Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 Michael J. Quill Scholarship Fund. This scholarship will offer fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members a scholarship worth $4,800.00. This scholarship will be paid out, each year in the amount of $1,200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year course. We…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2022 Contact: Denise Romano, dromano@twu.org Rail Labor’s Largest Coalition Reaches Dead End on Path to Voluntary Agreement The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) has released the following statement: “After more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class 1 railroads, discussions completely stalled last week. Accordingly, pursuant to the terms and…
TWU Founding President Mike Quill and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were allies during a time of great societal upheaval. King spoke at the TWU’s Constitutional Convention in 1961. Over six decades later, the TWU carries on King’s legacy by defending the livelihoods of working people, preserving our foundation of maintaining equality in the…
International President Emeritus Sonny Hall (center) at the TWU Constitutional Convention in 1997 Harold “Sonny” Hall, former President of TWU Local 100 and the International Union – and one of TWU’s most memorable and charismatic leaders – has died at the age of 89. According to his niece, Patricia, Sonny had been…