DOT OFFICE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY AND COMPLIANCE NOTICE Recently, some states passed initiatives to permit use of marijuana for so-called “recreational” purposes. We have had several inquiries about whether these state initiatives will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation’s longstanding regulation about the use of marijuana by safety- sensitive transportation employees…
Ever notice how a slinky leads with momentum, and the rest of it follows only to end up at the bottom with no way back to the top? DON’T BE A SLINKY. Bankrupt airline union memberships who voted out their original union, lost heavy maintenance to foreign outsourcing. None have brought it back. “Don’t follow…
Date: Monday, February 11, 2013 Time: 7:15 AM | 11:45 AM | 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Training Article 1 – Scope Shop Stewards Meeting Notice, 2-11-13 – In PDF
From Bobby Gless, February 1, 2013 TO: AA Locals 501 – 568 RE: MOU Dear Brothers & Sisters: I have received a number of calls about the MOU that we posted on the website on Monday. Therefore, I asked the Director of Strategic Research to provide an explanation of how a 4.3% raise compares to…
So you want a new Union because: The old one could not stop American Airlines from going Bankrupt The old one negotiated an agreement that saved Jobs The old one kept your pension frozen rather than GONE The old one fought and kept 31 maintenance docks / lines working The old one kept the outsourcing…
There has been a question raised by some members about whether the trade off of profit sharing for the 4.3% base pay increase was a good deal. It’s been claimed that the 4.3% raise is not worth as much as the so called 5% profit sharing program. No profit sharing program has put a cent…
The IBT is again claiming they will reopen our agreement by filing a Section 6 reopener, and that they will magically achieve wage and benefit improvements above what the TWU has negotiated. This claim is nonsense. The law does not provide for any scenario that would allow the IBT to open and renegotiate our contract…
Bill Moyers interviews Bill Fletcher Jr. and Stephen Lerner on Unions in Peril Lost in the Supreme Court media chatter last week: a disturbing ruling in Knox vs. SEIU Local 1000 that restricts labor unions from directing collected dues toward political causes. There’s no similar limit on corporations, naturally – yet another indication that the…
Last Tuesday TWU Local 514 received several complaints from our members because a union that does not represent them held parties on the base. After investigating this matter, we learned that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters a group that is attempting to decertify the TWU was allowed to send cakes to several work areas for…
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