We will fight back and we will remember those champions who stood with us this week.
In a deal to pass the FAA Reauthroization and Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 658) Senate leaders agreed to a so-called compromise that contained an unprecedented attack on the rights of workers in the airline and railroad industries. The FAA Reauthorization Bill with the unrelated labor provision that would gut collective bargaining rights for aviation and rail workers. This has no place in a bill for funding of aviation safety, heath and security.
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May 16, 2012
Statement by the Communications Workers of America on today’s ruling by Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane. Passenger service agents were seeking a temporary injunction to block American Airlines from implementing drastic wage, benefit and job cuts while agents are waiting for their election Read More
May 15, 2012
More than 23,000 agents and supporters sign petition calling on the NMB to enforce the law. Read More
May 10, 2012
More than 100 American Airlines agents and CWA supporters today asked a federal bankruptcy court to stop AMR Corporation from implementing drastic, cost-cutting changes in pay, benefits and working conditions in advance of their union representation election. Read More
Apr 26, 2012
The National Mediation Board has set the elections date for the CWA representation vote among nearly 10,000 American Airlines passenger service employees. Read More
Apr 20, 2012
Passenger service agents at American Airlines were hit with a devastating reorganization plan yesterday that will affect nearly 10,000 agents. Agents face layoffs, outsourcing, the loss of wages and benefits, being forced to work from home for no benefits, and likely even more cuts in the future as they are the only major workgroup at the airline without union representation. Read More
The FAA Bill is an Attack on Workers
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The FAA Bill is No Compromise
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CWA President Larry Cohen on FAA Reauthorization and Workers’ Rights
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