January 29, 2020 Sisters and Brothers, Negotiations between the Association and American Airlines resumed today in Washington, DC. with some progress made. The remaining outstanding issues are few, but are some of the most important elements of a collective bargaining agreement, including wages and job scope language. The parties will continue negotiations tomorrow, and the…
Applications are now being accepted for the Michael J. Quill Scholarship Fund. This scholarship will offer fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members with a scholarship worth $4800.00. This scholarship will be paid out, per year in the amount of $1200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year course. We…
Members of Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 592 ratified their contract with ExpressJet Airlines, with a 94% voter turnout and 69% of the membership voting in favor of the new agreement. A tentative agreement was recently reached, and the newly ratified agreement will become effective immediately. “Our ExpressJet Dispatch Group has ratified an…
In response to a lawsuit filed today by several companies challenging the constitutionality of AB 5, California’s new law to protect workers from misclassification, TWU president John Samuelsen issued the following statement: “How many times to do these companies plan to lose this fight before they acknowledge their workers’ rights? Misclassified workers have already won…