Press Releases
RELEASE: Aviation Labor Leaders Applaud Bipartisan Majority Push for Extension of Payroll Support Program
Posted OnJuly 27, 2020 byAviation Labor Leaders Applaud Bipartisan Majority Push for Extension of Payroll Support Program Washington, DC – Leaders of the Air Line Pilots Association, Allied Pilots Association, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, Association of Professional Flight Attendants, Communications Workers of America, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, National Air Traffic Controllers Association,…Read More…
26 Senators Sign onto TWU Letter Urging Significant Support for Public Transit
Posted OnJuly 9, 2020 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 8, 2020 Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org 26 Senators Sign onto TWU Letter Urging Significant Support for Public Transit Safe and clean public transit is essential to our fight against COVID-19 Washington, D.C. – On July 8, 2020, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) led a group of 26 U.S. Senators who sent a…Read More…
Road to Nowhere: PATH Workers at TWU Local 2001 Without a Contract for Nine Years
Posted OnJuly 7, 2020 byMembers rally in Jersey City in January 2020 July 7, 2020 Road to Nowhere PATH Workers at TWU Local 2001 Without a Contract for Nine Years Members at TWU Local 2001 working for PATH have been negotiating a contract for nearly nine years– and with no progress in sight, members are disgusted. The company is…Read More…
The TWU Applauds Passage of $1.5T House Surface Transportation Bill
Posted OnJuly 1, 2020 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2020 Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org The TWU Applauds Passage of $1.5T House Surface Transportation Bill INVEST in America Act provides essential worker protections in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic Washington, D.C. – The Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) applauds the House passage of the Investing in a New…Read More…
RELEASE: Without Extension of CARES Act Payroll Support Program, Mass Layoffs Inevitable
Posted OnJune 25, 2020 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2020 Contact: Denise Romano, dromano@twu.org Without Extension of CARES Act Payroll Support Program, Mass Layoffs Inevitable Washington, DC — In a joint letter to Congressional leadership, the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), along with other leading aviation unions, are calling on lawmakers to extend the Payroll Support…Read More…
TWU Statement on Justice for George Floyd and National Protests
Posted OnJune 1, 2020 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2020 Contact: Denise Romano, dromano@twu.org TWU Statement on Justice for George Floyd and National Protests Transport Workers of America, AFL-CIO (TWU) International Administrative Council members President John Samuelsen, Executive Vice President Alex Garcia, Secretary-Treasurer Jerome Lafragola, Administrative Vice President Mike Mayes and Administrative Vice President Curtis Tate, have issued the…Read More…
The Transport Workers Union Endorses Joe Biden for President
Posted OnMay 7, 2020 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2020 Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org The Transport Workers Union Endorses Joe Biden for President Washington, D.C. – As transportation workers continue to suffer through the ongoing pandemic, we are all reminded of the importance of strong, pro-worker leadership at every level. More than 110 TWU members have died and another…Read More…
TWU to DOT: Save Lives Now! Masks Must Be Required on All Passenger Transportation
Posted OnApril 17, 2020 byApril 17, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TWU to DOT: Save Lives Now! Masks Must Be Required on All Passenger Transportation An international team of medical and scientific experts, as well as the President of the Transport Workers Union of America, today called on U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to require masks for all passengers…Read More…
Columbia University to TWU Local 241: ‘Drop Dead’
Posted OnApril 15, 2020 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2020 Contact: Denise Romano, dromano@twu.org Columbia University to TWU Local 241: ‘Drop Dead’ Ivy League School Provides ‘Bare Minimum’ PPE Work isn’t Covered in TWU Contract NEW YORK, NY – Columbia University is threatening to order about a dozen custodial workers that Transport Workers of America, AFL-CIO (TWU) Local 241…Read More…
America’s Largest Transit Worker Unions Vow “Aggressive Action”
Posted OnApril 3, 2020 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2020 America’s Largest Transit Worker Unions Vow “Aggressive Action” If Transit Systems Don’t Protect Frontline Workers We are not cannon fodder. Dying is no way to make a living. ATU Contact: David Roscow, (202)487-4990 TWU Contact: Pete Donohue, (917)796-8176 WASHINGTON, DC: Two unions representing the overwhelming majority of U.S. transit…Read More…