Mediator Schedules Dates, Association Demands More

Brothers and Sisters, The two mediators assigned to our negotiations have notified the TWU-IAM Association and the Company that three bargaining dates have been scheduled: October 30, January 29-31 and February 12-14. While the Association welcomes the opportunity to...

Helping Hands: October Focuses on Trauma

Helping Hands: October 2018 Download October focuses on trauma - what it is (and isn't), how to treat it and the effects it can have on us as adults - after we experienced trauma as children - the ACES study is fascinating - ADVERSE Childhood Experiences can...

President of District Lodge 141 Mike Klemm Visits IAM Members

President of District Lodge 141 Mike Klemm traveled out...

Airline Workers Heard Loud and Clear in Congress

UPDATE: The FAA Re-Authorization Bill of 2018 was approved by the Senate and signed into law by the president on October 5. The US House of Representatives approved the FAA Reauthorization Bill, which includes strong "Union Made" language. The bill is now headed to...

IAM141 Shop Steward Training: San Jose International Airport

Machinists Fight $20M Tax Hike

Machinists Union members in New Jersey are fighting to stop legislation that will make travel even more expensive for the millions of passengers that travel through Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) each year. Sponsored by New Jersey Senate President Steve...

2019 IAM Scholarship Competition Is Now Accepting Applications

The 2019 IAM Scholarship Competition is now accepting applications. The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada under procedures and rules of eligibility explained in this announcement. The IAM Scholarship...

NMB Mediators Assigned Company Continues to Delay

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association was notified this week that the National Mediation Board has assigned two mediators to our negotiations. The mediators have indicated that, due to Federal budget concerns and scheduling, they will not schedule mediated...

Local Machinist President: “Any Threat to Our Jobs Will Not Stand.”

New Jersey Machinists Fight Proposed $20 Million Tax Hike. Members of Local 914 based at Newark Liberty Airport (EWR) descended on New Jersey’s State House in Trenton to express their opposition to a proposed bill that targets their employer, United Airlines, for an...

Company Propaganda

Many of you have read the Special Jetwire issued by American Airlines regarding our negotiations. If you don’t read anything else in this bulletin, read this: Beware of any negotiations propaganda issued by the Company. It contains partial examples, misleading...

Section 6 Openers for all Association Agreements

Brothers and Sisters, Today, September 12, 2018, American Airlines delivered Section 6 notices for all open TWU-IAM Association collective bargaining agreements. Simply stated, a Section 6 notice officially opens contracts under the Railway Labor Act. The TWU-IAM...

Education Training: September

The following is the current training schedule for September 2018. Wednesday 9/12 SAT, Shop Steward Training Monday-Tuesday, 9/17+18 Guam, Shop Steward Training Wednesday 9/19 Guam, Local Lodge Officer Training Wednesday 9/26 SJC, Shop Steward Training For more...