Published 08 Dec, 2014 By Bob Wechsler, TWU Education & Training Coordinator The question inevitably comes up at the membership meeting, “Why can’t we afford it?’ Twenty-five local union officers, most of them Secretary-Treasurers came together at the Maritime Institute in Lithnicum, MD for an intensive 2.5-day training to learn and practice the tools of…
Published 26 Nov, 2014 Brothers and Sisters, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families! Q: What is TWU grateful for? A: Your commitment to our great union, your hard work every day on the job, and everything you do to lift up working men and women! Going to be doing a lot of baking this…
Published 25 Nov, 2014 November 25, 2014 Originally published on MOVEAmerica, the blog of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO By Ed Wytkind, TTD President 188 Members of Congress Urge U.S. DOT to #DenyNAI How strongly do members of Congress feel that Norwegian Air International (NAI)’s application for a foreign air carrier permit should be denied?…
Published 24 Nov, 2014 TTD News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2014 CONTACT: Elizabeth Weinberg elizabethw@ttd.org 202-628-9262 U.S. and European Transport Unions Meet in Washington; Step Up Campaign to Derail NAI Flag of Convenience Plan Joint Declaration Released on Eve of U.S.-EU Joint Committee Meeting Washington, D.C. – Transportation union leaders from the United…