Mark Burdette

Letter from Mark Burdette – Vice President, Employee Relations

Welcome to AANegotiations.com, a site devoted to information about the ongoing labor negotiations at American Airlines. While the main work of the bargaining process is confined to the negotiations table, we provide this resource for updates, information and background on the industry and many of the issues under discussion.read more

 

LATEST NEWS

Scheu Column: "Continued Focus"
In her new column, Cathy shares her perspective on the state of negotiations with APFA as well as comments on the TWU tentative agreement vote results.
Maintenance Control Technicians Ratify Contract
American is very pleased the TWU-represented Maintenance Control Technicians (Technical Specialists) ratified their contract. While the Mechanic & Related and Stores agreements were not approved, we expect to continue re-working the agreements in a balanced way that will achieve ratification.
"Q&A with AA’s Lead F/A Negotiator"
Taylor Vaughn, Managing Director – Employee Relations and AA’s lead flight attendant negotiator in its talks with APFA, discusses our continued commitment to the negotiations process.
Contract Language for TWU TAs Now Available
A comprehensive look at the full-text contractual language for the tentative agreements reached with the Mechanic & Related, Material Logistics Specialist (Stores) and Maintenance Control Technician (Technical Specialist) workgroups.

Next Negotiating Session

APA
Aug. 30 - Sept. 1
Fort Worth, Texas
TWU
TBD
TBD
APFA
TBD
TBD

APA NEGOTIATIONS

The company has been in negotiations with the Allied Pilots Association for 48 months. Parties have reached tentative agreements on 24 items.

TWU NEGOTIATIONS

The company has been in negotiations for 34 months with all Transport Workers Union groups except Dispatch (52 months). Parties have reached tentative agreements on 89 percent of all items, including four full-contractual tentative agreements.

APFA NEGOTIATIONS

The company has been in negotiations with the Association of Professional Flight Attendants for 22 months. Parties have reached tentative agreements on roughly 75 percent of all items.