Transit
TWU Members Secure Hiring and Seniority Rights
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 26 Sep, 2011 In a major breakthrough, members of TWU Local 252 have confirmed the right to preferential hiring and union recognition with Veolia Transportation, selected by Nassau County to be the new private-sector contractor for LI Bus routes and operations. “This is a huge victory for union solidarity and workers standing together,” said…Read More…
Don’t X Out Public Transit
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Sep, 2011 On September 20 TWU members rallied on the steps of capitols and in the streets across the country to tell Congress “Don’t X Out Public Transit.” As part of a coalition composed of public transit advocates and allies, such as the Amalgamated Transit Union and the American Public Transportation Association, members…Read More…
Making Congress Accountable for What It Has Promised
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 14 Sep, 2011 </div></p> <p style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”>Members from New York, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, New Jersey, Michigan and California lobbied on Capitol Hill Sept. 13 to show congressional members they are the faces of workers whose livelihoods are in jeopardy, as will be the unemployed, if funding…Read More…
The Count is In: SB 5 Will be on the Ballot
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 21 Jul, 2011 Its official- union busting Senate Bill 5 will be on the ballot in November for the citizens of Ohio to overturn. On July 21 state election officials announced that enough certified petition signatures were submitted to get a referendum. After delivering a semi-truck full of petitions, Ohio Secretary of State Jon…Read More…
Local 525 Hosts Working Women’s Committee Meeting
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Jul, 2011 Over 30 women from TWU Air and Transit Division locals are attending the three-day Working Women’s Committee meeting this week in Cocoa Beach, Florida hosted by TWU Local 525. Participants are discussing issues facing women on the job and working families as well as getting a tour of the Cape Canaveral…Read More…
Proposed Cuts to Transit Bad for the Economy and Jobs
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 11 Jul, 2011 Cutting mass transit by one third is going backwards and not forwards! The “New Direction” that Chairman Mica proposes is a direction in the wrong way. The facts are clear, transit authorities are making serious cuts to service and staffing while ridership is steadily rising. Report after report clearly states that…Read More…
New York Passes Law Protecting Transit Funding
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 28 Jun, 2011 Transit workers and riders scored a victory in New York when the State Legislature passed a bill that prevents funding dedicated to public transit from being raided, which will help prevent fare hikes, service cuts and layoffs, especially at the MTA in New York City. The Transit Funding Lockbox Act passed…Read More…
Where Ohio Needs To Go
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 23 Jun, 2011 </div></p> <p style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”><a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://vimeo.com/25464209″ target=”_blank”>Where Ohio Needs to Go</a> from <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://vimeo.com/twu” target=”_blank”>TWU International</a> on <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”…Read More…
Obama Calls for Passage of Transportation and FAA Bills
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 31 Aug, 2011 An estimated 1 million workers will lose their jobs in one year if Congress does not pass a clean extension for the Surface Transportation and for the Federal Aviation Administration bills said President Obama today during his press conference on America’s infrastructure. Obama, joined by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary of…Read More…
Nine Local 234 Members Reinstated
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 22 Aug, 2011 Nine Local 234 members, who work at the Hyundai-Rotem Co. railcar production facility in Philadelphia, have successfully won back-pay and reinstatement for being discriminated against by management as union members. TWU Local 234 members were victorious on Aug. 10 after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approved a settlement, brought by…Read More…