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Local 229 Trumps Anti-Union Tactics with Back-to-Back Election Wins
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 22 Nov, 2013 Thursday night, 20 Rail Car Cleaners employed by Harvard Services Group voted to join TWU Local 229 in Hoboken, NJ. The win marks the Local’s second representation election victory this month, coming on the heels of a yes vote from 47 Car Mechanics at ALL-TECH, also a subcontractor for Hudson-Bergen Light…Read More…
Augusta Public Transit Workers Vote YES in Representation Election
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Dec, 2013 In Georgia, Local 527 won an election to represent 53 employees of the Augusta Public Transit system in a landslide 30 to 9 vote on September 26. These new TWU members are Bus Operators, Bus Paratransit, Laborers, Mechanics, Customer Service Clerks, and Parts Clerks. “A Bus Operator named Alicia Waters, who…Read More…
Local 525 Takes Bus Company From Zero to Union Hero
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Dec, 2013 </div> <div>Citrus Connection is a small privately owned bus company that services commuter routes in Central Florida. For years, bosses at the company did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted: Employees were terminated at will, put on suspension and not contacted for months, and had no avenue to come back to…Read More…
Caesars Entertainment Loses a Bet to Local 721
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Dec, 2013 “Caesars Entertainment is a company that never stops wanting to take from the workforce,” said Gaming Division Director Joe Carbon, who in the last seven months organized 1,150 workers at three Caesars-owned casinos. “They’ve got their bean counters that never stop. Any little thing they can take from workers—some of your…Read More…
On the Ramps, Top Officers Talk About TWU’s New Direction
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 17 Dec, 2013 On December 11, TWU International President Harry Lombardo and International Secretary-Treasurer Alex Garcia went to Miami International Airport to talk face-to-face with members in the ATD, speaking at membership meetings and answering members’ questions in break rooms and at gate houses on the ramp. “For the first time, you have top…Read More…
Vets Committee Makes It a Merry Christmas for Wounded Soldiers
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Dec, 2013 </div> <div>On December 8 and 9, the TWU ATD Veterans Committee co-led the distribution of hundreds upon hundreds of holiday gifts and necessities to wounded soldiers and their families at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. Working in conjunction with Operation Military Embrace, a Texas-based military support organization, the…Read More…
President Lombardo Tells Politicians: No More Free Rides From TWU
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Dec, 2013 </div> <div>At Local 100’s annual Mass Membership Meeting on December 14, TWU International President Harry Lombardo delivered a rousing call to action to the assembled crowd of hundreds—preaching renewed unity and an end to TWU’s support for politicians who don’t deliver. “We need to stop hurting and fighting one another and…Read More…
Flight Attendants Lobby Congress to Fund the Flight 93 Memorial
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Dec, 2013 </div> <div>TWU Local 556 President Audrey Stone co-led a cross-union coalition of flight attendants in a radical campaign to secure funding for the as-of-yet unfinished Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.</div> <div>On September 10, 2013, flight attendants from Local 556 in coordination with union brothers and sisters from IAMAW, AFA-CWA,…Read More…
TWU Locals Serve 4,000 at Ohio Community Food Drive
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Jan, 2014 </div> <div>Members of TWU Local 208 and Local 212 served over 4,000 union families at this December’s annual food drive at St. Stephen’s Community House in Columbus, OH. “It rained the whole day,” said Local 208 President Ron Dreyfus. “But we were doing something good. I know I didn’t even feel…Read More…
TWU State Conferences Work to Build Grassroots Movements
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Jan, 2014 </div> <p style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>TWU State Conferences are the powerhouses where we supercharge our vision, know-how, and coordination. These meetings of local leadership provide a forum for our locals to pool resources, strategize, and grow a dedicated network of activists to confront regional challenges….Read More…