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Texas Senator Van de Putte Rides TWU Motorcoach

Published 03 Apr, 2014 </div> <div>Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, the union-endorsed Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, took her message of economic and social justice for working families on the road in our union’s famous motorcoach—known as the “TWU bus.”</div> <div>Endorsed by <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”https://www.twu.org…

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Inside Union Negotiations at Southwest Airlines

Published 03 Apr, 2014 By Alison Datko Originally published: theguardian.com, Thursday 3 April 2014 07.00 EDT *Read this article on The Guardian website here. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 at Taney County Airport, where it landed in error. Photograph: Valerie Mosley/AP Southwest Airlines is one of the world’s most admired companies. You know it well –…

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Lawmakers, Union Call for $40 Million to be Restored to MTA Budget

Lawmakers, Union Call for $40 Million to be Restored to MTA Budget Published 26 Mar, 2014 By Tanique Williams Read the article Elected officials stood in solidarity on Tuesday with the Transport Workers Union Local 100 chapter — representing 38,000 active transportation workers and about 26,000 retirees — to demand a restoration of funds to…

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Lombardo Expresses Support for IAM’s Effort to Be Free to Strike

Published 18 Mar, 2014 NEWS RELEASE March 18, 2014
 For Immediate Release Contact: Jamie Horwitz – 202-549-4921, jhdcpr@starpower.net Roger Kerson – 734-645-0535, Roger.kerson@gmail.com Attention aviation, business, labor, Tulsa, Charlotte and Dallas-based reporters and editors The Transport Workers Union’s Lombardo Expresses Full Support for Machinists Union’s Effort to be Free to Strike American Airlines Washington —…

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