There is a letter circulating the system to Petition Congress with an emphasis on Airline Maintenance Safety, requesting to make changes to the Class and Craft of Aircraft Maintenance Technician. It specifically calls out Section 152.4 of the Railway Labor Act. The Petitioner would be expressing concerns that the Craft and Class of Aircraft Maintenance…
The Transportation Trades Department (TTD), is telling Attorney General Eric Holder to stop blocking the American-US Airways merger. Edward Wytkind, President of the TTD told Holder: Your actions run counter to the interests of employees at these two air carriers . . . we urge the Department of Justice to reconsider its recent filing…
The Teamsters seem to have forgotten what solidarity is all about. They are attacking our union, the Transport Workers Union (TWU), just when we need support from the entire labor movement. Our employer, American Airlines is using the bankruptcy process to cut jobs and benefits. This is no time for the Teamsters to be dividing…