The letter attached below was sent out on October 27th by International President Harry Lombardo to IAM President Thomas Buffenbarger in response to a letter received by IAM Airlines Coordinator Timothy Klima. Also attached below is Timothy Klima response.
President Lombardo’s response sets forth why TWU believes that the October 24th letter violates our Joint Association Agreements with IAM, and threatens to undermine the effective implementation of those agreements. This is a very serious matter.
In the meantime, we thank those Local presidents who have strongly rallied to the defense, both in speech and writing, of the Internationals unique role in the Joint Associations.
There will be an International ATD Representative at Local 513 Memberships Meetings Wednesday October 29th to answer any questions regarding this issue.