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Apply for the 2020 Michael J. Quill Scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for the Michael J. Quill Scholarship Fund.  This scholarship will offer fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members with a scholarship worth $4800.00.  This scholarship will be paid out, per year in the amount of $1200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year course. We…

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TWU Local 592 Overwhelmingly Ratifies ExpressJet Contract

Members of Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 592 ratified their contract with ExpressJet Airlines, with a 94% voter turnout and 69% of the membership voting in favor of the new agreement. A tentative agreement was recently reached, and the newly ratified agreement will become effective immediately. “Our ExpressJet Dispatch Group has ratified an…

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TWU Statement on Lawsuit Challenging California’s AB 5

In response to a lawsuit filed today by several companies challenging the constitutionality of AB 5, California’s new law to protect workers from misclassification, TWU president John Samuelsen issued the following statement:  “How many times to do these companies plan to lose this fight before they acknowledge their workers’ rights? Misclassified workers have already won…

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Spirit Management Needs to Bargain In Good Faith

On September 4, 2018, Spirit Airlines Guest Service Agents voted 125 to 28 to form a union under the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU). 82% voted in favor of the union, with the expectation of improving safety, training, working conditions, benefits, job protection, and wages. The goal of our committee is  to reach an…

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