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...

Knowledge is Power

Educators from District 141 held a Shop Steward...

ASSOCIATION NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Brothers and Sisters, This week, American Airlines not only continued to slow roll negotiations, THEY ACTUALLY JUST STOPPED. American’s arrogance and obstinance at the table is a tell-tale sign of their mistaken belief that this membership is okay with them forcing...

2019 Adolph Stutz Memorial Scholarship Open for Applicants

Each year, our District awards several of these scholarships to qualified and deserving members — or their children, grandchildren or spouses — who are pursuing a college education. The scholarship amounts usually range between $1,000 and $2,000. An independent...