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TWU Local 239 Spoke Truth to Power – And Won!

RELEASE: TWU Aircraft Dispatch Group and UPS Reach Tentative Agreement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2019 Contact: Denise Romano, 202-719-3837 TWU Aircraft Dispatch Group and UPS Reach Tentative Agreement The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) and the United Parcel Service (UPS) have reached a tentative agreement for the Aircraft Dispatch Group.  Details of the tentative agreement will be forthcoming, as the parties finalize the…

AA Association Update: Congressman Espaillat Leads Bipartisan Group Urging American Airlines to Preserve Jobs

August 20, 2019 Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) led 26 of his colleagues from downstate New York and northern New Jersey in sending a letter to top leadership at American Airlines and unions representing their workforce urging them to maintain jobs in the greater New York metropolitan region. “As members of Congress representing the communities in…

NY Area Congressmembers Send Letter to AA, TWU-IAM Association

On August 16, 27 Congressmembers from the New York Area sent a letter to  American Airlines CEO Doug Parker,  TWU International President John Samuelsen and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers President Robert Martinez, Jr, regarding outsourcing aircraft maintenance to foreign repair stations. Click here to read the letter.