TAMC to Lobby Capitol Hill Several members of the TAMC led by International Rep Chris Moore will be lobbying on Capitol Hill this Monday the 18th. The groups will focus on new certificationsfor foreign repair stations and other aviation maintenance safety related items. The Albertine Group will be joining the group and have set the […]
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Local 986 Member Helps to Save Life With a life on the line, Rob Pennell springs into action PDX (Portland, Oregon) Lead Facilities Maintenance Technician Rob Pennell recently helped save the life of a stranger who was found unresponsive on the floor of the terminal. Rob and all our ground service equipment and facilities employees
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Steering Committee Briefed On Thursday July 24th the steering committee was reconvened in Denver for the purpose of a briefing on the current state of negotiations. The briefing began with Vinny Graziano giving a report from the implementation committee. The steering committee was informed that a conference call had taken place with the company
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sUAL GSE/Facilities Maintenance Committee Meets On Tuesday, July 15th the national GSE and Facilities committee representing sub United mechanics met in Houston. The meeting started at 8am and continued through the day with a working lunch as there were many topics discussed. The committee sat down with Rob Walker of Corporate Real Estate to discuss
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Negotiations Update In preparation for the upcoming mediation sessions, the parties met in Chicago during the week of July 7, 2014 through July 11, 2014. During this session the union committee revisited the problems resulting from the company’s incorrect interpretation of, and failure to implement, certain provisions of the respective stand alone contracts. These problems
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New Work in SFO Normally we don’t report on United Daily articles but the article titled, “Base teams begin historic heavy maintenance on Airbus” found here is different. This a story about the first HMV visit in SFO in twelve years. As part of the company’s cost reduction efforts they determined that bringing this work
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Steering Committee Set to Meet A notice to the steering committee was sent out for the body to reconvene July 24th and 25th in Denver. The notice was sent to the seventy sitting members of the committee covering all locations from Boston to Guam. The committee will be briefed on what has transpired since the
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President Hoffa Visits SFO On June 13th President Hoffa visited with members at the Maintenance Base in OV and Engine Shop. Mr. Hoffa walked the floor and spoke with several members during the tour of these two areas. A short meeting was held afterwards with stewards, and Business Agents in the Union Office at the
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Meeting in Chicago On May 28th and 29th the parties met in Chicago for the purpose of further understanding the economics of the respective proposals. However due to concerns brought up on the Chief Steward's call the week prior, there were broad issues that needed to be addressed. The Chiefs expressed concern that on the
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Negotiations Update The parties met on May 7th in Las Vegas. The purpose of the meeting was to prepare a report for mediator McGuckin on the parties’ respective table positions from last November. In discussing the positions, it became clear that a further meeting was warranted with a few subject matter experts. Accordingly the parties
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