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Victory! Onboard Workers at Brightline Vote to Join the TWU
Posted OnJanuary 14, 2025 byOnboard Attendants and Lead Attendants on the Brightline railroad in Florida voted today, Tuesday, January 14, 2025, to join the Transport Workers Union of America. The National Mediation Board announced the election results in Washington, D.C., after weeks of balloting and an aggressive anti-union campaign by the privately-owned company. Brightline has about 100 Onboard…Read More…
Read the Winter TWU Express!
Posted OnJanuary 10, 2025 byRead the latest edition of the TWU Express magazine here! Final-Winter-2024-TWU_Xpress_Winter-2024v12Read More…
Unemployment and Sick Benefits for Rail Workers to Get a Boost
Posted OnDecember 11, 2024 byBig Win for unemployed, sick, and injured railroad workers that restores benefits unfairly slashed over a decade ago The newly released text of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act includes language that boosts unemployment and sick benefits to eligible railroad workers by 5.7%. Railroad workers who are laid off or sidelined by a long-term illness or…Read More…
Local 234, TWU International Secure Tentative Agreement for Transit Workers in Philadelphia
Posted OnNovember 20, 2024 byTransport Workers Union of America Local 234, working in conjunction with TWU International, secured a one-year contract agreement that provides significant wage increases and safety improvements for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority transit workers, and does not provide any concessions to SEPTA. “This is a massive win for Bus Operators, Subway Operators, Trolley Operators, Mechanics,…Read More…
An Election Night Victory for Transit Workers in Ohio
Posted OnNovember 8, 2024 byVoters in Columbus, Ohio voted this week to massively expand bus service and install bus rapid transit – a major win for Transport Workers Union Local 208, which represents workers at the Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA. TWU Local 208 actively campaigned for the ballot measure, which passed with nearly 57% support, knocking…Read More…
Workers at Weill Cornell Medicine File to Form a Union with the TWU
Posted OnOctober 8, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union of America is organizing Custodians, Receiving Clerks and Housekeepers at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City after an overwhelming majority of workers filed for union recognition with the National Labor Relations Board this week. TWU International is working in conjunction with TWU Local 241 on the organizing effort. “The TWU is…Read More…
The Express is Out!
Posted OnSeptember 30, 2024 byRead the latest news and features from The Transport Workers Union: Air, Rail, and TUUS.Read More…
No more secret six-figure bonuses for Amtrak executives
Posted OnSeptember 18, 2024 byA TWU-supported bill that would end Amtrak’s shameful practice of secretly doling out six-figure bonuses without giving the public and elected officials time to object advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives today.
“Amtrak deserves every bit of federal funding it gets to provide safe and reliable transportation,” TWU International President John Samuel said. “It absolutely should not, however, be doling out six-figure bonuses to wealthy executives sitting in comfortable office suites while the actual workers are out there providing service, fixing trains and cleaning coaches all day.”Read More…
TWU Firefighters Fight Staffing Cuts in Washington
Posted OnSeptember 12, 2024 byThe TWU is working with members of Congress in both parties to fix misguided firefighting staffing cuts at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida – and a group of TWU members recently took their concerns to senators to ensure higher staffing levels are included in this year’s National Defense Authorization…Read More…
Brightline Florida Workers File for a Union – Starting the Path for a Voice on the Job
Posted OnAugust 8, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union of America is helping to organize on-board rail workers at Brightline Florida, with an overwhelming majority filing for recognition on Thursday with the National Mediation Board. On-board workers at Brightline are critical for the operations of the nation’s only privately owned intercity passenger railroad and reached out to the TWU…Read More…