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Unions Challenge Wisconsin Law
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 17 Jun, 2011 Unions are challenging the Wisconsin law that eliminates collective bargaining for public workers by filing suit in federal court to have the law blocked. On June 15 the Wisconsin State Supreme Court overruled a lower court’s injunction on the law, thus clearing the legislation to be implemented. In response, a coalition…Read More…
TWU Meets with Japanese Embassy
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 18 Aug, 2011 A U.S. delegation of labor leaders, led by Transport Workers Union International Administrative Vice President John Conley, met with Japanese government officials at their embassy in Washington, D.C. on August 16th. The delegation, comprised of labor leaders representing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), International…Read More…
2015 Quill Scholarship Recipients Announced
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 28 May, 2015 The idea for the scholarship program began at the 13th Constitutional Convention as a memorial to our first International President and other deceased members of our union. The fund provides 15 college scholarships of $1,200 each, annually renewable for four consecutive years. The scholarship money is paid directly to the college…Read More…
Letter from President Lombardo Regarding the Tragedy at LAX
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 05 Nov, 2013 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today my thoughts and prayers and those of the TWU family go out to the family of Transportation Security Administration agent Gerardo Hernandez, who was the first TSA agent to be killed in the line of duty. It happened last Friday at Los Angeles International Airport, and…Read More…
TWU Cautiously Optimistic About Tulsa American Airlines Facility
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Dec, 2013 Read the full article Posted: Dec 09, 2013 5:06 PM EST Dan Bewley, News On 6 TULSA, Oklahoma – American Airlines and US Airways officially became the world’s largest airline Monday. The new company will have nearly 6,700 flights every day and employ more than 100,000 people. The merger is good…Read More…
Workers to Attend MTA’s Board Meeting; Demand ‘Fair’ Contract
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Dec, 2013 Read the complete article BY PETE DONOHUE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS PUBLISHED: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2013, 7:47 AM Union Local 100 workers stage a flash mob in the lobby of NYC Transit Human Resources offices just before their contract with the MTA ran out in January 2012. Dozens of bus…Read More…
School Bus Drivers Gain Contract Deal
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 24 Jan, 2014 This article was originally published in the Chief-Leader. Read the online version of this article on the Chief-Leader’s website here. By SARAH DORSEY | Posted: Monday, January 13, 2014 5:15 pm Nearly 100 school bus drivers and mechanics with Quality/Brothers bus services who dumped their previous union in March ratified their…Read More…
Dealers at Paris Las Vegas, Bally’s and Harrah’s Approve Contract
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Feb, 2014 By CHRIS SIEROTY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Casino dealers at three of the Strip’s most popular resorts have overwhelmingly approved a multi-year contract with Caesars Entertainment Corp. Dealers at Paris Las Vegas, Bally’s and Harrah’s voted 342 to 27 late Tuesday to approve the five-year deal, which retains grievance procedures, seniority rule…Read More…
Lawmakers, Union Call for $40 Million to be Restored to MTA Budget
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byLawmakers, 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…Read More…
Inside Union Negotiations at Southwest Airlines
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 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 –…Read More…