San Antonio airport fuel crew ends union representation with NRWF help

Allied Aviation Fueling Company employees at San Antonio International Airport submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board seeking to remove the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District 142, from representing them. The petition, led by Matthew Garwood, gathered signatures well above the 30% threshold required for the NLRB to set a decertification vote. The National Right to Work Foundation supplied free legal support, citing violations of workers' rights under compulsory unionism.

Before the board could schedule the election, the IAM union withdrew its claim to exclusive bargaining rights and did not contest the Railway Labor Act argument. Consequently, roughly 38 fueling workers are now free to bargain directly with Allied Aviation. The workers expressed relief at regaining control over their workplace and criticized the previous contract as detrimental.