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TWU Locals Launch American Airlines Should Care Campaign
Posted OnFebruary 21, 2019 byOn Feb. 20, the Transport Workers Union supported the launch of a dozen TWU Locals’ latest campaign, American Airlines Should Care, focused on educating the public on the issues affecting Air Division members. For over three years, the TWU has been engaged in contract negotiations with American Airlines and have been embroiled in a battle to…Read More…
American Airlines Association Update: Time for AA to Deliver on Its Promises
Posted OnFebruary 15, 2019 byFebruary 15, 2019 Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations continued in Atlanta this week. The Executive and the full negotiating committees continued working together at each step of the process and all were fully updated. The company’s hard-line attack on the work Association members do, our Scope, continued throughout the week. The Association’s basic Scope proposals remain…Read More…
Association Update: AA Sets Its Sights on Eliminating TWU-IAM Association Work
Posted OnFebruary 9, 2019 byFebruary 9, 2019 AMERICAN AIRLINES SETS ITS SIGHTS ON ELIMINATING TWU/IAM ASSOCIATION WORK Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Committee met with the assigned mediators and a member of the National Mediation Board to gain a better understanding of the remaining open items. The robust dialogue was productive and ensured the meetings would continue throughout the…Read More…
TWU Blasts American Airlines, Southwest Airlines CEO for Hiding Compliance Failures, Severely Jeopardizing Safety
Posted OnFebruary 8, 2019 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2019 Contact: Denise Romano, 202-719-3837 On February 6, Transport Workers of America, AFL-CIO (TWU) International President John Samuelsen sent letters to American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, demanding they stop covering up airline maintenance program compliance erros. The letters come on the heels of a…Read More…
Four Transportation Unions Voice Support for H.R. 1108: “We Need to Make Sure Every FAA Employee Remains on the Job With Pay”
Posted OnFebruary 8, 2019 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Denise Romano: 202-719-3837 or dromano@twu.org Dennis Tajer: 847-902-8481 or dtajer@alliedpilots.org Robin Charbonneau: 817-540-0108, ext. 8308, or communications@apfa.org Larry Rother: 510-459-4843 or lrother@iamaw.org Four Transportation Unions Voice Support for H.R. 1108: “We Need to Make Sure Every FAA Employee Remains on the Job With Pay” WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 8, 2019) — Four…Read More…
Association Negotiations Update: American Struggles To Say Yes
Posted OnFebruary 1, 2019 byFebruary 1, 2019 Throughout this week, the Association Executive Negotiating Committee members continued to present reasonable proposals in an effort to reach a JCBA. While some conversations discussed across the bargaining table seemed to reach “supposal agreements in principle,” written proposals returned from the Company continued to revert to their take-it or leave-it positions. In…Read More…
JetBlue IFC Negotiations Take Off
Posted OnJanuary 31, 2019 byJetBlue InFlight Crewmembers (IFC) have been negotiating their first-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) since August – and the negotiating team said things at the bargaining table have been mostly blue skies. The TWU International Communications Department caught up with members of the JetBlue IFC negotiation team during a session in late January in Washington, DC….Read More…
Election Dates Set for Kalitta Air Dispatchers
Posted OnJanuary 25, 2019 byThe National Mediation Board (NMB) set election dates for Kalitta Air Dispatchers to vote to join the TWU. Voting runs from Feb. 11 at 12:01 a.m. ET through March 5. All votes must be received no later than March 5 at 2p.m. ET, where they will be counted at the NMB in Washington, DC. “Industry…Read More…
Memo to Air Division Members: During the Shutdown, We Must Remain Super Vigilant!
Posted OnJanuary 24, 2019 byFrom International President John Samuelsen, “As the federal government shutdown drags on, the safety and security risks associated with air travel increase every day. We are beyond the normal safety thresholds and it is becoming increasingly dangerous to fly. The American flying public is imperiled.” “The chaos of this shutdown has severely eroded the layers…Read More…
American Airlines Association: Negotiation Update
Posted OnJanuary 18, 2019 byJanuary 18, 2019 Brothers and Sisters, The TWU/IAM Association Executive Negotiating Committee this week met in full session with American Airlines under the auspices of National Mediation Board Mediators, Jim Mackenzie and Eva Durham, in San Francisco, CA. In addition to the executive committee, the full negotiating committees were also in San Francisco to support…Read More…