Category: Aviation

At 97, former UTU president still leads fight

May 24, 2011 Former UTU International President Al Chesser (1972-1979) is now 97 years old, and the fire in his belly in support of organized labor has never dimmed. The following was written by Chesser in response to creation by President Mike Futhey of the Collective Bargaining Defense [...]

Tags anti-union, chesser, collective bargaining, collective bargaining defense fund, extremists, rights, union busting

Great Lakes flight attendants ratify pact

May 19, 2011 Great Lakes Airlines flight attendants represented by UTU Local 40 have unanimously ratified a four-year agreement. The UTU represents some 300 flight attendants and pilots on this regional airline based in Cheyenne, Wyo., and with hubs in Albuquerque, N.M.; Billings, Mont.; [...]

Tags attendants, flight, Great Lakes, pact

Our fight for right has just begun

May 13, 2011 By International President Mike Futhey I was asked if our Collective Bargaining Defense Fund, the UTU PAC and our recently inaugurated direct-contact-with-members outreach can stop the assault on labor by conservative extremists. In union there is strength, and when members o [...]

Tags assault, collective bargaining defense fund, fund

FAA to overhaul pilot, flight attendant training

May 12, 2011 WASHINGTON — An extensive overhaul of air-carrier crew training has been proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration. “This is a major effort to strengthen the performance of pilots, flight attendants and dispatchers through better training,” said FAA Ad [...]

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Union Plus offers disaster relief grants

May 6, 2011 Union members living in areas impacted by the recent tornadoes and flooding, and who participate in Union Plus programs, may be eligible for financial assistance. Union Plus disaster relief grants of $500 are available to help participants in the Union Plus credit card, insur [...]

Tags disaster, FEMA, grants, relief, Union Plus

Arty Martin; Martin, Arty; Assistant President

Unions under attack; we must respond

May 5, 2011 By Assistant President Arty Martin While we go about our daily lives, political extremists are gaining strength and working non-stop to undermine and eliminate much of what we cherish on the job and look forward to in retirement. It’s not just Wisconsin and Ohio where r [...]

Tags anti-union, attack, bargaining, collective bargaining, right-to-work, union busting

Ready to help those ravaged by weather

May 3, 2011 Recent tornados in southern states — from Mississippi to Virginia that killed more than 340 and injured thousands more — plus severe flooding in other parts of the country have likely affected UTU-member families living in those areas. While identification of the [...]

Tags flooding, help, ravaged, tornado, weather, weather-ravaged

We no longer offer UTU credit cards

April 26, 2011 Due to changes in the financial services markets, the UTU is no longer able to offer a UTU-branded credit card. Over the years, these UTU-branded cards generated much-needed funding for the union’s education and training fund. Servicing of former UTU credit card account [...]

Tags credit cards, PNC, UTU credit cards

Help available for alcohol, drug abuse

April 22, 2011 We know all too well that alcohol consumption and drug use can imperil our jobs. But how about off the job; and how about family members? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports more than 600,000 emergency room visits annually due to alcohol or drug problems; [...]

Tags abuse, alcohol, drugs, jobs, substance abuse, United Behavioral Health

UTU, SMWIA arbitration set for June

April 21, 2011 Arbitrator Michael H. Gottesman will hear presentations by the UTU and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association during five days of arbitration in June to determine whether the merger agreement between the UTU and the SMIWA is an enforceable agreement. Gottesman, a l [...]

Tags arbitration, arbitrator, merger, SMART, SMWIA