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 […]
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 […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2020 Contact: Travis Reuther – treuther@twu.org Statement: Public Transit Safety Should Not Be Trusted to Heartless Robots In response to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s decision to suspend service on driverless vehicles in Columbus, OH after a rider was injured when a shuttle abruptly stopped for unknown reasons, the following […]
Motivate Bike Share Worker Chris Reyes was on the job, sitting at the intersection of North Ridge Boulevard and Touhy Avenue when “all of a sudden a van comes speeding along next to me…goes through the intersection and plows into another car.” The car flipped upside down, landing on the roof and trapping three passengers inside. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2019 Contact: Denise Romano, 202-719-3837 Ford GoBike Workers in San Francisco Vote to Join TWU: 60% Said Yes After an intensive organizing effort, Ford GoBike workers in San Francisco voted 60% for representation by the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO (TWU). Ford GoBike workers are employed by Motivate LLC. […]
Published 10 Oct, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 10, 2015 CONTACT: Ori Korin, (202) 374-6103 Victory for TWU: MTA Capital Plan Gets Funded Earlier today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor de Blasio and Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Prendergast announced an agreement on funding for the MTA Capital Program after weeks of vocal pressure […]
Published 28 May, 2015 The idea for the scholarship program began at the 13th Constitutional Convention as a memorial to our first International President and other deceased members of our union. The fund provides 15 college scholarships of $1,200 each, annually renewable for four consecutive years. The scholarship money is paid directly to the college […]
Published 28 May, 2015 Jon Bradford is president of Transport Workers (TWU) Local 226, representing some 800 bus drivers and social service workers in New Jersey. The local is about to grow by 100 members, thanks to a successful organizing campaign by bus driver Luis Del Toro and his co-workers who work for Trans-Ed, a […]
Published 19 May, 2011 While Southwest Airlines shareholders were inside company headquarters in Dallas, TX on May 18 holding their annual meeting and discussing executive bonuses, members of TWU Local 550, who are dispatchers at Southwest, rallied outside for a new contract that recognizes their years of hard work. A group of Local 550 members […]
Published 15 Sep, 2014 Five hundred and fifty workers at Global Contact Services’ paratransit operation on Northern Boulevard in Queens, NY voted to join TWU Local 100 this weekend. Our newest union brothers and sisters chose TWU by a landslide margin over two other union contenders in the three-way representation election. The final tally, which […]
