Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

December 15, 2017 Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Dallas. All groups concentrated on internal discussions and deliberations in concert with the Association legal team on Scope language that will protect our work and jobs in the new…

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Transport Workers Union, Tom Ridge to probe outsourced plane repairs

The Transport Workers Union of America Retains Ridge Global to Assess the Safety and Security Risks of Having U.S. Passenger Aircraft Repaired and Maintained on Foreign Soil First U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Says Airline Safety Must Remain a Priority 15 Years After Creation of DHS WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 11, 2017) – The Transport…

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Association Bulletin – December 8, 2017

Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington, D.C. This session focused on Maintenance Control Technicians (MCT) and Maintenance Training Specialists (MTS) along with other Mechanic & Related and Stores language. Substantial progress was made in several non-economic articles. The constructive dialog and productive environment…

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December 2017 Joint SS/Membership Meeting

Monday, December 11, 2017 and Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Monday, December 11, 2017 Time ……………………………………. 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM 11:30 PM Tuesday, December 12, 2017 Time ……………………………………. 5:00 PM Place …………………………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda • Regular Order of Business • BBQ • Merry Christmas   December 2017Joint SS- Membership Meetings

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TWU INTL – MEMO – New Staff Announcement

The TWU International staff continues to grow our internal capacity in order to meet the increased demand of our strategic campaigns and advanced worker organizing. We’re pleased to announce that long-time American Airlines mechanic, International Vice President and Local 591 President Gary Peterson will join the International Staff. In this position, Gary will be working…

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Association, AA Executive Session Negotiations Continue

 Brothers and Sisters, The Executive Negotiating Committee met face to face with American Airlines this week in Washington DC. This session was focused on Maintenance Training Specialists (MTS) and was very productive. Non-economic articles were discussed. Constructive dialog in a productive environment helped the parties significantly narrow their positions in numerous articles that produced an agreement on most outstanding language issues. Complete Tentative Agreements were…

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