Today, the Membership of TWU Local 556 voted to ratify TA2024. Your relentless fight resulted in a Contract that represented many historic firsts for our Local and for our industry. By voting in the Contract you fought to achieve, you helped to better the role of Flight Attendant for all.
As we enter into the final stretch of the TA2024 voting period – we wanted to encourage all of you to carefully consider the Tentative Agreement and most importantly, cast your vote. We asked our Educators and Activists to share with us what they found the most valuable in this rollout not only for themselves but feedback from Members. Here is their list of top resources:
Some of the biggest “Hot Topics” of TA2024 (and where our Team has heard the most misinformation), is in the Leave of Absence changes and improvements. The Negotiating Team and TA2024 Mobilizers have answered numerous questions about the new (and sometimes current) language in Article 15: Leave of Absence, Article 16: Sick Leave/On the Job Injury and Article 32.4: Doctor’s Statement. While not typically referenced or discussed on a daily basis, these Articles contain protections for when life throws us a curveball. So, let’s discuss some of the changes and improvements offered to these specific topics in TA2024!
The most frequently asked questions were gathered throughout the events and the Negotiating Committee will be answering those via Zoom, along with answering questions from the Membership. Several sessions are topic specific followed by MythBusting and general Q&As. See the schedule below and click here to register.
As we continue discussions with SWA Management, our Negotiating Team has a few points of clarification for the Membership.
Earlier this morning, April 7, 2024, a Southwest Boeing 737-800 operating from Denver International Airport (DEN) to Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) encountered an apparent number 2 engine cowling separation causing an emergency air-turn-back to DEN.
