Federal Labor Relations Statutes: An Overview

  Summary Since 1926, Congress has enacted three major laws that govern labor-management relations for private sector and federal employees. An issue for Congress is the effect of these laws on employers, workers, and the nation’s economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that, nationwide, 14.8 million employees are union members. In the 112th Congress…

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GSW Election for Vice Chairman – Sample Ballot and Mail Out

Ballots for the TWU Local 514 MCT, Vice Chairman at GSW election have been mailed. If you have not received your ballot by August 15, 2014, or your ballot has been damaged, please call Shawn Allan at (918) 694-3783 and a ballot will be mailed to you. All Ballots must be received in the TWU…

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Preferential Hiring of TWU members at US Airways – Letters of Agreement

    [wptabs mode=”horizontal”] [wptabtitle] Mechanic and Related[/wptabtitle] [wptabcontent] LETTER OF AGREEMENT between AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. and US AIRWAYS, INC. and the MECHANIC AND RELATED EMPLOYEES (excluding Planners, Maintenance Control, Stores, QA, Tech Doc, Material Specialists) in the service AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. and US AIRWAYS, INC. as represented by the TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA…

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IAM, TWU Alliance moves forward with American Airlines Single Carrier Filing

In a move that will lead to joint contract negotiations for more than 30,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Transport Workers Union (TWU), the two unions today jointly petitioned the National Mediation Board (NMB) asking it declare that post-merger American Airlines and US Airways are now operating as a…

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Shop Steward Training: The TWU-IAM Association Agreement

The July Steward Training covered the upcoming Association Agreement that our membership will soon be voting on. We began the training by going over the Trumka letter that aired his concern of a costly labor battle amongst AFLCIO Unions while not adding a single new member to organized labor. Trumka encouraged the TWU and IAM…

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Shop Steward Meeting, Monday August 11, 2014

Monday, August 11, 2014 Time …………………….. 7:15 AM 11:45 AM 3:45 PM Place ……………………..TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street Agenda Regular Order of Business Training: Seniority Integration/Preferential Hiring   Gary Yingst Vice President   SS Meeting Notice August 2014 in PDF

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