January 2018 Membership Meetings Monday, January 29, 2018 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM 11:30 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Time: 5:00 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Discuss and vote on Bylaw changes D’Ann Johnson moved to amend bylaws…
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Anti-Union Janus v. AFSCME
On September 28, the US Supreme Court announced that it will hear a case, called Janus v. AFSCME, an anti-union force pushed in an attempt to have fair-share fees ruled unconstitutional for public-sector employees. Since 1977, the Supreme Court decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, unions have been able to charge fair share fees (“agency fees”) to…
Equity Update letter from ATD Director, Mike Mayes – October 4, 2017
Brothers and Sisters: The newly elected leadership of TWU is pleased to announce that the four-year-long litigation regarding the legal validity of the Equity Distribution Plan adopted by TWU in 2013 has at last come to an end, because plaintiffs have not filed timely papers in the Supreme Court that would have been required to ask it…
Shop Stewards Meeting for October 9th, 2017
Monday, October 9, 2017 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM 5:00 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Training on Benefit Open Enrollment October 2017 Shop Steward meeting posting in PDF
Report on the TWU International Convention from the Local 514 Delegation
Convention Day 1 – Sept 25th, 2017 Convention Business & Resolutions Speaker: Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas Mayor Credentials Committee Report Rules Committee Report – Covered election process, opportunity to vote slate or individually Honoring TWU Veterans Speaker: Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO Convention Business & Resolutions John Samuelsen, State of the Union Address Fireman 9/11 Presentation,…