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AA Bargaining Update, Feb. 24
Posted OnFebruary 24, 2017 bySisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores and Fleet Service Negotiating Committees met with American Airlines in Dallas the week of February 20, 2017. Download Mechanic & Related Stores Download Fleet Service Mechanic & Related Stores Update During this week’s session, the Committee discussed the following Articles: Classifications: We continued to work on this…Read More…
AA Bargaining Update, Feb. 17
Posted OnFebruary 17, 2017 byBrothers and Sisters: The Association Fleet Negotiating Committee met with the company during the week of February 13th in Orlando Florida. Download this update. This week the Association received the following counter proposals: Vacations – Substantial progress was made and the article has been tabled for the Association Executive Council. Reductions In Force – This proposed article captured…Read More…
AA Bargaining Update, Feb. 10
Posted OnFebruary 13, 2017 bySisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of February 6, 2017 in Dallas. Download this update During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged and discussed the following Articles: Hours of Service – M&R, MLS & MCT – We have reached an agreement in principle on this…Read More…
TWU Addresses Events at Local 556
Posted OnFebruary 10, 2017 byTWU International addresses concerns raised by members at Local 556 in this memo from Alex Garcia, TWU International Secretary-Treasurer. Read More…
AA Bargaining Update, Jan. 27
Posted OnJanuary 27, 2017 bySisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores and Fleet Service Negotiating Committees met with American Airlines the week of January 23, 2017. Download Mechanic & Related Stores Download Fleet Service Mechanic & Related Stores Update During this week’s session, the Committee exchanged and discussed the following Articles: Limited Duty- M&R, MLS, MTS and MCT…Read More…
TWU Represented at Women’s March
Posted OnJanuary 24, 2017 byIn a massive outpouring of support for women’s rights, workers’ rights, and human rights, more than a million people took part in Women’s Marches around the globe on Saturday, Jan. 21. Their numbers included two dozen members of TWU Local 556’s Working Women’s Committee who joined the 500,000+ strong crowd of people gathered in…Read More…
AA Bargaining Update, Jan. 20
Posted OnJanuary 20, 2017 byBrothers and Sisters: The Association Fleet Negotiating Committee met with the company during the week of January 16 in Dallas/Fort Worth. Download Fleet update This week the Association received the following counter proposals: Reduction in Force – there are substantial issues that need to be resolved prior to achieving an agreement. Voluntary Furlough – the…Read More…
Honoring Dr. King
Posted OnJanuary 13, 2017 by“Now is the time.” Those were the words spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he addressed the sanitation workers on strike in Memphis just weeks before he was assassinated. Today, we honor Dr. King’s birthday but we do so not as a moment in history, but as a call to action today, to…Read More…
AA Bargaining Update, Jan. 13
Posted OnJanuary 13, 2017 byAssociation Leadership to Expedite Outstanding Joint Contract Economic Issues Top level TWU/IAM Association leadership will be joining ongoing joint contract negotiations with American Airlines to expedite outstanding economic issues. “The time is now for Association members to achieve the fair contract they deserve,” said Association Chair and Vice Chair Sito Pantoja and Harry Lombardo, respectively….Read More…
Local 555 Arbitration Update
Posted OnJanuary 6, 2017 byPlease see the latest news from TWU Local 555 in an arbitration case with Southwest Airlines. TWU International stands with our brothers and sisters in asking the company to abide by the neutral arbitrator’s decision in the case. Read the memo from Local 555 President Greg Puriski at TWU.org/Air Read More…