Teamster Corruption Rears Its Ugly Head… Again

by | Jun 18, 2013 | American Airlines, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanics and Related, Mechanics and Related, Ramp/Fleet Service, Ramp/Fleet Service, Sticky, Stores/Material Specialists, Stores/Material Specialists, Teamster Corruption, US Airways

In what seemingly appears to be a monthly occurrence, another representative of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) has been indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Michael Townsend, 64, of Dearborn Heights, a business agent and trustee of Teamsters...

Buffenbarger Says No to Cuts in Earned Pension Benefits

by | May 1, 2013 | American Airlines, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanics and Related, Mechanics and Related, Ramp/Fleet Service, Ramp/Fleet Service, Sticky, Stores/Material Specialists, Stores/Material Specialists, Teamster Corruption, US Airways

In a letter to President Barack Obama, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger urged the president to help prevent deep cuts to working Americans’ hard-earned pension benefits. “On behalf of the IAM, I write to express our strong opposition to the proposal being...

Machinists Union to US Airways: Contracts First, Merger Second

by | Jan 24, 2013 | American Airlines, Mechanics and Related, Mechanics and Related, Ramp/Fleet Service, Ramp/Fleet Service, Sticky, Stores/Material Specialists, Stores/Material Specialists, US Airways

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today declared renewed contracts for its US Airways members must be concluded before the IAM is willing to support the merger of US Airways and American Airlines. “IAM members at US Airways...