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Southwest Baggage Handlers to Protest as Airline Receives Award
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 24 Feb, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release February 24, 2015 Contact: Jamie Horwitz, 202.549.4921, jhdcpr@starpower.net or Amy Shenker, 301-412-2616, askpr2011@gmail.com Advisory for Wed., Feb. 25th in Washington, DC Southwest Baggage Handlers to Protest as Airline Receives “Airline…Read More…
Local 100 Members Nominated for Hometown Heroes Awards
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 07 Nov, 2014 A number of heroic MTA/New York City Transit workers among TWU Local 100’s ranks have been nominated for the Daily News Hometown Heroes in Transit awards, which honor exceptional bus and subway workers. Who are these heroes? Among them is a group of fast-moving MTA trackmen who saved the life of…Read More…
Members Make A Big Improvement to Car Shop
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 06 Oct, 2014 REPORT FROM THE LOCAL: TWU Local 2019 members and military veterans Robert Barnes and Dave Cunningham donated flags for each branch of the military — as well as the American flag — to Macedonia Car shop. Local 2019 represents railroad workers of the Carman Craft for Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX…Read More…
Organizing Slam Dunk for Local 100 at Global Contact Services
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 15 Sep, 2014 Five hundred and fifty workers at Global Contact Services’ paratransit operation on Northern Boulevard in Queens, NY voted to join TWU Local 100 this weekend. Our newest union brothers and sisters chose TWU by a landslide margin over two other union contenders in the three-way representation election. The final tally, which…Read More…
Local 550 Wants Some LUV
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 May, 2011 While Southwest Airlines shareholders were inside company headquarters in Dallas, TX on May 18 holding their annual meeting and discussing executive bonuses, members of TWU Local 550, who are dispatchers at Southwest, rallied outside for a new contract that recognizes their years of hard work. A group of Local 550 members…Read More…
Workers Vote “YES” for TWU in First Test of New Workplace Rules
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 28 May, 2015 Jon Bradford is president of Transport Workers (TWU) Local 226, representing some 800 bus drivers and social service workers in New Jersey. The local is about to grow by 100 members, thanks to a successful organizing campaign by bus driver Luis Del Toro and his co-workers who work for Trans-Ed, a…Read More…
2015 Quill Scholarship Recipients Announced
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 28 May, 2015 The idea for the scholarship program began at the 13th Constitutional Convention as a memorial to our first International President and other deceased members of our union. The fund provides 15 college scholarships of $1,200 each, annually renewable for four consecutive years. The scholarship money is paid directly to the college…Read More…