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LETTERS.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)
Union Takes Exception
"Labor's Costs Are An Easy Target, But Not Best For Ailing Carriers" (A1, Aug. 21) reports that "Southwest's unions are company unions -- they represent only Southwest workers."
This statement is not true. The flight attendants for Southwest Airlines are members of the Transport Workers Union of America Local 556; the ramp and operations employees are members of TWU Local 555.
The TWU is a national union affiliated with the AFL-CIO and represents workers from several different airlines, including American Airlines. American pilots are represented by the Allied Pilots Association, and the flight attendants are represented by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants. By the definition in the article, those are company unions. This would seem to negate the opening example as to why Southwest is profitable and others are not.
Robert Kirk, executive board, TWU Local 567, Fort Worth, Texas
No Sympathy For Gaza Settlers
Regarding the photo (A1, Thursday) showing a Jewish man peeking out of a hole left by a mortar shell in a house in the Jewish settlement in the illegal territory of the Gaza strip: Am I supposed to feel sorry for this person that is living in a land that is not his? Should I have felt sorry for the Iraqis as some were killed upon illegally entering and trying to take over Kuwait? Or the Nazis as they entered and occupied Poland and France?
- SEPTA Sets Service Contingency Plans in Case of Work Stoppage by TWU Local 234.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 10, 2004 700+ words
...contract with Transport Workers Union Local 234 (TWU Local 234), its largest union. TWU Local 234 represents more than 4,700 operators...In recent weeks negotiators for SEPTA and TWU Local 234 have been working in partnership seeking...
- TWU Local 555 Ratifies Tentative Agreement With Southwest Airlines.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 27, 2009 700+ words
...Agent Employees represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 555 voted to ratify the tentative, three-year agreement...flexibility along with productivity and gained efficiencies. TWU Local 555 represents approximately 7,780 Southwest Airlines Employees...
- TWU Local 234 mass meeting Sunday. (NEWS ADVISORY) (Transport Workers Union)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 3, 1989 700+ words
/NEWS ADVISORY/ TWU LOCAL 234 MASS MEETING SUNDAY SEPTA's drivers and mechanics represented...leave for the business part of the meeting. CONTACT: Roger Tauss of TWU Local 234, 215-927-5300. CO: Transport Workers Union Local 234 ST...
- SEPTA-TWU Local 2013 Approve New Tentative Agreement; Regional Rail Union Has...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 31, 1998 700+ words
...Manager John K. Leary Jr. and Charles Little, president of TWU Local 2013, jointly announced that a binding Memorandum of Agreement...Leary, who praised Little's tenacity as a negotiator, said TWU Local 2013 deserves credit for working diligently through all the...
- Gambaccini and TWU Local 234 president to receive Distinctive Achievement...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 14, 1989 700+ words
...ADVISORY -- TO CITY, ASSIGNMENT AND PHOTO DESKS: GAMBACCINI AND TWU LOCAL 234 PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE DISTINCTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Event...International Labor Office, Washington Branch. SEPTA and TWU Local 234 will be honored "for the establishment of the innovative...
- Contract Between SEPTA and TWU Local 234 to be Extended for 30 Days.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 7, 2005 700+ words
...contract between SEPTA and Transport Workers Union Local 234 (TWU Local 234) has been extended for 30 days so that negotiations to...on Thursday, April 14 (or 12:01 a.m., April 15). TWU Local 234 represents more than 4,600 operators and mechanics in...
- Contract Between SEPTA and TWU Local 234 Extended Until June 15.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 14, 2005 700+ words
...contract between SEPTA and Transport Workers Union Local 234 (TWU Local 234) has been extended until June 15 so that negotiations...through the anxious preparations for a strike," said Moore. TWU Local 234 represents more than 4,600 operators and mechanics in...
- Public Employee Unions to Hold Rally; TWU Local 234, AFSCME District Councils...
- Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire July 21, 2009 700+ words
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Bob Wolper of TWU Local 234, +1-215-896-2970 PHILADELPHIA, July 21...unions are unresolved and the contract between SEPTA and TWU Local 234 has been stalled since March 15th. All media are...
