FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2021 Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org TWU Statement on Transportation Secretary Chao’s Resignation Transport Workers Union International President John Samuelsen issued the statement below in response to Transportation Secretary Chao’s resignation: “Our democracy rests on the choices our leaders make to uphold and honor our civil procedures and norms. In the […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2021 Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org The TWU Strongly Condemns Department of Labor Rule Misclassifying Thousands of Union Workers as Independent Contractors In response to the Department of Labor issuing a final rule on independent contractor status, TWU International President John Samuelsen issued the following statement: “The rule issued by Trump’s […]
The TWU has spent the past few months working diligently to ensure today’s stimulus bill was passed. The International has been lobbying the Congress ever since March on direct aid to our sectors to ensure that our members are kept on payrolls. This work culminated in five relief and aid bills totaling nearly $4 trillion […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2020| Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org The TWU Is Encouraged by Stimulus Agreement, Urges Congress to Provide Additional Funding for State and Local Governments TWU issued the following response to the deal reached by Congressional leaders in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: “The TWU worked hard to ensure this package […]
A Railroad Division member saved an injured hawk from PATH train tracks on the E platform heading towards Grove Street during the early morning hours of Friday, December 18. Local 2001 member Kevin Ronan said he was with his inspection partner and fellow TWU member Giuseppe Rosado, walking and inspecting the areas they were assigned […]
On December 18, workers at the MinKwon Center in Queens, NY unanimously ratified their inaugural contract with the TWU, after a year and a half at the bargaining table. “This contract will begin to address years of unclarity and disorganization surrounding job titles, pay raises, and other key workplace conditions. We are excited to join […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2020 Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org TWU Applauds Nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation Following the nomination of Pete Buttigieg to be Transportation Secretary, the following statement should be attributed to Transport Workers Union President John Samuelsen: “Pete Buttigieg is committed to transformational infrastructure investment that creates […]
December 3, 2020 After the merger of American Airlines and US Airways in 2012, the IAM and TWU fought together in solidarity with the singular focus of bargaining the best joint collective bargaining agreement for our members at the new American Airlines. Together, we proved what concession focused AMFA organizers said could not be done, […]
November 15, 2020 Tiny Raider Association Threatens Mechanics at American Airlines A small and poorly-resourced association claimed on Friday that it secured the requisite support among mechanic and related workers at American Airlines to call for a representation election. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (amfa) filed what is known as an application for investigation for […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2020| Contact: Travis Reuther, treuther@twu.org The TWU Congratulates President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris The below statement should be attributed to the Transport Workers Union (TWU) International Administrative Council: Thanks to historic levels of voter turnout, this country is going to get a President in Joe Biden who believes in […]
