An Activist Approach to Airline Safety

Safety Advocates combine communication, partnerships and grassroots action to improve airline safety. With few exceptions, such as a notable tragedy aboard a Southwest flight last April, US carriers are currently building one of the safest periods in history for air...

ASSOCIATION NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations continued in Atlanta this week. The Executive Negotiators and the full negotiating committee continued working together at each step of the process and all were fully updated. The company’s hard-line attack on the work Association...

AMERICAN AIRLINES SETS ITS SIGHTS ON ELIMINATING TWU/IAM ASSOCIATION WORK

Brothers and Sisters, The Association Executive Committee met with the assigned mediators and a member of the National Mediation Board to gain a better understanding of the remaining open items. The robust dialogue was productive and ensured the meetings would...

WATCH: Shop Steward Training at IAD and MCO

WATCH: Horrifying Video Captures the Second a Ramp Agent Nearly Dies Walking a Plane From Gate

A viral video posted on the IAH Ramp Virtual Union Board Facebook Group captures the second that a massive tire explosion nearly kills a ramp agent. The 7-second video shows two ramp workers preparing to push a Boeing 737 from the gate. Just as they begin pushing the...

A Behind the Scenes Look at Union Boot Camp

The Machinists Union is gearing up. Negotiations between the nation’s largest and most powerful companies and their employee unions are never easy. In these high-stakes contests, front-line workers face off against an army of lobbyists, lawyers, and executive...

Solidarity Wins the Day

Unions Worked Overtime During the Government Shutdown After the longest and most painful government shutdown in US history, Federal employees finally received a paycheck on January 31, 2019. Thanks to the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, they received back pay...

Helping Hands February: Heart Health

Because of Valentines Day - we are focusing on heart health. Healthy heart factors and risk factors are addressed. Let's start some discussions around how your heart health can affect your mental health also. Our physical health has a big effect on our mental health....

IAM141 Educators Visit LAX and SFO for Shop Steward Training

Association Negotiations Update

American Struggles To Say Yes Throughout this week, the Association Executive Negotiating Committee members continued to present reasonable proposals in an effort to reach a JCBA. While some conversations discussed across the bargaining table seemed to reach “supposal...

CHICAGO GETS COLDER THAN ANTARCTICA

The brutal Arctic blast striking the United States this week is making life a living hell for airport workers around the nation, including thousands working in Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway. Here are a few fast facts about the approaching Atomic Arctic Blast. Fact...

Union Members at American Airlines Will Keep Their Benefits While They Train to Become Pilots

Baggage handlers who attend flight academy can keep their flight benefits and health insurance. An agreement between two unions and the airline seals the deal. There aren't enough pilots for the nation's airlines. As the numbers of highly trained pilots take a...