PDGC of IAM District 141 Michael Klemm Response to NPP & United

The IAMAW and IAM District 141 are separate entities than the IAM National Pension Plan (NPP), even though both bear the “IAM” acronym. For those DL 141 IAM represented employees in the NPP, a letter was sent to your homes by the NPP. If you haven’t already received...

American, AGAIN, Shows Their Unwillingness to Negotiate an Agreement – NMB Fails with its Strategy

Brothers and Sisters, The Association leadership met with American Airlines’ negotiators and Federal Mediators this week in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The Mediator’s unorthodox approach to these negotiations failed to provide adequate space for the parties to face-off in the...

United Airlines will Launch a Star Wars-Themed Aircraft This Fall

Nonstop to Chicago in Under 12 Parsecs: United Airlines will Launch a Star Wars-Themed Aircraft This Fall and Mark Hamill Thinks it’s Cool. During last week’s “Star Wars Celebration” in Chicago, United Airlines unveiled a mockup that will thrill fans of the beloved...

Governor Pritzker: “ILLINOIS WILL NEVER BE A RIGHT TO WORK STATE!”

The new law prevents Right to Work ordinances from confiscating employee resources at the city and county level. Starting immediately, workers in Illinois will no longer have their property and labor taken away from them under city-level Right to Work laws. The...

Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar Talks Mega Mergers Praises Union Activism

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AMY KLOBUCHAR TALKS MEGA-MERGERS, PRAISES UNION ACTIVISM Presidential Candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Mn) spoke before hundreds of Machinists Union members at its conference of railroad and airline workers. For Senator Klobuchar, the event...

Bernie Sanders to American Airlines CEO: “You Damn Well Have Enough Money to Pay Your Workers a Decent Wage.”

Bernie Sanders to American Airlines CEO: "You Damn Well Have Enough Money to Pay Your Workers a Decent Wage." In a fiery speech delivered before a packed gathering of Machinists Union leaders, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called out the CEO of American Airlines for...

2019 Women’s Conference and Shop Steward Training Update

Weekly wrap up video for April 6th. Topics this week are about the American Airlines Tower ops stewards from Dallas and Chicago and...

WATCH: IAMAW Panel American Airlines Negotiations Update

[gdlr_video url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHJRJ_bjMlk&feature=youtu.be" ] District 141 and 142 answer questions about issues our Association members are facing with American Airlines.

American, AGAIN, Shows Their Corporate Greed

Brothers and Sisters, The Association leadership met with American Airlines executive management Wednesday, April 3rd in Washington, DC. The idea was to have an unfiltered discussion with company decision makers to, hopefully, break the logjam in negotiations. The...

A TRUCK INVOLVED IN COLLISION WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE NINE TIMES

The incident was included in the findings of a recently published union safety study The study by UnionSafe 141 recorded and tracked more than 15 thousand safety issues The findings come as American Airlines is under pressure by the FAA and Mechanics for pressuring...

Helping Hands April: Men’s Mental Health

Men's Mental Health is the focus for April. Some common beliefs that prevent men from accessing mental health resources are addressed. Tips for maintaining good mental health appear on page two. For those of you receiving this is electronic form, there are several...

ASSOCIATION NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Brothers and Sisters, If American Airlines wants to throw down their version of facts from two people who have never participated in a negotiating session, that’s their prerogative, we’ll throw down the real facts from those who were actually there. Fact: The...