand that one and a half days of supervised mediation, may not provide substantial improvements that have not been attainable over the last four and a half years of negotiations and mediation.
If no agreement is reached during the mediated sessions the judge will rule on AA’s motion to abrogate the contracts, and if rejected, the parties will begin negotiations at some point after the 1113 bankruptcy process has concluded.
