TWU-IAM Association Aims for Industry Leading Contract

TWU-IAM Association Aims for Industry Leading Contract

Brother and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association is committed to achieving on American Airlines an industry-best contract that will benefit all Association members and, consequently, be the benchmark for future airline contract negotiations. The five main issues that...

JATSC Ground Safety Training Conference

JATSC Ground Safety Training Conference

Dear Sisters and Brothers: The IAM Joint Air Transport Safety Committee will hold its annual Ground Safety Training Conference at the William W. Winpisinger Technology Center. The conference will be held August 28, 29, 30 with travel days on August 27 and August 31...

Hey, American Idle, What About the Early Out?

Hey, American Idle, What About the Early Out?

Message to American Airlines: While the TWU-IAM Association patiently waits for American to contact us, we encourage them to offer Association members the Early Out package they are promising. Don’t wait. Do it now. The Company can do that now or anytime. An Early Out...

Giving with One Hand, Taking with the Other

Giving with One Hand, Taking with the Other

Job security is the most important part of any collective bargaining agreement. And your negotiating committee is fighting to make sure it’s something you never have to worry about. But when we finally see a tentative agreement, we all know the first thing many of us...

The Association Negotiation Update

The Association Negotiation Update

Brothers and Sisters, The full M&R and Fleet Association Negotiating Committees met this week with the Association Executive Committee in Washington, D.C. Your Committees were fully briefed by the Executive Committee on the negotiation sessions that were held over...

American’s Risky Retirement Proposal

American’s Risky Retirement Proposal

The TWU-IAM Association bargaining committee is committed to fighting for industry-best retirement security. Aside from frozen pension and PBGC benefits that apply to pre-merger employees, today’s retirement benefits for Legacy American Airlines Association members...

American’s Profit HOARDING Plan

American’s Profit HOARDING Plan

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU-IAM Association is fighting for the industry’s best profit sharing plan. The current American Airlines profit sharing plan is simply inadequate. Even American’s CEO admitted that other airlines have better profit sharing plans. He...

The Truth About American’s Medical Proposal

The Truth About American’s Medical Proposal

Brothers and Sisters, Your bargaining committee has chosen to fight for affordable health care. Therefore, we have demanded that American Airlines, the largest and most profitable airline in the world, offer the richer Legacy U.S. Airways plans to all Association...

The Truth About American’s FAKE SCOPE Proposal

The Truth About American’s FAKE SCOPE Proposal

Brothers and Sisters, The TWU/IAM Association seeks to protect your jobs and the WORK you do. Without protecting your work, your job is at risk; and without a job, every other benefit in a contract is meaningless. Steve Johnsen and American are proposing FAKE SCOPE....