Day: June 28, 2010

TWU Says AA Fleet Tentative Contract Agreement Is No Longer Valid, Union Asks NMB to Release 11,000 Fleet and Ground Service Workers

Unresolved Issues That Led to Suspension of Ratification Process Earlier This Month has Now Created an Impasse DALLAS –The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), today has asked the federal National Mediation Board (NMB) to release the union from further mediation with American Airlines for fleet and ground service workers. Unresolved issues that led to…

Court Decision Upholds New Rules For Rail and Aviation Union Elections

WASHINGTON, DC – Edward Wytkind, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, issued the following statement today in response to a decision in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, rejecting the Air Transport Association’s attempt to overturn new National Mediation Board (NMB) rules governing union elections: