Local 514 Digest for the Week of May 7th, 2021

TWU Local 514

JOINT MEMBERSHIP MEETING TUESDAY MAY 18th Times:   7:15am  11:45am   3:45pm Place: TWU Hall 11929 East Pine Street This Sunday is Mothers Day! May 9th, 2021 Memorial Day – Monday, May 31, 2021 is our next Holiday Off Open Payments Open Payments is a national transparency program that collects and publishes information about financial relationships between…

Teachers Urge Governor Stitt to Veto HB1775

As Oklahomans, we know the importance of educating to not repeat the mistakes of the past. We need your help in reminding our legislators that censoring conversations on diversity moves us in the wrong direction. Last week, the House of Representatives advanced HB1775, a bill that keeps our children and college students from seeing the…

Union Strong – Episode 52: In Solidarity with TWU and IAM Airline Mechanics

Airline industry workers, like so many others during this unprecedented health and economic crisis, are teetering on the edge.  Thousands of airline workers have already received furlough notices, thousands more are wondering if they will be next – and their future lies in the hands of our federal government still unable or unwilling to agree…

Local 514 Digest for the Week of April 30th, 2021

TWU Local 514

Workers Memorial Day, April 28, 2021 Every Year, over 5,000 workers in America go to work, but never return home. The Oklahoma Workers’ Memorial Day is a solemn remembrance of the lives lost, but it is also a time for all of us to recommit to ensuring that no worker should have to die to…

TWU Members:

 While it seems easy for some to speak direct lies on social media, I would hope most speak the truth, even when it hurts. Truth is not spoken to harm anyone-it is simply truth. Speaking out on amfa and the lack of integrity within, hurt feelings in the amfa fraternity. Weak leadership within those ranks…