Published 19 Oct, 2011 The TWU’s alliance with the Occupy Wall Street movement has been internationally recognized by The Frente Autentico de Trabajadores (FAT) or Authentic Workers’ Front, the most significant independent union federation in Mexico. Download the Spanish letter here. Here is their solidarity statement translated into English: Attn: Transport Workers Union From Mexico,…
Published 01 Mar, 2011 In Gov. Scott Walker’s mean-spirited and controversial attempt to bust public workers unions in Wisconsin, he would also put state and local transit systems at risk—destroying thousands of jobs and stranding riders. Walker is pushing legislation that would strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights, which would result in the…
Published 02 Mar, 2011 Local presidents on the TWU American Airlines Negotiations Committee held a press conference at the Air Transit Division (ATD) office in Hurst, Texas on Thursday, Feb. 24. Collectively they represent more than 22,000 workers in different classifications mired in negotiations with American Airlines that began in late 2007. ATD Director Garry…
Published 03 Mar, 2011 Chanting “Kill the Bill,” an unprecedented number of workers and community members rallied in Ohio as the protests against a bill that would strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights continued to swell. The biggest crowds yet, nearly 20,000, gathered at the Ohio statehouse in Columbus on Tuesday Feb. 22…