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TWU Tech Newsletter: A Failed Origin Story
Posted OnAugust 2, 2024 byThis is the monthly edition of the Transport Workers Union’s Transportation Technology Newsletter. We aim to inform and educate our members, the labor movement, the public and policymakers about developments in transportation technology – and what the TWU is doing to ensure that new technology doesn’t undermine safety or harm the livelihoods of hard-working blue-collar…Read More…
TWU Wins Largest Wage Increase for On-Board Workers in Amtrak History, With Paid Family Leave
Posted OnJuly 30, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union of America secured the largest wage increase for Amtrak workers in the agency’s 53-year history after on-board service workers overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new seven-year contract on Tuesday. The new contract includes a 34 percent compounded wage increase over seven years. The agreement covers July 1, 2022 through December…Read More…
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Workers Win Raises, Reduced Healthcare Costs in New Contract
Posted OnJuly 29, 2024 byWorkers on New Jersey Transit’s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail represented by the Transport Workers Union voted to ratify a new three-year contract. The new deal includes raises and reductions in healthcare costs that will save workers thousands of dollars. Train Operators and Maintenance Workers represented by TWU Local 229 voted by a large majority to…Read More…
TWU Announces 2024 Scholarship Winners
Posted OnJuly 24, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union announced the latest list of scholarship recipients. A total of 32 students across all divisions were awarded a combined $112,000 in scholarships after a random drawing at the TWU International office in Washington, DC. “I want to congratulate the 2024 scholarship winners and their families,” said TWU International Secretary-Treasurer Jerome Lafragola,…Read More…
New Freight Rail Safety Bill Would Make Trains Safer
Posted OnJuly 24, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union is backing a new House bill that would impose new regulations on freight rail in response to the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment. Reps. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) introduced a bill, The Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024, that expands on existing rail safety proposals drafted in the last year. The…Read More…
TWU Urges Action and Opposes Cuts to Railroad Workers’ Social Security, Amtrak and Transit
Posted OnJuly 17, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union is urging members to contact their members of Congress to tell them to oppose the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (LHHS) funding bill, H.R. 9029. TWU International President John Samuelsen recently wrote a letter to the House Appropriations Committee saying proposed funding cuts…Read More…
TWU Veterans Committee Tours Pentagon, Meets a Hero
Posted OnJuly 15, 2024 byThe TWU Veterans Committee was already in the middle of an eventful tour of the Pentagon on July 10, learning about the inner workings of the country’s largest office building, when an unexpected guest appeared. Retired Colonel Gregory D. Gadson, a double-amputee war hero and actor in the movie Battleship, appeared as he was…Read More…
TWU Tech Newsletter: Gutting Jobs to Promote Automation — A Losing Blueprint
Posted OnJuly 3, 2024 byThis is the monthly edition of the Transport Workers Union’s Transportation Technology Newsletter. We aim to inform and educate our members, the labor movement, the public and policymakers about developments in transportation technology – and what the TWU is doing to ensure that new technology doesn’t undermine safety or harm the livelihoods of hard-working blue-collar…Read More…
TWU Express – Summer 2024
Posted OnJuly 1, 2024 byExpress! Express! Read All About It! The Summer edition of The TWU Express magazine is out.Read More…
Future Leaders and Working Women’s Committees Spend the Summer Sharpening Up Skills
Posted OnJune 21, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union’s Future Leaders Organizing Committee and Working Women’s Committee both held meetings this month and the gatherings included critical lessons for budding TWU leaders around the country. The Working Women’s Committee met in Los Angeles, where attendees listened to leaders from Local 591, who hosted the event, about the importance of representing…Read More…