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...

IAM141 Local Lodge 1776 Conducts Shop Steward Training

2019 IAM Photography Contest

This is the official announcement of the 2019 IAM Photography Contest. It is open to all IAM members in good standing. Entries should catch IAM members at work in unposed photos. Winning entries will win a cash prize and will appear in the 2020 IAM Calendar. Two...

MLK Was a Union Man

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is recognized around the world as a leader of civil rights. What many people don’t know is that he had strong ties to the American labor movement. When Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, he was...

Association Negotiations Update

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU/IAM Association Executive Negotiating Committee this week met in full session with American Airlines under the auspices of National Mediation Board Mediators, Jim Mackenzie and Eva Durham, in San Francisco, CA. In addition to the...

Shop Steward Training and Station Visit at Portland International Airport

The Blue Flu

The Four Most Important Things to Know About the TSA Sick Calls. Hundreds of TSA screeners are calling out sick during the government shutdown, now entering its fourth week. Here are four fast facts that people need to know about TSA while we all watch them get jerked...

How the Government Shutdown is Affecting Airports and Airlines

Updated: 1/17/2019 The Federal Government shutdown began back in December, screwing over about 2 million workers and everyone who depends on them. This includes 51 thousand TSA Agents that keep our airlines moving. Here’s a running list of how the shutdown is...

Government Shutdown Spreads to More Airports

Houston's largest airport, Bush Intercontinental (IAH), is closing a primary security checkpoint as they deal with staffing shortages caused by increasing numbers of TSA agents who can no longer afford to come to work without pay. The announcement follows a similar...