Sisters and Brothers,
The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores and Fleet Service Negotiating Committees met with American Airlines in Dallas the week of March 6, 2017.
The next negotiating session will be in Washington, D.C. the week of March 27 to include the Executive Committees from the Association Internationals
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Mechanic & Related Update
During this week’s session, the Committee discussed the following Articles:
Classifications – We presented the company a complete proposal for the M&R group on this complex article, including QA, Planners & Tech Docs, whose subcommittee was present in negotiations this week. We continued to work on this proposal for MLS, and MCT for a response to the company.
Hours of Service – With input from the Sub-Committee members from QA, Planners, and Tech Document Specialists we gave the company a proposal on this article, which we had previously reached an agreement in principal, with the exceptions that pertain to those groups.
Qualifications (M&R) – We continued to prepare our response to the company proposal.
The subcommittees for QA, Tech Doc, and Planners were brought in to assist the Negotiating committee in the Articles pertinent to their specific language. The MTS group was also brought in to continue working through their proposals.
Another session has passed without receiving closure from the company regarding the following Articles: Overtime, Vacation, and Holidays.
M&R= Mechanic & Related
MLS= Material Logistics Specialists (Stores)
MTS=Maintenance Training Specialists
MCT= Maintenance Control Technicians
QA= Quality Assurance Auditors
HOS= Hours of Service
Current TAs:
| Purpose | Preamble | Safety & Health |
| Bulletin Boards | Uniforms | MCT-Dress Attire |
| Sick Leave | Leaves of Absence | Part Time Employees/Eliminated |
| Absence from Duty | Representation | Probationary Period |
| Management Rights | No Strike / No Lockout | Fitness for Duty |
| Recognition of Rights and Compliance | System Board of Adjustment/Arbitration | Temporary Employees/Eliminated |
| Furlough/Severance | Termination of Employment/Eliminated | Field Trip/Travel Pay |
| Shift Swaps (Change of Shift) | Training: M&R MCT MLS | Shift Swap MCT |
| Rebids, Hours of Service (HOS) | Ten Hour Shifts (HOS) | Realignment (HOS) |
| Reduction in Force (HOS) M&R, MLS & MCT | Recall (HOS) | One Station Agreements M&R & MLS |
| Limited Duty |
Fraternally,
| Jason Best | Mike Bush | Ken Coley | John Coveny |
| Dale Danker | Mark Huffman | Bennie Martino | Gary Peterson |
| Rollie Reaves | Sean Ryan | Jay Sleeman | Mark Strength |
Fleet Service Update
This week the Association received the following counter proposals: Hours of Work.
The Association passed the following counter proposal to the company:
- Hours of Work
- Overtime
There was considerable table discussions with the company on the applications in the Overtime article with the Negotiation Committee still awaiting a response to our Vacation proposal.
The committee reached a TA on the Hours of Work article.
Current TAs:
| Shift Differential | Preamble | Training, Travel Pay and Meal Per Diem |
| Grievance Procedures | Leaves of AFbsence | Meal Periods |
| Representation | Field Work | System Board of Adjustment |
| Uniforms | Absence from Duty | No Strike No Lockout |
| Fitness for Duty | Bulletin Boards | Probation |
| Safety and Health | Purpose of Agreement | Termination of Employment |
| Shift Trades | Furlough Benefits | Work Schedules |
| Temporary Assignments | Voluntary Furlough | Hours of Work |
Fraternally,
| Mark Baskett | William Fa | Mike Fairbanks | Tim Hughes |
| Steve Miller | Tim Murphy | Pat Rezler | Art Risley |
| Andre Sutton | Rodney Walker | Bill Wilson |