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Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of February 6, 2017 in Dallas. Download this update During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged and discussed the following Articles: Hours of Service – M&R, MLS & MCT – We have reached an agreement in principle on this […]
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TWU International addresses concerns raised by members at Local 556 in this memo from Alex Garcia, TWU International Secretary-Treasurer.
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Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores and Fleet Service Negotiating Committees met with American Airlines the week of January 23, 2017. Download Mechanic & Related Stores Download Fleet Service Mechanic & Related Stores Update During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged and discussed the following Articles: Limited Duty- M&R, MLS, MTS and MCT […]
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In a massive outpouring of support for women’s rights, workers’ rights, and human rights, more than a million people took part in Women’s Marches around the globe on Saturday, Jan. 21. Their numbers included two dozen members of TWU Local 556’s Working Women’s Committee who joined the 500,000+ strong crowd of people gathered in […]
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Brothers and Sisters: The Association Fleet Negotiating Committee met with the company during the week of January 16 in Dallas/Fort Worth. Download Fleet update This week the Association received the following counter proposals: Reduction in Force – there are substantial issues that need to be resolved prior to achieving an agreement. Voluntary Furlough – the […]
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“Now is the time.” Those were the words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he addressed the sanitation workers on strike in Memphis just weeks before he was assassinated. Today, we honor Dr. King’s birthday but we do so not as a moment in history, but as a call to action today, to […]
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Association Leadership to Expedite Outstanding Joint Contract Economic Issues Top level TWU/IAM Association leadership will be joining ongoing joint contract negotiations with American Airlines to expedite outstanding economic issues. “The time is now for Association members to achieve the fair contract they deserve,” said Association Chair and Vice Chair Sito Pantoja and Harry Lombardo, respectively. […]
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Please see the latest news from TWU Local 555 in an arbitration case with Southwest Airlines. TWU International stands with our brothers and sisters in asking the company to abide by the neutral arbitrator’s decision in the case. Read the memo from Local 555 President Greg Puriski at TWU.org/Air
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The TWU Veterans Committee will hold its next quarterly meeting January 31 (travel day) through February 3 in Phoenix, Arizona. Please RSVP as soon as possible to Recording Secretary Charlana Bilodeau and also to add any agenda items. Book your room by Jan. 12. Read the full notice.
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In a ruling completely separate from TWU’s ongoing healthcare prefunding case, a bankruptcy court ruled today in favor of TWU and two other unions in a case against American Airlines. The unions took the company to court last year to oppose the way the airline was dividing up additional shares of its stock while bankruptcy […]
