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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…
Virgin America Flight Attendants Seek Unionization Vote
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 21 May, 2014 Read the full article Published: Tue, May 20 2014 By Alwyn Scott SEATTLE (Reuters) – Flight attendants at Virgin America airlines are seeking a vote on whether to unionize, according to an official at the Transport Workers Union (TWU), in a move that could pave the way for organized labor’s latest…Read More…
Virgin America Flight Attendants Vote To Join Union
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 14 Aug, 2014 *Read this article on the Huffington Post website, where it originally appeared. Virgin America Flight Attendants Vote To Join Union Posted: 08/13/2014 5:08 pm EDT Dave Jamieson dave.jamieson@huffingtonpost.com WASHINGTON—Three years after a failed bid to unionize, flight attendants at Virgin America airlines on Wednesday voted decisively to join the Transport Workers…Read More…
Leg amputee ready to take the helm as MTA motorman
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 09 Oct, 2014 New York Daily News EXCLUSIVE: Mario Maisonet had his leg amputated after developing a bad infection in his leg from a bug bite in Florida. Before that, he had passed the civil service exam to ditch his MTA bus driver job and become a motorman. He’s still on the path. BY…Read More…