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Sun Country Dispatchers File for Contract Mediation

On Friday Sept. 14, Dispatchers from the Transport Workers Union of America at Sun Country Airlines filed for contract mediation with the air carrier over wages. Sun Country’s wage offer was embarrassingly lower, by a large margin, than other carriers they compete against in the marketplace, like Allegiant, Frontier and Spirit Airlines. The TWU believes…

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American Airlines Association Update: Section 6 Openers for all Association Agreements

  Brothers and Sisters, September 12, 2018  Today, September 12, 2018, American Airlines delivered Section 6 notices for all open TWU-IAM Association collective bargaining agreements. Simply stated, a Section 6 notice officially opens contracts under the Railway Labor Act. The TWU-IAM Association welcomes this gesture by the Company as a sign they will now get…

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The TWU and The Tower of Voices

The TWU, the Coalition of Flight Attendants and our much loved and missed colleague and friend Gwen York worked for years to help make this Tower of Voices sculpture a reality. The final piece of the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA is now complete and was unveiled this past Sunday. Some of our most…

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Honoring the Victims of Sept. 11, 17 Years Later

It may be 17 years since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, but the TWU family feels its effects every single day. In total, about 3,000 TWU Local 100 members were either assigned to the rescue and recovery effort at Ground Zero or volunteered to help. Members of TWU Locals throughout the New York metropolitan…

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