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TWU State Conferences Work to Build Grassroots Movements
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Jan, 2014 </div> <p style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>TWU State Conferences are the powerhouses where we supercharge our vision, know-how, and coordination. These meetings of local leadership provide a forum for our locals to pool resources, strategize, and grow a dedicated network of activists to confront regional challenges….Read More…
AA Equity Distribution Update
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 13 Jan, 2014 Dear Brothers: Some communications have been circulating among TWU members that have led some members to question whether they have received a correct allocation of shares as part of the post-bankruptcy equity distribution to date. However, the model that the communications questioning the distribution is based on incorrect information. The error…Read More…
TWU Honors MLK’s Legacy Through Community Service
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 30 Jan, 2014 </div> <div>At TWU’s 1961 Constitutional Convention, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told our delegates that he drew inspiration in the fight for civil rights from their independence of mind: “I want to say a word about your President, Mike Quill, and some of your other leaders whom I have met. There…Read More…
London Underground Workers Strike Over Plan to Cut 950 Jobs
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Feb, 2014 Last Tuesday, the United Kingdom’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) struck the London Underground, bringing the Tube system to a screeching halt. The 48-hour strike was brought on by management’s refusal to engage in negotiations with the union after announcing a plan to close every single ticket…Read More…
President Lombardo Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Feb, 2014 On Tuesday, TWU International President Harry Lombardo was elected to serve as a Vice President on the AFL-CIO Executive Council at the Federation’s Executive Council Winter Meeting. Composed of union leadership from across the AFL-CIO, the Council marshals the collective force of the American labor movement to support working families. “This…Read More…
Southwest Airlines Workers to Conduct Informational Picketing
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Feb, 2014 2608 Inwood Rd. Ste. 150, Dallas, Texas 75235 Hotline: 885-NEG-2011 (634-2011) ● negotiations2011@twu555.org ● www.twu555.org M E D I A A D V I S O R Y For Immediate Release – Feb 18, 2014 …Read More…
General Secretary of the UK’s RMT and Longtime TWU Ally Dies
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 11 Mar, 2014 Bob Crow, the fighting leader of the United Kingdom’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), died unexpectedly early on Tuesday morning at the age of 52. This tragedy comes just weeks after Crow led Tube workers in a successful two-day strike over the London Underground’s plan to cut…Read More…
TWU Launches Campaign to Crush Anti-Labor Bills in PA
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 18 Mar, 2014 Out-of-state corporate interests and their allies are going state by state to weaken the middle class by singling out unions and denying our voice on the job. House Bill 1507 and Senate Bill 1034 would prohibit workers from negotiating payroll deductions and silence the voices of middle class Pennsylvanians. The TWU…Read More…
Lombardo Expresses Support for IAM’s Effort to Be Free to Strike
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 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 —…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…