Transportation Technology Campaign Newsletter Issue #8 May 19, 2022 If you see or hear about new technologies or services, please send us an email, TransportationTech@twu.org Human Operators in Public Transit ‘Highly Likely’ Even as Autonomous Vehicle Tech Advances, Carnegie Mellon University Experts Reveal in New Paper This paper is a critical contribution to the evolving…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2022 Contact: Jonna Huseman, jhuseman@twu.org CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 20, 2022) — The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) Rail Labor Unions* are preparing for in-person mediation sessions before the National Mediation Board (NMB) in Washington D.C., May 24-26. The Unions hope this will help to settle their ongoing national contract dispute. After…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 19, 2022 Contact: Jonna Huseman, jhuseman@twu.org Carnegie Mellon University researchers echo what TWU has long said: Human operators must remain onboard transit vehicles as Automation Technologies Advance Washington, DC — The Transport Workers Union of America today is praising new, independent research from Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Traffic21, a transportation…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2022 Contact: Jonna Huseman, jhuseman@twu.org TWU: Corporations should not be given tax breaks for union busting Washington, DC – Today the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act, which would end the practice of allowing corporations to claim tax deductions for funds they spend on union busting, was introduced…