You may have seen several stories about diverted aircraft from all airline carriers in the U.S. and abroad in the news recently because “toxic fumes.” The TWU has launched a letter campaign, calling on elected officials to support the Cabin Air Safety Act of 2019. The bill is the first step to ensuring our cabin…
American Airlines yesterday announced mid-contract pay increases for its pilot and flight attendant groups. The Company states its reasoning is that those two groups have fallen significantly behind their industry peers with long durations before their collective bargaining agreements are open for negotiations. The TWU-IAM Association negotiated industry leading pay increases last fall for the…
To All my Sisters and Brothers, “It is openly apparent that our employer does not care about those of us in the Mechanic and Related, Stores or Fleet Service groups. We will soon be approaching Memorial Day and once again we will come to work on that day. While management and our counterparts enjoy Memorial day off,…
Washington, DC – A majority of flight attendants at Virgin America has voted in favor of union representation by the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), the federal National Mediation Board reported today. This is the first work group at the airline to vote for a union. TWU received 430 votes, 58 percent of those…
[youtube_video id=L-29T1DZ7ao] By THOM MCDANIEL SPECIAL TO THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Andrew Levy, president of Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air, said in a recent Wall Street Journal article that the discount carrier “wants to be considered the hometown airline of all the little cities around the country.” Meanwhile, Levy told Fox Business Channel that he…