A Message from President Harry Lombardo for Independence Day

Thank you to our members who will keep America moving this holiday weekend. In a year more noted for its sharp political divides, it is important that we come together as a union to celebrate what ties us together at TWU and what binds us as a nation. Watch this video message from International President…

Association Negotiations Update, June 30, 2016

Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of June 27th in Dallas Texas Your Negotiating Committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: Field Trips/Travel Pay – M&R & MLS – After some contentious exchanges between the parties, we have reached a tentative agreement with improvements for…

Seniority Integration Update, June 29, 2016

MEMORANDUM To: All American Mechanic and Related, Stores, and Fleet Service Employees Represented by the TWU/IAM Associations From: Joshua M. Javits, Neutral Date: June 27, 2016 Subject: Seniority Integration Process I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself to all of you. I am Joshua M. Javits, a full-time professional mediator and arbitrator. I…

From the Presidents Desk

I have just returned home from a week of negotiations in DC, and on to DFW next week. This past week we did sit down with the full seniority integration team and had dialog pertaining to both the IAM and the TWU positions, Read the letter detailing the process they will be trying to use to resolve…

Seniority Integration Update

Sisters and Brothers, In other news this week, the TWU-IAM Association met this week in Washington D.C. to continue the seniority integration process. This follows efforts that began with our joint TWU-IAM seniority committee who met last November. The work of that committee initiated the seniority integration process and identified issues and differences in need…

Joint Contract Negotiations Update

  Sisters and Brothers, The Association Mechanic & Related/Stores Negotiating Committee met with American Airlines the week of June 24th in Washington, D.C. Your Negotiating Committee exchanged and discussed the following articles: Holidays – M&R, MLS, MTS & MCT – Your committee exchanged initial proposals on this article with the company. Field Trips/Travel Pay –…