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Tuesday, January 13, 2009


SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Dear Maintenance and Related Contract Members Title I and Title II,
Your Contract negotiations committee would like to invite you to a Special Membership Meeting (dates, times, and locations are listed below.) We will be presenting a brief description of our 2007/2008 bargaining history along with a look at the Federal Mediation Process. A limited number of Committee Members will be attending. However, we have a cross section of our Committee Members from our different work locations; Base Stations, Line Stations, Title I, Title II and ATD. We look forward to meeting with you and we encourage you to attend.
Best Regards,
TWU M&R Negotiations Committee
Jan. 16, 2009
Times: 0730 -9:00 -1130-1530
Local 565
2509 Bedford Road
Bedford, TX 76021

Sunday, January 11, 2009

You might have missed it...

Airlines sue the FAA over new crew rest rules.

On long flights, the FAA wants more crew on board for crew rest and safety...
The airlines want less crew on board to save money...
Let's hope the FEDS win this one.
Maybe this year we can persuade Congressman Poe to re-introduce some form of his FAA reauthorization ammendment from 07.