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American Airlines Association Update: Association Participates in Mediated Negotiations

October 31, 2018 Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association met with American Airlines October 30 in Dallas, TX for mediated negotiations under the supervision of the National Mediation Board. The purpose of this first mediated session was to bring the Federal mediators up to speed on the status of our negotiations. Areas covered were compensation,…

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Air Wisconsin Dispatchers Ratify Contract in Landslide Vote: 24-1

On October 29, Air Wisconsin Dispatchers represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) ratified a two-year contract with the carrier in a landslide vote: 24 voted “yes,” one voted “no,” and two did not vote. “This contract was a long time in the making, but I think the votes speak for themselves. We are happy…

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Rallying Against American Airlines’ “UnAmerican” Outsourcing

On Tuesday, Oct. 23, nearly a thousand TWU members, IAM members and allies rallied together at Dallas Fort Worth Airport to save our jobs and protect our livelihoods, fighting American Airlines outsourcing of maintenance, subcontracting ramp work, attacking working people and risking passenger safety system-wide. Click here to view all the photos on Flickr. Click…

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FYI from Transit Division Director Curtis Tate

Transit Industry Random Drug Testing Rate to Increase January 1, 2019 On October 17, 2018, the Federal Transit Administration issued a “Dear Colleague” letter announcing that effective January 1, 2019, the minimum rate of random drug testing will increase from 25 percent to 50 percent of covered employees for employers subject to FTA’s drug and alcohol…

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For media requests, please contact Pete Donohue at pdonohue@twu.org or Alex Daugherty at adaugherty@twu.org.

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