Transit
The Count is In: SB 5 Will be on the Ballot
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 21 Jul, 2011 Its official- union busting Senate Bill 5 will be on the ballot in November for the citizens of Ohio to overturn. On July 21 state election officials announced that enough certified petition signatures were submitted to get a referendum. After delivering a semi-truck full of petitions, Ohio Secretary of State Jon…Read More…
Local 525 Hosts Working Women’s Committee Meeting
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Jul, 2011 Over 30 women from TWU Air and Transit Division locals are attending the three-day Working Women’s Committee meeting this week in Cocoa Beach, Florida hosted by TWU Local 525. Participants are discussing issues facing women on the job and working families as well as getting a tour of the Cape Canaveral…Read More…
Proposed Cuts to Transit Bad for the Economy and Jobs
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 11 Jul, 2011 Cutting mass transit by one third is going backwards and not forwards! The “New Direction” that Chairman Mica proposes is a direction in the wrong way. The facts are clear, transit authorities are making serious cuts to service and staffing while ridership is steadily rising. Report after report clearly states that…Read More…
New York Passes Law Protecting Transit Funding
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 28 Jun, 2011 Transit workers and riders scored a victory in New York when the State Legislature passed a bill that prevents funding dedicated to public transit from being raided, which will help prevent fare hikes, service cuts and layoffs, especially at the MTA in New York City. The Transit Funding Lockbox Act passed…Read More…
Where Ohio Needs To Go
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 23 Jun, 2011 </div></p> <p style=”color: rgb(74, 74, 74);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”><a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://vimeo.com/25464209″ target=”_blank”>Where Ohio Needs to Go</a> from <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”http://vimeo.com/twu” target=”_blank”>TWU International</a> on <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);”…Read More…
Obama Calls for Passage of Transportation and FAA Bills
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 31 Aug, 2011 An estimated 1 million workers will lose their jobs in one year if Congress does not pass a clean extension for the Surface Transportation and for the Federal Aviation Administration bills said President Obama today during his press conference on America’s infrastructure. Obama, joined by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Secretary of…Read More…
Nine Local 234 Members Reinstated
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 22 Aug, 2011 Nine Local 234 members, who work at the Hyundai-Rotem Co. railcar production facility in Philadelphia, have successfully won back-pay and reinstatement for being discriminated against by management as union members. TWU Local 234 members were victorious on Aug. 10 after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) approved a settlement, brought by…Read More…
A Conversation on Transportation Equity and Federal Policy
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 31 May, 2011 TWU is joining with fellow unions, community organizations and elected leaders to hold a public discussion on transportation equity in Ohio and the nation. Watch a live stream of the event, Where Ohio Needs to Go: A Statewide Conversation on Transportation Equity & Federal Policy. TWU International Transit Director Carl Martin,…Read More…
TWU Activists in Nevada Raise the Bar
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 24 May, 2011 The TWU Workers’ Rights are Human Rights team in Nevada has raised the activist bar for the rest of the country. To kick off their week, TWU activists in Nevada gave new meaning to “on the ground” organizing, pitching a tent in solidarity with students protesting Draconian public education cuts. Students…Read More…
Report Exposes Low Wages, Safety Issues at Overseas Repair Shops
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 May, 2011 Outsourcing aircraft maintenance to overseas facilities with low pay, little oversight and minimal training is a threat to decent union jobs in the U.S. and a safety concern for the flying public, according to a recent investigative report by KIRO 7 Eyewitness News in Seattle, WA. The report, Third-World Mechanics Paid…Read More…