Published 28 Apr, 2011 Across the country on April 28, Workers Memorial Day, people will remember the workers who have lost their lives on the job at rallies, vigils, worksites, and houses of worship while demanding safe workplaces where people can go to work every morning knowing they will return home safe and sound. Each…Read More…

Published 27 Apr, 2011 On May 1, international workers day, TWU members wearing “Imagine No Workers” buttons will take to the streets of major cities nationwide to remind people that they rely on workers to drive their buses, fix their planes and keep the rails safe. The mobilization will kick off a month of national…Read More…

Published 13 Apr, 2011 Bustling midtown Manhattan was met with chants of “It’s Our Terminal, It’s Our Work” and a giant inflatable rat as hundreds of TWU members rallied outside of Qatar Airways U.S. headquarters on April 12 to protest the airline not using TWU Local 501 members when it begins operations at JFK International…Read More…

Published 13 Apr, 2011 Seventy-seven years ago, TWU was founded on April 13, 1934 in the midst of the Great Depression when transit workers stood up to exploitation and demanded their rights. New York City transit workers had tried to unionize before, but the powerful transit companies squashed four major strikes between 1905 and 1919….Read More…

Published 12 Apr, 2011 Tens of thousands of Ohioans, including a large contingent of TWU supporters, turned out Saturday to kick off the referendum drive against SB5, the anti-middle class bill signed by Ohio Governor John Kasich. The media reported that the April 9 demonstration was the largest Ohio rally yet. People are more determined…Read More…

Published 08 Apr, 2011 TWU members were key players in the nationwide mobilization of over a million workers, students and community members that produced at least 1,200 activities around the country on April 4th.  It was a message to the rich and a sign of things to come. It was the beginning, not the end….Read More…

Published 07 Apr, 2011 Op/ED article by James C. Little, TWU International President, from the Miami Herald You need a scorecard to keep track of the dizzying number of anti-worker bills in the agendas of Gov. Rick Scott and statehouse Republicans. The goal is to weaken the voice of ordinary Florida families while strengthening the…Read More…

Published 07 Apr, 2011 We are in a fight for the soul of our workplaces and our democracy, Wisconsin State Senator Mark Miller told the TWU COPE Legislative Conference in a video address that began the third day of the conference on April 6.  “As we organize together side by side to take back our…Read More…

Published 06 Apr, 2011 On April 4, thousands of TWU members carried on Dr. King’s legacy of fighting for workers’ rights as human rights in actions in California, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Virginia, Tennessee, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, DC. Over 100…Read More…

Published 09 Nov, 2011 The House is recessed this week, and the Senate is expected to vote on the veterans’ component of the American Jobs Act, after failing to pass the infrastructure piece last week. Senate committees are meeting, including a hearing on the TSA reauthorization in the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, a review…Read More…