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The TWU Keeps Rolling Forward: Avelo Flight Dispatchers Vote to Join the TWU

  Flight Dispatchers at Avelo Airlines voted Wednesday to join the Transport Workers Union of America, increasing the TWU’s footprint in representation of Flight Dispatchers across the country.     “Our immediate next step is to win that all-important first contract that will significantly improve the quality of life for Avelo Flight Dispatchers and their families,”…

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Read the latest TWU Express Magazine!

The latest edition of the TWU Express is here. Check it out! https://www.twu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TWU_Xpress_Magazine-Spring-2025w.pdf  

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Letter to Sean Duffy on Transit Safety

March 25, 2025 The Honorable Sean Duffy Secretary Department of Transportation Dear Secretary Duffy, On behalf of more than 160,000 members of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), I am writing to follow up on your public comments and letters regarding the poor state of safety in our nation’s transit systems. The TWU has…

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TWU Persistence Pays Off, Amtrak Graduates First Apprentice Class in 31 Years

For years, Rail Division Director John Feltz pressured Amtrak officials to revive a long-shuttered apprentice program that provides critical training to become a Journeyman Carman, only to be told he was “beating a dead horse.”   “My response was, ‘I’ll beat that horse until it comes back to life,’” Feltz said at the first graduation…

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