R-7365-AMFA-Determination Letter- American Airlines This letter addresses the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association’s (AMFA) August 21, 2013 letter requesting that the National Mediation Board (NMB or Board) not apply the 29 C.F.R. § 1206.4 (b) (3) one-year bar to applications following the dismissal of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) application in the above-referenced case.1 For…
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514 – What’s on the plate
TWU International Convention The 2013 – TWU International Board of Executives HERE Resolution: Protecting the Airline Industry’s Maintenance Craft HERE Combining Shops Powerplant Machine Shop Combination Shops 259-1, 256-2, & 256-1 The TWU will be moving most of the equipment, the extremely heavy machines will be done by an outside vendor. CRO Exteriors Shops 279-1…
Withdrawal of Election Challenge by the Teamsters at American Airlines, Jame Little
We’re pleased that the Teamsters realized that this raid of TWU members at American Airlines was both wasteful and divisive. Now that we do not have the distraction of an unnecessary campaign among already organized workers, we can redouble our efforts on battling the Department of Justice’s unjustified legal challenge to the proposed merger of…
IBT Campaign
All, We have been notified that the Teamsters (IBT) have sent notification to the National Mediation Board (NMB) of their withdrawal of their application to represent the Mechanics of American Airlines. Since the IBT’s initial filing for a representational vote, the TWU has been working diligently in order to protect our Members from an unwarranted raid that…
Teamsters withdraw petition @ AA
Re: American Airlines Mechanics and Related, R-7365 Dear Ms. Dowling and Mr. Graber: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has determined that the recent announcement that the federal government will fight the proposed merger between USAirways and American Airlines places the workers at American Airlines in significant turmoil. Accordingly, the IBT is withdrawing its petition to…
TWU Launches Campaign to Oppose DOJ’s Attempt to Block American Airlines–US Airways Merger
The TWU is preparing a comprehensive campaign to oppose the Department of Justice’s attempt to block the American Airlines-US Airways merger. The DOJ’s action is irresponsible and interferes with a reorganization plan that will place American Airlines on firm economic footing. The DOJ’s lawsuit fails to consider the economic turmoil that has caused instability in…
Tell The Teamsters Act Like A Union
FILL OUT PETITION HERE Dear Brothers and Sisters at Move on.org We address you as the Staff Organizers at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. We are engaged in an ongoing struggle with teamster’s management over the issues of fairness, equality, and workplace justice. For years management has made unilateral changes, without our feedback. We chose…
Teamsters’ Raid at American Airlines in Disarray
Today’s election results are a major victory for the US Airways mechanics and the Machinists’ Union. TWU members are proud to stand with US Airway mechanics who supported their union and rejected a phony, wasteful campaign by the Teamsters. Now that the Teamsters have lost at US Airways, their raid at American is in deep…
Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines
Unions Vie for Votes in Merger of Airlines By Chris Maher | July 30, 2013 The Transport Workers Union has accused the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of forging hundreds of workers’ signatures, amid a fight to represent mechanics at soon-to-be-merged US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines parent AMR Corp. The TWU filed the allegations…
Teamsters ask for more time on American Airlines election case after TWU accuses organizers of falsifying signatures
Last week, the Transport Workers Union submitted material to the National Mediation Board alleging that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters had forged signatures to “showing of interest” cards. As a result, the Teamsters – who are seeking to supplant the TWU as bargaining agent for American’s mechanics and related employees – asked the NMB on Tuesday to…