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TWU Implores American, Southwest to Ground 737 Max 8 Planes
Posted OnMarch 12, 2019 byOn March 12, the TWU International sent letters to American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, demanding they ground all the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircrafts in their fleet. Click here to read the letter to Doug Parker. Click here to read the letter to Gary Kelly.Read More…
TWU Sends Letter to FAA, Demanding Action Over Boeing 737 MAX 8 Crashes
Posted OnMarch 11, 2019 byClick here for a PDF of the letter. March 11, 2019 Ali Bahrami, Associate Administrator, Aviation Safety Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20591 Dear Mr. Bahrami, On behalf of the 65,000 aviation workers represented by the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), I write to urge you to take decisive and immediate…Read More…
Newest TWU Members Are Kalitta Air Dispatchers: 85% Voted ‘Yes’
Posted OnMarch 6, 2019 byThe newest members of the TWU family are Kalitta Air Dispatchers. On March 5, the vote count was announced at the National Mediation Board in Washington, DC: 85% voted “Yes” for TWU representation. “The TWU continues our organizing success,” said President Samuelsen. “Congratulations to these workers who have just added a layer of security to…Read More…
TWU Locals Launch American Airlines Should Care Campaign
Posted OnFebruary 21, 2019 byOn Feb. 20, the Transport Workers Union supported the launch of a dozen TWU Locals’ latest campaign, American Airlines Should Care, focused on educating the public on the issues affecting Air Division members. For over three years, the TWU has been engaged in contract negotiations with American Airlines and have been embroiled in a battle to…Read More…
American Airlines Association Update: Time for AA to Deliver on Its Promises
Posted OnFebruary 15, 2019 byFebruary 15, 2019 Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations continued in Atlanta this week. The Executive and the full negotiating committees continued working together at each step of the process and all were fully updated. The company’s hard-line attack on the work Association members do, our Scope, continued throughout the week. The Association’s basic Scope proposals remain…Read More…
Association Update: AA Sets Its Sights on Eliminating TWU-IAM Association Work
Posted OnFebruary 9, 2019 byFebruary 9, 2019 AMERICAN AIRLINES SETS ITS SIGHTS ON ELIMINATING TWU/IAM ASSOCIATION WORK Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Committee met with the assigned mediators and a member of the National Mediation Board to gain a better understanding of the remaining open items. The robust dialogue was productive and ensured the meetings would continue throughout the…Read More…
Four Transportation Unions Voice Support for H.R. 1108: “We Need to Make Sure Every FAA Employee Remains on the Job With Pay”
Posted OnFebruary 8, 2019 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Denise Romano: 202-719-3837 or dromano@twu.org Dennis Tajer: 847-902-8481 or dtajer@alliedpilots.org Robin Charbonneau: 817-540-0108, ext. 8308, or communications@apfa.org Larry Rother: 510-459-4843 or lrother@iamaw.org Four Transportation Unions Voice Support for H.R. 1108: “We Need to Make Sure Every FAA Employee Remains on the Job With Pay” WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 8, 2019) — Four…Read More…
TWU Blasts American Airlines, Southwest Airlines CEO for Hiding Compliance Failures, Severely Jeopardizing Safety
Posted OnFebruary 8, 2019 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2019 Contact: Denise Romano, 202-719-3837 On February 6, Transport Workers of America, AFL-CIO (TWU) International President John Samuelsen sent letters to American Airlines CEO Doug Parker and Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, demanding they stop covering up airline maintenance program compliance erros. The letters come on the heels of a…Read More…
Association Negotiations Update: American Struggles To Say Yes
Posted OnFebruary 1, 2019 byFebruary 1, 2019 Throughout this week, the Association Executive Negotiating Committee members continued to present reasonable proposals in an effort to reach a JCBA. While some conversations discussed across the bargaining table seemed to reach “supposal agreements in principle,” written proposals returned from the Company continued to revert to their take-it or leave-it positions. In…Read More…
JetBlue IFC Negotiations Take Off
Posted OnJanuary 31, 2019 byJetBlue InFlight Crewmembers (IFC) have been negotiating their first-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) since August – and the negotiating team said things at the bargaining table have been mostly blue skies. The TWU International Communications Department caught up with members of the JetBlue IFC negotiation team during a session in late January in Washington, DC….Read More…