President: This week, Jay Potter and I continued meeting with the Negotiation team. We are still discussing multiple articles in the MLS, MCT, M&R, and MTS contracts, and we will continue that work in the following weeks to complete them. Thank you to those members who took the time to submit proposed changes. Jay and…
Date: May 01, 2024 To: TWU-IAM Association Membership: Today the TWU-IAM Association has served notice to American Airlines of our intent to commence negotiations on all TWU-IAM Association Collective Bargaining Agreements. This notice to commence ‘early opening’ negotiations was served in accordance with Article 3 of the respective Collective Bargaining Agreements and Section 6, Title…
More than 150 U.S. House members a signed a letter led by the Congressional Labor Caucus and the Transport Workers Union urging JetBlue to stay neutral and not interfere with ongoing worker unionization efforts at the airline. A total of 160 lawmakers representing Democrats and Republicans along with lawmakers in major JetBlue hubs signed the letter…
Vice President: Membership meeting is Monday, April 29th We had 22 new hires this week, and 42 will start next week. Please make them feel welcome if they come to your area. The company has a structure qualification in all of A/O and has implemented it at the other maintenance bases. If you want to…
April 24, 2024 Transport Workers Union Local 556 Flight Attendants at Southwest Airlines Overwhelmingly Ratify New Four-Year Contract, Become Highest-Paid Flight Attendants in the Industry Flight Attendants at Southwest Airlines represented by the Transport Workers Union of America – Local 556 ratified a new four-year contract that includes a 22.3 percent raise on May 1…
President: This week we continued by Zoom meetings to work through the contracts represented by the Association. We will pick back up on that work in 2 weeks in Phoenix,AZ. AAERO concerns All, The announcement that AA has signed a 20 year contract with GE has driven questions about the future of the Tulsa engine…