Month: May 2011

TWU Ohio Referendum Drive Surges

On Saturday, May 7, Columbus TWU members hit the streets, setting up shop outside TWU Local 208, where they gathered 250 more signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to VOTE NO on the anti-collective bargaining bill SB 5, and registered 7 more voters.  Akron TWU members are planning to duplicate the same success.…

Pennsylvania TWU fights for Jobs, Transit, Education

[youtube YMLEs30EpV0] Scores of TWU members from Pennsylvania joined the noontime rally in Harrisburg, including two busloads of Local 234 members from Philadelphia joined by many other TWU activists who travelled to Harrisburg on their own to hook up with the TWU contingent, wearing Workers Rights are Human Rights t-shirts and carrying signs and banners.…

Threat to Blacks in the Public Sector

By Lee Saunders Reprinted from The Root Posted May 3, 2011 When I was growing up in Cleveland, some of the most respected people in my neighborhood were the folks who worked for the city, county or state. My father was a city bus driver who took great pride in getting people safely to and from…

FAA Safety Team | Safer Skies Through Education

FAASTeam Maintenance Safety Tip May 2011   Working to Your Limit   14 CFR Part 121.377 — Maintenance and preventive maintenance personnel duty time limitations, says:   Within the United States, each certificate holder (or person performing maintenance or preventive maintenance functions for it) shall relieve each person performing maintenance or preventive maintenance from duty…

SEC sues Fla. man over billion-dollar stock offers

Synopsis of story: A Florida man who made mysterious billion-dollar offers for all stock in Eastman Kodak Co. and the parent of American Airlines has no assets to make the purchases, is on probation from past fraud convictions and is barred from serving as a corporate officer, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit.…

TWU Telephone Town Hall, May 4th 4:30 pm Central Time

For those of you that missed the Conference Call, you can get it here! in MP3 format…   TWU Telephone Town Hall for TWU members at American Airlines Campaign update: Our Fight for Fairness at AMR Featuring: TWU International President James C. Little TWU Air Transport Director Garry Drummond and   TWU Local Union Presidents Wednesday,…

Shop Steward Meeting

7:15 AM , 11:45 AM and 3:45 PM 11929 East Pine Street Tulsa, Oklahoma   Agenda Regular Order of Business. Shift Rotation Guidelines.  TWU, Local 514 Sam Cirri, President POSTING, in PDF format  

Union Made Products on the DO BUY LIST

Crunch N’ Munch Ajax Dishwashing Liquid Quaker Oats Tortillaz Purina Dog Chow Alpo Canned Dog Food Gravy Train Canned Dog Food Pedigree Canned Dog Food Friskees Canned Cat Food Spic N’ Span Clean Wipes Clorox Disinfecting Wipes Palmolive Dishwashing Liquid Rinso Laundry Detergent Albert VO5 Shampoos and Conditioners Palmolive Hand Soap Irish Spring Hand Soap…