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TWU Veterans Committee Tours Pentagon, Meets a Hero
Posted OnJuly 15, 2024 byThe TWU Veterans Committee was already in the middle of an eventful tour of the Pentagon on July 10, learning about the inner workings of the country’s largest office building, when an unexpected guest appeared. Retired Colonel Gregory D. Gadson, a double-amputee war hero and actor in the movie Battleship, appeared as he was…Read More…
TWU Tech Newsletter: Gutting Jobs to Promote Automation — A Losing Blueprint
Posted OnJuly 3, 2024 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…
Future Leaders and Working Women’s Committees Spend the Summer Sharpening Up Skills
Posted OnJune 21, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union’s Future Leaders Organizing Committee and Working Women’s Committee both held meetings this month and the gatherings included critical lessons for budding TWU leaders around the country. The Working Women’s Committee met in Los Angeles, where attendees listened to leaders from Local 591, who hosted the event, about the importance of representing…Read More…
Memo: Public transportation labor considerations in potential DOT/NHTSA AV pilot program
Posted OnJune 18, 2024 byTO: Interested Parties FR: Transport Workers Union of America; Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO DT: 3/8/2024 RE: Public transportation labor considerations in potential DOT/NHTSA AV pilot program As NHTSA and the larger DOT consider immediate actions to reassert federal leadership on autonomous vehicle regulation, we believe that the DOT’s Innovation Principles should govern the development of…Read More…
Kathy Hochul Pauses Congestion Pricing – After TWU Raised Concerns About Blue-Collar New Yorkers
Posted OnJune 10, 2024 byNew York Governor Kathy Hochul abruptly announced an indefinite delay of Congestion Pricing after TWU International President John Samuelsen relentlessly attacked the proposed rollout scheduled to begin at the end of June. Hochul claimed that the $15 toll on drivers entering Manhattan below 60th Street would hurt average New Yorkers. But in repeated print,…Read More…
TWU Statement on Congestion Pricing Debacle
Posted OnJune 7, 2024 byTWU Statement on Congestion Pricing ‘Debacle’ Transport Workers Union International President John Samuelsen issued the following statement after New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced she is delaying congestion pricing in New York City. “This debacle was wholly caused by Governor Kathy Hochul letting MTA Chair Janno Lieber lead her around like a stooge,” Samuelsen said. “Congestion pricing without massive upfront new service increases is a betrayal of blue-collar New Yorkers from…Read More…
ICYMI: John Samuelsen Rips NYC Congestion Pricing Debacle
Posted OnJune 7, 2024 byICYMI: John Samuelsen Rips NYC Congestion Pricing Debacle TWU International President John Samuelsen ripped New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing debacle and was quoted extensively in New York and national media outlets. Some highlights are below. Please contact adaugherty@twu.org or pdonohue@twu.org if interested in interviewing President Samuelsen. Samuelsen, who represents more than 40,000 NYC-area transit workers, resigned in protest from…Read More…
TWU Tech Newsletter: Teslas Are Not the Future for Transit
Posted OnJune 4, 2024 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 Jersey Transit workers ratify new 3-year contract with pay raises and qualify-of-life improvements
Posted OnMay 31, 2024 byTransport Workers Union of America members at Local 2001 working for New Jersey Transit voted to ratify a new three-year contract that includes pay raises and additional time off. The new contract was ratified with 80 percent of votes in favor for the unit representing 180 Car Inspectors, Car Mechanics and Coach Cleaners. The…Read More…
Statement for the Senate Commerce Committee
Posted OnMay 21, 2024 byMay 21, 2024 The Honorable Gary Peters, Chair The Honorable Todd Young, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight, and Ports U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Washington, DC 20510 RE: Hearing on Examining the Roadway Safety Crisis and Highlighting Community Solutions Dear Chair Peters and Ranking Member Young, On behalf of…Read More…