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Onward Wisconsin

Published 17 Aug, 2011 TWU Workers’ Rights are Human Rights activists from around the country joined forces with other labor unions and allies to help with the get out of the vote efforts leading up to the historical August 9 recall elections in Wisconsin. Members from New York, Ohio and several other states, along with…

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TWU Meets with Japanese Embassy

Published 18 Aug, 2011 A U.S. delegation of labor leaders, led by Transport Workers Union International Administrative Vice President John Conley, met with Japanese government officials at their embassy in Washington, D.C. on August 16th.  The delegation,  comprised of labor leaders representing the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), International…

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Nine Local 234 Members Reinstated

Published 22 Aug, 2011 Nine Local 234 members, who work at the Hyundai-Rotem Co. railcar production facility in Philadelphia, have successfully won back-pay and reinstatement for being discriminated against by management as union members. TWU Local 234 members were victorious on Aug. 10 after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approved a settlement, brought by…

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Next Up: Young Workers’ Summit, Sept. 29-Oct. 2

Published 30 Aug, 2011 Building on the success of the inaugural AFL-CIO Young Workers Summit last year, hundreds of young workers, activists and leaders will come together Sept. 29-Oct. 2 in Minneapolis for the Next Up Young Workers Summit. This Next Up gathering of young workers is part of the AFL-CIO’s long-term outreach to workers…

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