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TWU Local 577 Reaches Tentative Agreement with Allegiant Airlines 

TWU Local 577, representing 1,700 Flight Attendants working for Allegiant Airlines, announced a tentative agreement today on a five-year contract that would provide wage increases ranging from 20 to 41.2 percent for members on the date of ratification. The tentative agreement is a product of negotiations that began in August of 2022 and would be…

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TWU Celebrates Women’s History Month With a Look Back

In honor of Women’s History Month, we dove deep into the TWU archives. In those archives we found not just TWU history but history about our TWU Women in the workforce. In light of those findings we would like to take a moment to honor those women. Dorothea Williams, TA railroad clerk from Local 100,…

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Workers Over Robots: TWU’s Technology Push Gets National and International Press

After the Transport Workers Union announced it secured first-of-its-kind contract language to give labor veto power over the deployment of autonomous vehicles, the national media is taking note.   Politico first covered the announcement of contract language with the Central Ohio Transit Authority that prevents the agency from laying off Bus Operators or Mechanics or…

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Barnard College Faces Calls for Change After TWU Highlights Hijab Incident

After months of inaction, a letter from TWU International President John Samuelsen and Local 264 President Joseph Rose calling out the conduct of a Barnard College’s associate director for campus security is generating action.   Last week, Samuelsen and Rose wrote to Barnard President Laura Rosenbury saying that Assistant Director of Community Service Rosemarie Ronde made…

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