Transportation Technology Campaign Newsletter Issue #6 March 14, 2022 If you see or hear about new technologies or services, please send us an email, TransportationTech@twu.org TWU President Samuelsen to Congress: “Overreliance” on Transportation Automation Can Be Deadly TWU President John Samuelsen, testifying in the House on the future of autonomous vehicles, warned members of the Transportation…
Following the release of the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, the statement below can be attributed to TWU International President John Samuelsen. “With this appropriation, Congress is fully funding the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. This long overdue investment in transit, bridges, and highways will create hundreds of thousands of high-quality jobs for transportation workers across…
The TWU celebrates International Working Women’s Day 2022. Mike Quill founded this union on the idea of equality in the workplace for all and we continue his fight for true democracy. Today and every day, let’s #BreaktheBias so we can all equally enjoy the fruits of our labor. TWU members who identify as women, please…
The TWU is running an aggressive campaign to get ahead of technology as it emerges in our transit and other transportation systems. We are deploying multi-faceted strategies – policy & legislation, political action, bargaining, communications and research – predicated on getting the union ready for the onslaught of new technology. Our readiness, at the International…