Published 23 May, 2011 Letter from ATD Director Garry Drummond: I thought I would take a moment and thank all of our TWU AMT’s at American Airlines and American Eagle on this AMT Day. Today’s Aircraft Maintenance Technicians are aviation’s unsung heroes and heroines. AMTs have a responsibility to provide a safe aircraft for passengers…
Published 24 May, 2011 The TWU Workers’ Rights are Human Rights team in Nevada has raised the activist bar for the rest of the country. To kick off their week, TWU activists in Nevada gave new meaning to “on the ground” organizing, pitching a tent in solidarity with students protesting Draconian public education cuts. Students…
Published 26 May, 2011 We Are Ohio, the coalition working to overturn SB 5, the law signed by Governor Kasich that would all but eliminate collective bargaining for 350,000 public sector workers, reported last week that they have already collected 214,399 signatures. This is good progress, as we are just about halfway to the June…
Published 26 May, 2011 A judge has blocked Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to strip public workers of their basic collective bargaining rights because politicians used illegal, anti-democratic tactics to get it passed. The decision by Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County Circuit Court found that Republican politicians violated open meetings laws in their attempt…