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Union Plus Updates May 2025
Posted OnMay 5, 2025 bySpecial Offers Union Plus Explore 2025 – “Explore Iconic American Cities” Sweepstakes The second Explore 2025 sweepstakes is running May 6 through June 6. “Explore Iconic American Cities” will award a $5,000 cash prize AND a 3-night stay at Hotel Rumbao in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cash Back Shopping – Mother’s Day Bonus It’s easier and more enticing than ever…Read More…
PSA Flight Dispatchers Win Big Raises
Posted OnApril 29, 2025 byThe Transport Workers Union of America secured a contract extension with a 15.5% pay increase for Flight Dispatchers at PSA Airlines represented by TWU Local 592, helping workers who will be relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2.5 year extension addresses pay issues to help Flight Dispatchers that will be moving from Dayton, Ohio…Read More…
TWU Tech Newsletter: A Rapid AV Expansion is Coming. Be Prepared for Chaos
Posted OnApril 14, 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…
Transit Workers in North Carolina Advance on Wages in New Contract
Posted OnApril 11, 2025 byTWU Local 248 members at the Winston-Salem Transit Authority recently ratified a new three-year contract that provides significant wage increases and keeps intact existing contract language despite a recent change in operators. Fixed Route Bus Operators in their first year on the job will see a wage increase over 25 percent over the life of…Read More…
The TWU Keeps Rolling Forward: Avelo Flight Dispatchers Vote to Join the TWU
Posted OnApril 9, 2025 byFlight Dispatchers at Avelo Airlines voted Wednesday to join the Transport Workers Union of America, increasing the TWU’s footprint in representation of Flight Dispatchers across the country. “Our immediate next step is to win that all-important first contract that will significantly improve the quality of life for Avelo Flight Dispatchers and their families,”…Read More…
Read the latest TWU Express Magazine!
Posted OnApril 4, 2025 byThe latest edition of the TWU Express is here. Check it out! https://www.twu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TWU_Xpress_Magazine-Spring-2025w.pdf Read More…
Letter to Sean Duffy on Transit Safety
Posted OnApril 4, 2025 byMarch 25, 2025 The Honorable Sean Duffy Secretary Department of Transportation Dear Secretary Duffy, On behalf of more than 160,000 members of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), I am writing to follow up on your public comments and letters regarding the poor state of safety in our nation’s transit systems. The TWU has…Read More…
TWU Persistence Pays Off, Amtrak Graduates First Apprentice Class in 31 Years
Posted OnMarch 31, 2025 byFor years, Rail Division Director John Feltz pressured Amtrak officials to revive a long-shuttered apprentice program that provides critical training to become a Journeyman Carman, only to be told he was “beating a dead horse.” “My response was, ‘I’ll beat that horse until it comes back to life,’” Feltz said at the first graduation…Read More…
Delta Shuttle Bus Drivers Vote to Join the TWU
Posted OnMarch 27, 2025 byApproximately 100 Bus Operators and Bus Supervisors employed by a 3rd party vendor ERMC-UNIFI voted Wednesday night to join the Transport Workers Union of America so they can improve their substandard working conditions and wages. The Bus Operators and Bus Supervisors are based at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City and…Read More…
TWU Letter of Support for Marc Molinaro
Posted OnMarch 25, 2025 byMarch 24, 2025 The Honorable Tim Scott Chair U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs The Honorable Elizabeth Warren Ranking Member U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Dear Chair Scott and Ranking Member Warren, On behalf of more than 160,000 members of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), I…Read More…