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TWU Local 100 Scores Groundbreaking Contract Victory
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 18 Apr, 2014 </div></div> <div>In a <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://youtu.be/zort88kMlUk” target=”_blank”>press conference Thursday</a> with New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and MTA CEO Tom Prendergast, <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://www.twulocal100.org/” target=”_blank”>TWU Local 100</a> President and International Executive Vice President John…Read More…
State Conference Springs Into Action to Brighten the Season
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 07 May, 2014 </div> <div>Local members of TWU’s Nevada/Arizona/Colorado State Conference got all hands on deck this Easter to pull off yet another in a series of inspiring community service projects—this time to support abused and at-risk children in the care of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Boulder City, Nevada.</div> <div>St. Jude’s Annual…Read More…
Aggressive TWU Transit Funding Campaign Yields Landslide Victory
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 08 May, 2014 “Tuesday marked a decisive victory for TWU Local 171 and public transit riders in three Michigan communities,” said TWU International President Harry Lombardo. Nearly 14,000 Michiganders turned out at the polls to vote yes on the only item on Tuesday’s special election ballot—the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority’s 0.7-mill tax proposal to…Read More…
Day 1 Recap: 2014 Legislative and COPE Conference
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 May, 2014 </div> <div>TWU’s push in the first full day of the 2014 Legislative and COPE Conference was to educate and train TWU members to be effective lobbyists on Capitol Hill and back in their home districts. </div> <div>Members heard from Ed Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color:…Read More…
Day 2 Recap: 2014 Legislative and COPE Conference
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 May, 2014 At noon, hundreds of TWU members marched arm in arm with our brothers and sisters at the ATU to Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C., calling on Congress to fund mass transit. Those assembled—members of TWU and ATU, riders, public officials, advocates and allies—heard from Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rev. Al…Read More…
Memorial Day Message From TWU President Harry Lombardo
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 26 May, 2014 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today we honor and pay tribute to the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country, as members of America’s armed forces. In Washington, DC — the location of the TWU International union hall — as around our nation, we…Read More…
The Full Story on Local 250-A’s Contract Battle With SFMTA
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 04 Jun, 2014 On Monday, TWU Local 250-A members voted 1,198 to 47 to reject a tentative contract agreement with San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). The local, headed by President Eric Williams, represents over 2,000 SFMTA employees in a range of crafts across the MUNI system. In a press release put out by…Read More…
Annual Transit Division Meeting Strengthens Solidarity
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 30 Jun, 2014 The Transit, Universities, Utilities and Services Division held its annual meeting on June 12 and 13th in Philadelphia. The Division-wide meeting of local officers is a forum for open discussion, strategic planning, and solidarity building for a stronger Division across the country. “We want to make our efforts on the International…Read More…
Ramp Service Agents at Frontier Airlines Vote Union YES for TWU!
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 17 Jul, 2014 At the TWU International union hall in Washington, DC, TWU International leadership welcomes our newest union brothers, part of the TWU organizing team at Frontier Airlines. From left to right: TWU International Executive Vice President John Samuelsen, TWU International President Harry Lombardo, Frontier Airlines Ramp Service Agent Brian Fisher, Southwest Ramp Service…Read More…
[VIDEO] Profits Before People: The New Southwest Airlines
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 by[VIDEO] Profits Before People: The New Southwest Airlines Published 17 Jul, 2014 </div></p> <div> <div>Watch the video on the TWU International’s <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://www.youtube.com/user/transportworker” target=”_blank”>YouTube channel</a> by clicking <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://youtu.be/llnaMWLyZvI” target=”_blank”>here</a>.</div> <div>TWU Local 555 has been…Read More…