TWU Equity Stake

Several members have informed me that IBT organizers are distributing propaganda that claims that the TWU International will withhold equity that is rightfully due to our members. The TWU successfully negotiated the 4.8% equity, and it will be distributed to our members fairly, and with transparency.

TWU/IAM Alliance Q&A and Full Agreement

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THE ALLIANCE
1.    Q: Why did the TWU and IAM form a representation alliance?
A: The alliance was formed because both the TWU and the IAM concluded that joining forces as partners would offer members of both unions the most bargaining leverage and representation resources possible at the “new” American Airlines.

TWU & IAM to Jointly Represent Ground Workers

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) today announced a partnership to jointly represent nearly 30,000 ground workers at the “new” American Airlines following the merger of American Airlines and US Airways.

Join Us in Endorsing the 2013 United Way Campaign

The TWU has taken great pride in supporting the United Way.


Throughout the years, we have worked together to help workers, families and communities in need by building and growing a community partnership to build power for working families and improving our communities. 

TWU Condemns Teamsters Union Raid on Machinists Union at US Airways

As a trade unionist, I’m outraged and disgusted that the Teamsters plan to waste the time and resources of their members in an unprincipled raid against union members at US Airways. Let’s call this what it is: The IBT is behaving like a parasite. They are desperately attempting to feed off another organization to cover up their own failures. This has everything to do with the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that the IBT lost more members than any other union last year and nothing to do with the needs of aircraft mechanics.

ORGANIZATIONS SUBMIT LEGAL PETITION TO TSA AND HOMELAND SECURITY TO KEEP ALL KNIVES OFF PLANES

ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING 400,000 ON THE FRONT LINES OF U.S. AVIATION SUBMIT LEGAL PETITION TO TSA AND HOMELAND SECURITY TO KEEP ALL KNIVES OFF PLANES

Transit Workers Applaud Ruling That Prop G Violates California Labor Law

San Francisco – Members of Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 250-A today applauded a ruling by California Administrative Law Judge Donn Ginoza, which finds that Proposition G, a controversial ballot measure designed to restrict the rights of transit workers, violates California labor law.

TWU Young Workers Rise Up on May Day

They held signs reading Stand Up and Fight Back while taking over the streets of New York and the lobbies of union busters and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), telling each why they were there and that they would be back.