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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…
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…
TWU International, Local 100 Secure Hundreds of New Jobs
Posted OnMarch 25, 2025 byTWU Local 100 and the International have secured hundreds of additional jobs for TWU members in the next capital plan. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has committed to hiring 300 additional NYC transit workers to help carry out the critically important state-of-good-repair tasks listed in the 2025-2029 Capital Plan. This is a direct result of Local…Read More…
Victory! Onboard Workers at Brightline Vote to Join the TWU
Posted OnJanuary 14, 2025 byOnboard Attendants and Lead Attendants on the Brightline railroad in Florida voted today, Tuesday, January 14, 2025, to join the Transport Workers Union of America. The National Mediation Board announced the election results in Washington, D.C., after weeks of balloting and an aggressive anti-union campaign by the privately-owned company. Brightline has about 100 Onboard…Read More…
Read the Winter TWU Express!
Posted OnJanuary 10, 2025 byRead the latest edition of the TWU Express magazine here! Final-Winter-2024-TWU_Xpress_Winter-2024v12Read More…
Unemployment and Sick Benefits for Rail Workers to Get a Boost
Posted OnDecember 11, 2024 byBig Win for unemployed, sick, and injured railroad workers that restores benefits unfairly slashed over a decade ago The newly released text of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act includes language that boosts unemployment and sick benefits to eligible railroad workers by 5.7%. Railroad workers who are laid off or sidelined by a long-term illness or…Read More…
Local 234, TWU International Secure Tentative Agreement for Transit Workers in Philadelphia
Posted OnNovember 20, 2024 byTransport Workers Union of America Local 234, working in conjunction with TWU International, secured a one-year contract agreement that provides significant wage increases and safety improvements for Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority transit workers, and does not provide any concessions to SEPTA. “This is a massive win for Bus Operators, Subway Operators, Trolley Operators, Mechanics,…Read More…
An Election Night Victory for Transit Workers in Ohio
Posted OnNovember 8, 2024 byVoters in Columbus, Ohio voted this week to massively expand bus service and install bus rapid transit – a major win for Transport Workers Union Local 208, which represents workers at the Central Ohio Transit Authority, or COTA. TWU Local 208 actively campaigned for the ballot measure, which passed with nearly 57% support, knocking…Read More…
Workers at Weill Cornell Medicine File to Form a Union with the TWU
Posted OnOctober 8, 2024 byThe Transport Workers Union of America is organizing Custodians, Receiving Clerks and Housekeepers at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City after an overwhelming majority of workers filed for union recognition with the National Labor Relations Board this week. TWU International is working in conjunction with TWU Local 241 on the organizing effort. “The TWU is…Read More…