OKLAHOMA CITY –A registration deadline is looming for Oklahomans wishing to vote in the June 28 primary election. Voters have until Friday to register to vote or to change their party affiliation or address before the statewide primary. Voter registration forms can be downloaded from the Oklahoma State Election Board’s website or picked up at…
Following the release of bipartisan legislation today to prohibit Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) Irish-flag subsidiary from violating labor standards in the aviation industry, the Transport Workers Union of America issued the following statement: “As the Norwegian Air saga continues to rear its ugly head, we are grateful to the members of Congress who stand up…
Legislation (H.R.4441) was recently introduced with the intention to protect this country’s aviation system but includes damaging language that will privatize our country’s air traffic control system. This means the people who keep the system safe and efficient will no longer be part of a government-run agency and instead part of a private corporation. Privatization of…
Monday, February 8, 2016 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda • PoliticalUpdate SS Meeting Notice February 2016 in PDF
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the transit and highway funding reauthorization bill. TWU needs you to take action TODAY by emailing your U.S. Representative and asking them to support the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3763) and oppose any amendment that would cut transit funding. Email…
Because our elected officials have heard from us, we’ve been able to slow them down from passing Fast Track and bad trade deals. And it looks like over the next two days we might be able to bring this to a screeching halt. But that can only happen if you call your lawmakers now and…
The “Fast Track” trade bill in Congress will send jobs overseas and give more power to giant corporations. It continues the same failed trade policies that leave working people behind.We have to stop this. Join union members and our allies for a national day of action, June 3, to call Congress. Tell them to…
Good afternoon Sisters and Brothers, I wanted to share with you that I will be testifying on behalf of our great union before Congress this Thursday, April 23, on the importance of reauthorizing MAP-21, the federal surface transportation funding legislation. This is the first time a President of TWU has been asked to testify before…
Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2015) – Today the presidents of the Air Line Pilots Association International, the Allied Pilots Association, the Association of Flight Attendants, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, Communications Workers of America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO sent a letter to Congress urging members…
This week, activists from TWU and other aviation unions are coming to Washington, DC to oppose Norwegian Air International. Norwegian Air wants the government to allow it to provide air service between Europe and the US while avoiding labor laws on both continents. Norwegian Air would usher in a race to the bottom for cheap…