For the past hundred years, members of TWU Local 2003 have been keeping the Beech Grove Shop – Amtrak’s largest railway maintenance overhaul shop just outside Indianapolis – buzzing with dedicated activity. Members at the shop perform a wide variety of crafts to keep America’s national rail system moving, including stripping down and refurbishing, inspecting,…
After a two-year hiatus, the Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) was back in action, April 25-28. American Airlines sent six company and three student teams to Dallas, TX, to compete in a variety of aviation maintenance challenges. Members from TWU Locals 514, 591, 567 took part. In the overall maintenance repair overhaul (MRO) category, American Airlines…
On April 22, Transport Workers Union of America Local 592 members who work as Flight Dispatchers for Hawaiian Airlines, ratified an epic agreement with an 80 percent vote. The five-year, industry-leading contract includes major increases to base wages, premiums, retirement, and all-in wage increases (inclusive of license and longevity) ranging from 16.8 percent to 34.7…
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition released the following statement on April 25, 2022: On January 24, 2022, after more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class I railroads, the 10 Rail Unions bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) announced that they had applied to the National Mediation Board (NMB) for…