Rail
TWU Members Show Up for Labor Day
Posted OnSeptember 6, 2022 byTWU members showed up for Labor Day this year. TWU Local 591 distributed food to members based at MIA, DFW and LAX. The celebration at MIA also included members from Locals 568 and 570. Giving out food on Labor Day has been a tradition of Local 591 that is now growing to include other Locals. In…Read More…
TWU Escalation Letter to BRC President Johnson
Posted OnAugust 30, 2022 byRailroad Division Director John Feltz sent the following letter to BRC President Ricky Johnson: August 29, 2022 Dear President Johnson, I am in receipt of your response to my letter dated August 19, 2022. Regarding your offer to escalate this issue to the next stage per our 1998 agreement. President Samuelsen has decided to exercise…Read More…
United Rail Unions Coordinated Bargaining Coalition Statement on Presidential Emergency Board
Posted OnJuly 15, 2022 byJuly 15, 2022 The United Rail Unions issue the following statement July 15, 2022 The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition attended the Public Interest Hearings hosted by the members of the National Mediation Board on Tuesday, July 12, 2022…Read More…
United Rail Union Coordinated Bargaining Coalition Update
Posted OnJune 15, 2022 byThe United Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 15, 2022: Following the conclusion of our third week of compulsory mediation conducted by the National Mediation Board (NMB), the Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition pursuant to Section 5…Read More…
PRESS RELEASE: Rail Unions Remain Unified in Effort to Negotiate a Fair Agreement
Posted OnJune 10, 2022 byFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 10, 2022 CONTACT: Jonna Huseman, jhuseman@twu.org The united Rail Unions issue the following statement June 9, 2022: The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their third week of compulsory joint National Mediation Board-mediated…Read More…
United Rail Unions Negotiations Update
Posted OnJune 3, 2022 byThe United Rail Unions issued the following statement on June 2, 2022: The Rail Unions who are bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way/SMART Mechanical Coalition concluded their second week of compulsory joint National Mediation Board-mediated negotiations with the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) yesterday. These joint…Read More…
2022 Scholarship Winners
Posted OnJune 1, 2022 byEstablished in 1969, the Michael J. Quill Scholarship Fund provides 15 scholarships worth $4,800 to college-bound dependents of TWU members. It is paid out every year in the amount of $1,200 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four-year course of study. The money is paid directly to the recipient’s accredited college or…Read More…
The TWU Recognizes Memorial Day
Posted OnMay 27, 2022 byAs union members, we cannot and do not take for granted the freedoms we have as Americans. Today, the Transport Workers Union pauses to honor and remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so that we might be free.Read More…
An Open Letter to the National Mediation Board Members
Posted OnMay 6, 2022 byThe Transport Workers of America and the International Brother of Electrical Workers, once again, call on the National Mediation Board to release us from mediation and issue a proffer of arbitration to move our contract dispute along. After numerous requests to the National Mediation Board that a proffer of arbitration (release from mediation) be issued…Read More…
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition again calls on NMB to proffer arbitration
Posted OnMay 6, 2022 byWhile waiting for a response to our recent request to the National Mediation Board that a proffer of arbitration be issued by the Board to move our contract dispute to the next level, CBC unions participated in two additional days of mediated bargaining sessions with NCCC this week. Once again, the nation’s class 1 rail…Read More…