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Press Release: TWU Says, ‘No’ to Suspending the Gas Tax

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2022 Contact: Denise Romano, dromano@twu.org TWU Says, ‘No’ to Suspending the Gas Tax The following statement can be attributed to TWU International President John Samuelsen: “The TWU is unequivocally opposed to playing politics with our jobs and our transportation infrastructure. Suspending the gas tax would severely undermine the recently-enacted historic…

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Transportation Technology Campaign Newsletter Issue #5

Transportation Technology Campaign Newsletter Issue #5 February 17, 2022 If you see or hear about new technologies or services, please send us an email, TransportationTech@twu.org TWU President Samuelsen Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Automated Vehicles TWU International John Samuelsen testified before the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and urged passage of federal legislation that…

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JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Unions Call for More Federal Action to Protect Airline Passenger Service Agents from Assault

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10, 2022 CONTACTS: Biruk Assefa (CWA) | Bassefa@cwa-union.org; Jonathan Battaglia (IAMAW) | jbattaglia@iamaw.org; Matthew McQuaid (IBT) | MMcQuaid@teamster.org; Denise Romano (TWU) | dromano@twu.org; Samantha Brown (TTD) | samanthab@ttd.org  Unions Call for More Federal Action to Protect Airline Passenger Service Agents from Assault Multiple Unions Ask the White House and Other Administration…

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Press Release: White House Report Highlights Urgent Actions Needed to Empower Workers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2022 Contact: Denise Romano, dromano@twu.org White House Report Highlights Urgent Actions Needed to Empower Workers Today, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment released its report on the most immediate actions the federal government can take to increase union membership across the country. TWU President John Samuelsen…

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