On Monday, February 24, TWU Executive Vice President Alex Garcia and Air Division Director Mike Mayes swore in members of Local 513’s Executive Board in Texas. “I think it’s a privilege to be part of something that can seem so routine, but actually is a crucial part of our union’s future,” Garcia said. “I…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2020 Contact: Travis Reuther – treuther@twu.org Statement: Public Transit Safety Should Not Be Trusted to Heartless Robots In response to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s decision to suspend service on driverless vehicles in Columbus, OH after a rider was injured when a shuttle abruptly stopped for unknown reasons, the following…
February 22, 2020 The full negotiating committees continued to meet this week in Dallas, TX to write the remaining language needed to secure the final contract from the Agreement in Principle made with American Airlines. With a few exceptions, the bulk of that work is now done. Our next task is to work with our…
February 15, 2020 The Association negotiating team met this week with the company in Dallas, TX to continue finalizing contract language to bring our Agreements in Principle (AIPs) back to the membership as complete Tentative Agreements for your consideration. Making sure the contract language is accurate for this historic ratification vote by our members is…