Published 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…
Published 19 May, 2014 M E D I A A D V I S O R Y May 19, 2014 Contact: Jamie Horwitz 202/549-4921 jhdcpr@starpower.net or Amy Shenker 301/412-2616 askpr2011@gmail.com Transport Workers from 40 States Press for Public Transit Funding at Capitol Rally Tues. Infrastructure Funding is About More Than Roads…
Published 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:…
Published 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…