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Election 2014 Results
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Nov, 2014 </div></p> <div> <div><strong style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>Voters Raise Minimum Wage in Five States, Pro-Labor Candidates Win Key Races, Other Gains</strong></div> <div>It’s no secret that the 2014 midterm elections did not yield a pro-labor sea change in American politics. But you won’t get a full picture…Read More…
TWU IAC and TWU Veterans Committee Veterans Day Statement
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Nov, 2014 Dear Brothers and Sisters, [November 11, 2014] Today, the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO honors all veterans for their extraordinary service. We thank our veterans for the safety and security that we enjoy every day, and for their many sacrifices in protecting the American way of life. TWU is proud…Read More…
Veterans Committee November Meeting Update
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 18 Nov, 2014 Today is Day 1 of the TWU Veterans Committee’s three-day quarterly meeting, held in Miami, FL and jointly hosted by Local 291 and Local 570 leadership. As with every meeting of TWUVC, the objective is to triage all areas of TWUVC business, assess whether the Committee has met its benchmarks for…Read More…
TWU & Allied Aviation Unions Make Major Push to #DenyNAI
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byTWU & Allied Aviation Unions Make Major Push to #DenyNAI Published 20 Nov, 2014 This week, activists from TWU and other unions representing aviation workers are coming to Washington, D.C. to oppose low-fare air carrier Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) dangerous scheme to undercut the U.S. aviation industry’s safety and labor rights standards. Over the course…Read More…
TWU American / US Airways Presidents Council Meeting
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 21 Nov, 2014 </div></p> <p style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>On November 6, the TWU American Airlines / US Airways Presidents Council convened for a meeting to coordinate and strategize for continued effectiveness in negotiations with airline management. The council meeting was held at the TWU office in Washington, D.C….Read More…
188 Members of Congress Urge U.S. DOT to #DenyNAI
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 25 Nov, 2014 November 25, 2014 Originally published on MOVEAmerica, the blog of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO By Ed Wytkind, TTD President 188 Members of Congress Urge U.S. DOT to #DenyNAI How strongly do members of Congress feel that Norwegian Air International (NAI)’s application for a foreign air carrier permit should be denied?…Read More…
Happy Thanksgiving From TWU! Support Working Families
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 26 Nov, 2014 Brothers and Sisters, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families! Q: What is TWU grateful for? A: Your commitment to our great union, your hard work every day on the job, and everything you do to lift up working men and women! Going to be doing a lot of baking this…Read More…
TWU Concludes Robust Secretary-Treasurers’ Training Seminar
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 08 Dec, 2014 By Bob Wechsler, TWU Education & Training Coordinator The question inevitably comes up at the membership meeting, “Why can’t we afford it?’ Twenty-five local union officers, most of them Secretary-Treasurers came together at the Maritime Institute in Lithnicum, MD for an intensive 2.5-day training to learn and practice the tools of…Read More…
American Asking for Pension Relief While Making Record Profits
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 17 Dec, 2014 A Rejection of Commitments American Airlines Made to Labor to Support Merger with US Airways When Exiting Bankruptcy American Airlines’ commitment to future payments of employee pensions was key to gain support of the merger by TWU and other unions. In November 2012, American Airlines’ employee pension plans were frozen during bankruptcy…Read More…
President Lombardo on American’s Push to Cut Pension Contributions
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 17 Dec, 2014 Statement by Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO President Harry Lombardo on American Airlines’ Push to Amend the Pension Protection Act of 2006 CORPORATE GREED — WHEN DOES IT STOP? AAL Making Record Profits and Asking for Pension Relief Washington, D.C. – The “new” American Airlines is attempting to renege on…Read More…