Day: July 15, 2013

Teamsters Negotiate Equity Deals But Members Haven’t Received a Penny

This fall, TWU members will receive an equity stock distribution of considerable value from American Airlines. The Teamsters claim they have negotiated better equity deals at Global Aviation and YRCW (Yellow Freight).  Let’s take a closer look. The Teamsters say their equity deals call on the companies to pay administrative costs, and that equity payments…

Unofficial results for TWU-514 Elected officials – July 15th 2013

(Highlighted in Green are  duly elected – Unofficial) President Dale Danker 570 John Hewitt 431 Steve Luis 258 Kunal Shinde 185 Don Canann 123 James Booker 111 Harry Ashbaugh 101 Ron Ingles 38 Vice President Gary Yingst 677 Ray Wilson 675 Terry Lesperance 433 Secretary Treasurer D’Ann Johnson 734 Mark Bruski 268 Patrick Thornton 264…

The Facts and Moving Forward

The past year has been a very challenging one. The bankruptcy process has been very stressful on our members. But, we secured an agreement that is far better than any other union has negotiated with a bankrupt company. In fact, the TWU scope protection protects more good paying jobs than any other labor agreement in…