TWU’s Labor Fest carnival will be held at the Quik Trip Center in Tulsa on September 3, 2011 and there will be a Labor Day Parade in Henryetta on September 5, 2011. Please mark your calendar and make plans to join us. For all who attend the parade, Local 514 will buy breakfast at the…
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Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium IV) is the Toxic Form of Chromium.
Health effects of Chromium Respiratory: The respiratory tract is the major target organ for Chromium VI toxicity. Breathing in high levels of Hexavalent Chromium can cause irritation to the nose and throat. Symptoms may include runny nose, sneezing, coughing, itching and a burning sensation. Breathing small amounts of Hexavalent Chromium even for long periods does…
Thunder Football FREE Admission for TWU members – August 6th Game!
The Oklahoma Thunder Football team extends an invitation to the members and families of TWU to a —free family night out— This Saturday August 6. Come watch the Thunder play the Kansas Diamondbacks. Game time is 7 pm at the LaFortune Stadium 5480 S. Hudson, This is an Out-Door event. The Oklahoma Thunder…
Transport Workers Fight to Keep American Airlines Jobs in Tulsa
Representatives of the Transport Worker Union Local 514 today appealed to local and state elected leaders to help keep more than 230 maintenance control technician positions and related jobs in Tulsa, rather than relocate them to Dallas as planned by American Airlines. Relocation of the jobs would mean the loss of about $14.6 million in…
Lunch with AA Vendors
It has been brought to the attention of the local that there have been a few union members going out to lunch, accepting shirts, hats and other favors from American Airlines vendors. This is NOT appropriate behavior from our union members. At this point in time, with all that is going on in contracting out…
Thoughts of a Retiree
Places like Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, are passing laws that are prohibiting public workers from having unions. Maybe some of our reactions would be, “that’s to bad for them.” If we think the elected officials are going to stop at public employees, we would stand as being wrong. The war prisoners in Europe during WWII could tell…
Congress Must Not Go on Summer Vacation Before Funding our Aviation System
“At this moment, 4,000 aviation workers are not collecting a paycheck and more than 70,000 construction workers’ jobs are at risk because Congress is playing ideological games. If Congress packs up and goes home for the summer without passing a clean extension of the FAA bill, these workers won’t be able to provide for their…
This is Not the Way to Operate on “Final Approach” FAA Shutdown Points to Bigger Problem
When its authority to collect revenue from airport taxes expired at midnight on July 22, the FAA laid off more than 3,500 federal workers. Air traffic controllers are still on the job, but the agency has stopped work on vital airport construction projects, including installation of new runway lights and construction of new control…
Shop Stewards Meeting
Date: Monday, August 8, 2011 Time: 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda 1. Regular Order of Business. 2. Training: Strike Committee Update on Stewards’ Involvement. Mary Gorremans Recording Secretary Shop Stewards Posting-PDF
American Airlines, TWU make tentative labor agreement- Simulator and Pilot instructor work groups
Tentative contract agreements calling for 5 percent and 6 percent wage increases over three years have been reached between American Airlines and two Transport Workers Union work groups, company and union officials said Thursday. The tentative contract agreements with the 80-member simulator technician work group and the 160-member ground school and simulator pilot instructor work…