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TWU Local 100 and NYC Reach Vision Zero Agreement
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 01 Sep, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 1, 2015 TWU Executive Vice President & Local 100 President John Samuelsen and NYC’s Corporation Council have signed a legal agreement clarifying the intent of a controversial Vision Zero law that has led to the arrest of six Bus Operators. The agreement, Samuelsen said, will protect bus…Read More…
An Historic Journey…
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 17 Aug, 2015 … And TWU’s members, working together across divisions, made it happen. Last week, a cherished artifact from the World Trade Center made its way from New York to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it will be put on display at the KSC fire station. The artifact, a 7-foot-long, nearly one-ton…Read More…
TWU-IAM Association Stand-Alone Contracts Trigger Wage Hikes
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 11 Aug, 2015 In yet another example of the TWU-IAM Association’s combined power and strategically negotiated pre-merger, stand-alone contracts, Association represented Mechanic and Related, Fleet Service and Stores workers will receive top-of-scale wage increases of between approximately three percent to almost 10 percent, depending on work classification and pre-merger carrier employment in mid-September. “When…Read More…
TWU Videos Take Home Unprecedented Six ILCA Awards
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Aug, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2015 TWU is known for its dynamic, impactful video production work, offering our members and the general public an up-close look at the critical work TWU leadership and members do every day, whether it’s out on job sites, performing service in our communities, organizing new members,…Read More…
TWU-IAM Negotiating Committees Continue Reconciliation Process
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 07 Aug, 2015 Mechanic and Related Update: Brothers and Sisters, As we continue to prepare for negotiations, your committee met for two weeks in Chicago from July 26th through August 7th. We continued the reconciliation process and began writing new language in preparations for the upcoming joint contract negotiations. We have made great progress,…Read More…
Transit Legislative Update, July 31, 2015
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 31 Jul, 2015 This week, Congress took two noteworthy actions involving transit: 1) The House and Senate voted to provide a short-term funding patch so that federal surface transportation spending can continue until the fall. 2) The Senate passed the Drive Act, its surface transportation reauthorization bill to establish policy for transit and highways…Read More…
Working Women’s Committee Continues To Flourish
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 31 Jul, 2015 The July meeting of the TWU Working Women’s Committee (WWC) marked another successful commitment of TWU sisters across divisions to share ideas, strategies, stories and power. While each local WWC has taken on a number of important projects ranging from legislative and political action to organizing and training, the International’s WWC…Read More…
Transit Reauthorization Bill Update
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 24 Jul, 2015 Following several days of procedural voting on the surface transportation reauthorization bill, the U.S. Senate voted this week to move forward with their sweeping transportation package. Unfortunately the bill included transit public private partnership language that would make it easier to privatize transit work. We have opposed this bill during negotiations…Read More…
TWU-IAM Association Moves Closer to Joint Contract Negotiations With American
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byTWU-IAM Association Moves Closer to Joint Contract Negotiations With American Published 10 Jul, 2015 The Mechanic & Related/Stores/MCT and Fleet Service TWU-IAM Association Negotiating Committees met for the first time this week at the IAM’s William Winpinsinger Training Center in Hollywood, MD. The Contract Preparation Program was launched by TWU-IAM Association Chair and Vice-Chair, Sito…Read More…
TWU Announces Breakthrough Union Contract for Citi Bike Workers
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 09 Jul, 2015 Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samuelsen today announced that the union has come to terms with the management of NYCBS-Motivate on a first-ever union contract for bikeshare workers in North America. “This is an historic agreement,” Samuelsen said. “It greatly improves the income and benefits of these dedicated workers…Read More…