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 infrastructure legislation, deny millions of people access to essential infrastructure, and hurt transportation workers across this country, while providing little in the way of relief for fuel costs. This idea would remove billions of dollars from our nation’s transit systems, highways, and bridges. It is not only a bad idea, it is irresponsible and would be disastrous for the long-term health of our economy. We are strongly urging our elected leaders to join us in opposing any suspension of the gas tax.”
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The TWU represents more than 155,000 members across the airline, railroad, transit, universities, utilities and service sectors