Negotiations
TWU International, Local 234, Team Up for Victory in Philadelphia
Posted OnDecember 18, 2025 byTWU International President John Samuelsen, Administrative Vice President Curtis Tate, and Local 234 leaders discuss potential strike action. Local 234, which has a strong history of fighting back against SEPTA management, teamed up with TWU International to secure a new contract after coming within hours of striking. The might and full force of the International was behind…Read More…
TWU Flight Attendants at FSI Overwhelmingly Ratify a New Five-Year Contract
Posted OnDecember 16, 2025 byFlight Attendants at TWU Local 578 ratified a new five-year contract on Monday with over 96 percent voting in favor of a deal that increases wages and provides critical quality-of-life gains. “Flight Attendants at TWU Local 578 voted massively to ratify a new contract that immediately offers life-changing raises, approaching 50 percent over five years,” said TWU International President John Samuelsen….Read More…
Akron Metro CEO Quietly Rakes in Big Pay Bonuses While Workers Get Nothing
Posted OnDecember 10, 2025 byThe Transport Workers Union is blasting Akron Metro leaders and warning of a potential strike, partly because of secretive pay bonuses totaling around $72,000 given to Metro CEO Dawn Distler while workers have been denied raises. Akron Metro Bus Operators and other workers, represented by Transport Workers Union Local 1, haven’t had a raise…Read More…
TWU Tech Newsletter: Two Person Crews on NYC Trains are Going Nowhere
Posted OnNovember 24, 2025 byThis is the monthly edition of the Transport Workers Union’s Transportation Technology Newsletter. We aim to inform and educate our members, the labor movement, the public and policymakers about developments in transportation technology – and what the TWU is doing to ensure that new technology doesn’t undermine safety or harm the livelihoods of hard-working blue-collar…Read More…
New TWU Contract for Union Tank Car Workers Provides Gains on Wages, Health Insurance, and Time Off
Posted OnNovember 7, 2025 byWorkers at Union Tank Car in Altoona, Pennsylvania overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract that provides retroactive pay increases and a nine percent raise through August of 2027. The TWU Rail Division and Local 2017 officers negotiated the contract with Union Tank Car Company. In addition to three percent raises each August, the contract increases shift differential pay for second and third…Read More…
TWU Tech Newsletter: TWU, SAG-AFTRA Join Forces on Tech Issues
Posted OnOctober 21, 2025 byThis is the monthly edition of the Transport Workers Union’s Transportation Technology Newsletter. We aim to inform and educate our members, the labor movement, the public and policymakers about developments in transportation technology – and what the TWU is doing to ensure that new technology doesn’t undermine safety or harm the livelihoods of hard-working blue-collar…Read More…
Airport Workers at Westchester County Airport Overwhelmingly Vote to Join the TWU
Posted OnSeptember 23, 2025 byFed up with intentionally low staffing levels and forced overtime shifts, workers at Westchester County Airport voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to join the Transport Workers Union of America, the largest airport workers union in the country. Ramp and Senior Ramp Agents at the county-owned airport have been forced to work at least one and sometimes two…Read More…
Fort Bend Transit Operators, Facing Appalling Working Conditions, Vote to Join the TWU
Posted OnSeptember 5, 2025 byBus and Van Operators working for Fort Bend Transit in Rosenberg, Texas overwhelmingly voted to join the Transport Workers Union of America on Friday – sending a strong message to the operator Transdev that a complete lack of respect for workers is unacceptable. “Transdev forces drivers to work without proper bathroom breaks, disciplines and fires…Read More…
Breeze Airways Flight Dispatchers Overwhelmingly Vote to Join the TWU
Posted OnSeptember 2, 2025 byFlight Dispatchers at Breeze Airways voted Tuesday to join the Transport Workers Union of America – the latest group of workers to join America’s largest airline workers union. “The TWU is continuing to grow across the country as airline workers see the benefit of joining a fighting union,” said TWU International President John Samuelsen. “The…Read More…
A Call to Arms is Coming
Posted OnJuly 26, 2025 byInternational President John Samuelsen and Local 100 President John Chiarello told transit workers in NYC that a contract fight is brewing with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Samuelsen and Chiarello addressed a large group of Local 100 members at the Quill Depot in Manhattan, named after The TWU’s founder and legendary labor leader Michael QuillRead More…