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TWU Local 555 Reaches Tentative Agreement with Southwest Airlines

TWU Local 555, representing nearly 20,000 ramp, operations, provisioning and freight agents at Southwest Airlines, reached a tentative agreement Wednesday on a contract that provides top-of-the-industry wage rates and average pay increases over 18 percent.      The contract, which would provide pay increases to hardworking Southwest employees who last saw a wage increase nearly three…

TWU Issues Comments Supporting FTA’s Proposed Assault General Directive

The Transport Workers Union strongly supports a proposed general directive from the Federal Transit Administration to specify how transit agencies must provide safeguards against assaults on transit workers. Read our full comment filed with the FTA below:   February 20, 2024 The Honorable Nuria Fernandez Administrator Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington,…

TWU Members Rally for Flight Attendant Day of Action

TWU members at Locals 556, 577 and 579 rallied with flight attendants at more than 30 airports across the country to demand better contracts, better work rules, and liveable wages. More than 100,000 flight attendants across the country are currently working without updated contracts.    The Day of Action united flight attendants across different airlines and…

Senate Makes Progress on Pro-Worker FAA Bill, More to Come

TWU International President John Samuelsen said the markup is a “great development” but the House and Senate “must seal the deal and pass final legislation.”

“Our front-line airline flight attendants and boots-on-the ground mechanics have been waiting far too long for Congress to adopt critically important measures needed to address long-standing problems – like unhinged passengers attacking and abusing crewmembers, and greedy airline executives sending aircraft to questionable repair shops in China, and other low-wage countries, for maintenance and repairs.”