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Flight Attendants Lobby Congress to Fund the Flight 93 Memorial

Published 19 Dec, 2013 </div> <div>TWU Local 556 President Audrey Stone co-led a cross-union coalition of flight attendants in a radical campaign to secure funding for the as-of-yet unfinished Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.</div> <div>On September 10, 2013, flight attendants from Local 556 in coordination with union brothers and sisters from IAMAW, AFA-CWA,…

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President Lombardo Tells Politicians: No More Free Rides From TWU

Published 19 Dec, 2013 </div> <div>At Local 100’s annual Mass Membership Meeting on December 14, TWU International President Harry Lombardo delivered a rousing call to action to the assembled crowd of hundreds—preaching renewed unity and an end to TWU’s support for politicians who don’t deliver. “We need to stop hurting and fighting one another and…

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Vets Committee Makes It a Merry Christmas for Wounded Soldiers

Published 19 Dec, 2013 </div> <div>On December 8 and 9, the TWU ATD Veterans Committee co-led the distribution of hundreds upon hundreds of holiday gifts and necessities to wounded soldiers and their families at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. Working in conjunction with Operation Military Embrace, a Texas-based military support organization, the…

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On the Ramps, Top Officers Talk About TWU’s New Direction

Published 17 Dec, 2013 On December 11, TWU International President Harry Lombardo and International Secretary-Treasurer Alex Garcia went to Miami International Airport to talk face-to-face with members in the ATD, speaking at membership meetings and answering members’ questions in break rooms and at gate houses on the ramp. “For the first time, you have top…

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