Yesterday, American Airlines mechanics and related made history! Leaders of the campaign for Teamster representation at AA gathered in Washington, DC where they announced that they filed for their election with the National Mediation Board to become Teamsters. This monumental achievement followed many months of hard work in the mechanic-led effort to get a majority of 11,000 mechanics to sign Teamster cards.
Click here to read the TAMC Teamster Aviation Professional Special Edition report on this tremendous milestone.
As the Teamster Aviation Professional reports, this is big news for the Teamsters, the TAMC and the mechanics at both AA and US Airways. The filing on Tuesday follows the US Airways mechanics’ filing for their Teamster election earlier this month. Altogether, both campaigns include 15,000 mechanics who have built a movement for Teamster power at the merging American and US Airways carriers. The mechanics are drawing a line in the sand after years of abuse by management, concessionary TWU representation at AA and poor IAM representation at US Airways.
“Workers around the country have been under attack for years and we as American Airlines mechanics are no exception,” said Bill Wheeler, a 26-year mechanic from Tulsa who traveled to D.C. for the filing event. “After enduring 20 years of concessions, outsourced jobs, bankruptcy, frozen pensions and an overall lack of respect, we are coming together to bring in the bargaining power of the Teamsters Union.”
“We approached the Teamsters because of their strong record representing airline mechanics,” said Jim Witt, a 24-year mechanic from Los Angeles. “This campaign is about our craft standing up and fighting back against outsourcing and other abuses we’ve seen over the years.”
“With these two campaigns, we are poised to build one great airline mechanics union representing over 30,000 mechanics nationwide,” said TAMC Chair Chris Moore. “With that power, we will fight to move the airline mechanic craft – and the entire industry – forward.”
Read the full Teamster Aviation Professional Special Report and share it with your coworkers.
Click here to read the TAMC Teamster Aviation Professional Special Edition report on this tremendous milestone.
As the Teamster Aviation Professional reports, this is big news for the Teamsters, the TAMC and the mechanics at both AA and US Airways. The filing on Tuesday follows the US Airways mechanics’ filing for their Teamster election earlier this month. Altogether, both campaigns include 15,000 mechanics who have built a movement for Teamster power at the merging American and US Airways carriers. The mechanics are drawing a line in the sand after years of abuse by management, concessionary TWU representation at AA and poor IAM representation at US Airways.
“Workers around the country have been under attack for years and we as American Airlines mechanics are no exception,” said Bill Wheeler, a 26-year mechanic from Tulsa who traveled to D.C. for the filing event. “After enduring 20 years of concessions, outsourced jobs, bankruptcy, frozen pensions and an overall lack of respect, we are coming together to bring in the bargaining power of the Teamsters Union.”
“We approached the Teamsters because of their strong record representing airline mechanics,” said Jim Witt, a 24-year mechanic from Los Angeles. “This campaign is about our craft standing up and fighting back against outsourcing and other abuses we’ve seen over the years.”
“With these two campaigns, we are poised to build one great airline mechanics union representing over 30,000 mechanics nationwide,” said TAMC Chair Chris Moore. “With that power, we will fight to move the airline mechanic craft – and the entire industry – forward.”
Read the full Teamster Aviation Professional Special Report and share it with your coworkers.
