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American Airlines Negotiations Update: Healthcare
Posted OnMarch 28, 2018 byYour bargaining committee has chosen to fight for affordable health care. Therefore, we have demanded that American Airlines, the largest and most profitable airline in the world, offer the richer Legacy U.S. Airways plans to all Association members. Find more information in the full bulletin.Read More…
American Airlines Profit HOARDING Plan
Posted OnMarch 28, 2018 byBrothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association is fighting for the industry’s best profit sharing plan. The current American Airlines profit sharing plan is simply inadequate. Even American’s CEO admitted that other airlines have better profit sharing plans. He recognized that those better plans have created a “compensation differential” for Association members that would be addressed…Read More…
AA Negotiations Update, January 26
Posted OnJanuary 30, 2018 byBrothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington D.C. Complete Tentative Agreements were reached on: Seniority M&R-MLS Hours of Service M&R Reduction in Force M&R-MLS Overtime Distribution Procedures M&R- MLS As previously reported in our last session, Association negotiators presented the company with a comprehensive proposal on…Read More…
Allegiant Air Flight Attendants Ratify Historic First Contract
Posted OnDecember 21, 2017 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2017 CONTACT: Ori Korin okorin@twu.org Allegiant Air Flight Attendants Ratify Historic First Contract Transport Workers Union Celebrates Long-Fought Victory for New Members The Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (TWU) Local 577 voted to ratify their first-ever contract with Allegiant Air today, offering flight attendants at the airline their…Read More…
The Transport Workers Union of America Retains Ridge Global to Assess the Safety and Security Risks of Having U.S. Passenger Aircraft Repaired and Maintained on Foreign Soil
Posted OnDecember 20, 2017 byWASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 11, 2017) – The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) today announced it has retained the services of Ridge Global, the firm founded by the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, to evaluate and assess critical repair and maintenance work performed on U.S. passenger aircraft. Specifically, the TWU has asked…Read More…
AA Negotiations Update, December 15
Posted OnDecember 15, 2017 byBrothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Dallas. All groups concentrated on internal discussions and deliberations in concert with the Association legal team on Scope language that will protect our work and jobs in the new contract. These discussions are in preparation for a counter…Read More…
AA Bulletin, December 8, 2017
Posted OnDecember 8, 2017 byBrothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington, D.C. This session focused on Maintenance Control Technicians (MCT) and Maintenance Training Specialists (MTS) along with other Mechanic & Related and Stores language. Substantial progress was made in several non-economic articles. The constructive dialog and productive environment…Read More…
Next Steps for JetBlue
Posted OnDecember 6, 2017 byWe are pleased to announce the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (TWU) has filed for a representational election with the National Mediation Board (NMB) on behalf of the JetBlue Airways Inflight Crewmembers. You are one step closer to your goal of uniting and establishing your voice in your workplace and protecting and advancing your…Read More…
Association Update, 12/1
Posted OnDecember 1, 2017 byBrothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. This session was focused on Maintenance Training Specialists (MTS) and was very productive. Non-economic articles were discussed. Constructive dialog in a productive environment helped the parties significantly narrow their positions in numerous articles that produced an agreement on most outstanding language issues. Complete Tentative Agreements were…Read More…
Flight Dispatchers Vote to Join TWU
Posted OnAugust 23, 2017 byThis just in: Flight dispatchers at Virgin America (now Alaska Airlines) have voted to join the TWU! The vote determined continued representation with the inclusion of Virgin America Dispatchers who were not represented. Welcome to the TWU family!Read More…