Category: TWU

Fleet Service Negotiating Committee Update, Mechanic and Related to Meet Next Week

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Your TWU-IAM Fleet Service Negotiating Committee met this week in Dallas and continued reconciling both pre-merger collective bargaining agreements into one coherent, comprehensive joint contract proposal. This necessary process has been intensive, time consuming and requires extreme scrutiny so that no area is overlooked. The interpretation and understanding of both contracts…

2016 Open Enrollment is Here!!

It is time to enroll for your 2016 Benefits October 12-23, 2015 Learn How to Enroll on Aon Hewitt website for Medical, Dental and Vision. Change Dependents and Beneficiaries Learn about new benefits and rates Discuss and enroll in personalized benefit plans Participate in voluntary benefit programs TWU: Supplemental Health Insurance Voluntary Critical Illness Voluntary Accident…

Mechanic and Related and Fleet Service Negotiating Committee Update

Mechanic and Related: Brothers and Sisters, As we work towards finalizing the reconciliation of the labor agreements, your committee will be prepared and looks forward to receiving the company’s proposals. Your committee met in Chicago at the IAM District 141 headquarters this week and accomplished the following: Worked on the Mechanic and Related reconciliation process.…

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…

Benefits 2016 Information

I have just returned from benefit conference and the following information was available. American is mailing to the package to all employees. The Comparison Sheet will not be in the package. Terry Buck, Benefits Committee Chair, Executive Board Member Local 514

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.

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.