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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…
TWU Honors MLK’s Legacy Through Community Service
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 30 Jan, 2014 </div> <div>At TWU’s 1961 Constitutional Convention, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. told our delegates that he drew inspiration in the fight for civil rights from their independence of mind: “I want to say a word about your President, Mike Quill, and some of your other leaders whom I have met. There…Read More…
London Underground Workers Strike Over Plan to Cut 950 Jobs
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Feb, 2014 Last Tuesday, the United Kingdom’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) struck the London Underground, bringing the Tube system to a screeching halt. The 48-hour strike was brought on by management’s refusal to engage in negotiations with the union after announcing a plan to close every single ticket…Read More…
TWU Mourns Bus Operator Killed In the Line of Duty
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 16 Feb, 2014 TWU Local 100 lost a hard-working family man when New York City Transit Bus Operator William Pena, 49, was killed in the line of duty early on the morning of February 12, after a stolen truck slammed into his M-14 Manhattan crosstown bus. Pena was taking his bus across 7th Avenue…Read More…
TWU Shows Winning Hand as Vegas Dealers Ratify First Contracts
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Feb, 2014 Card dealers at three high-end Las Vegas casinos voted by a 13-to-1 margin to ratify their first TWU-negotiated contracts with employer Caesars Entertainment on Tuesday. These are first-time contracts that will set an industry standard. The 1,300 dealers at Bally’s, Paris, and Harrah’s joined TWU Local 721 in back-to-back elections less…Read More…
President Lombardo Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Feb, 2014 On Tuesday, TWU International President Harry Lombardo was elected to serve as a Vice President on the AFL-CIO Executive Council at the Federation’s Executive Council Winter Meeting. Composed of union leadership from across the AFL-CIO, the Council marshals the collective force of the American labor movement to support working families. “This…Read More…
International Leadership Holds Shop Gate at TWU Local 260
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Feb, 2014 TWU International’s top five officers visited members of Local 260 at their shops on Monday, along with Transit Division International Staff. Local 260 represents approximately 2,400 employees of Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority in almost every job title across the public transportation system, from Bus Operators to Welders. International President Harry Lombardo,…Read More…
General Secretary of the UK’s RMT and Longtime TWU Ally Dies
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 11 Mar, 2014 Bob Crow, the fighting leader of the United Kingdom’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), died unexpectedly early on Tuesday morning at the age of 52. This tragedy comes just weeks after Crow led Tube workers in a successful two-day strike over the London Underground’s plan to cut…Read More…
TWU Launches Campaign to Crush Anti-Labor Bills in PA
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 18 Mar, 2014 Out-of-state corporate interests and their allies are going state by state to weaken the middle class by singling out unions and denying our voice on the job. House Bill 1507 and Senate Bill 1034 would prohibit workers from negotiating payroll deductions and silence the voices of middle class Pennsylvanians. The TWU…Read More…
Texas Senator Van de Putte Rides TWU Motorcoach
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Apr, 2014 </div> <div>Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, the union-endorsed Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, took her message of economic and social justice for working families on the road in our union’s famous motorcoach—known as the “TWU bus.”</div> <div>Endorsed by <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”https://www.twu.org…Read More…