Passages

Passages “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

Letter to members from Steve Luis, May 17, 2010

It has been almost three years since I came into office and back then I immediately joined the negotiating committee for the TWU. In May of 2008 AA management handed our negotiating committee a contract proposal that was so clearly objectionable we refused to bring it back to the membership for a vote. We did…

What is left to be done?

As today starts again I see that we have the huge task ahead of us in getting all the language together for each article that we just TA’d.

Greater Fairness Comes to Airline and Rail Union Elections

WASHINGTON, DC – Transportation unions applaud the announcement today by the National Mediation Board (NMB) that it has amended union election procedures in the airline and rail industry to make them fairer and more consistent with democratic norms. “In too many instances, airline and rail workers were denied the ability to bargain collectively because of…

Tech Specialist: Tentative Agreement Reached – 5-8-2010

Mediator: Jack Kane TWU Contract Negotiations Communication Update Sixth Mediation Session 5/7/2010 through 5/8/2010 Dallas, Texas Technical Specialist Negotiating Committee: Howard McKinney, Gary Moffitt, Steve Luis, and Don Videtich AA Negotiating Committee: Jim Weel, John Shelburg, Mark Tichenor, Ken Durst, Jim Ream and Mark Easton Tentative Agreement Reached