Month: September 2015

Transport Union President Slams American Airlines: Is This How Business Is Done?

Washington, D.C. – Following yesterday’s announcement of the closing of Texas Aero Engine Service Limited (TAESL), a joint American Airlines – Rolls Royce engine repair facility in Fort Worth, Texas, that will result in the loss of as many as 500 union jobs, Transport Workers Union of America International President Harry Lombardo issued the following…

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Union Made Safe Room Giveaway

Southern Safe Room to be given away to a union member Sheet Metal Workers Local 270 and the NE Oklahoma Central Labor Council have come together to give away a 4’ x 6’ Safe Room (typical retail $4,500) from Southern Safe Rooms, the only Union Made safe rooms in the state. These steel reinforced safe…

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TWU Local 525 Memorial Beam

TWU Local 525 members of Engine 1 Firehouse at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL make an unforgettable journey to escort a World Trade Center beam from NYC to Philadelphia to Miami and back home for installation at their 9/11 firehouse memorial.

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Labor Day Celebration 2015

The 2015 Labor Day Parade in Henryetta Oklahoma. Tracy Hardin, Transport Workers Union of America Local 514 Co-Chairman of the Welfare and Entertainment Committee passes on the even as it happened. Also a Youtube video from TheHenryettan.com online newspaper covering the entire event.

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