Transit
Transportation Unions Commit to International Solidarity
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 04 Apr, 2011 On March 31 and April 1, TWU co-hosted an international meeting of delegates from 11 countries on the subject of Veolia, an multinational company that has been rapidly expanding into the transport sector in the U.S. and Canada. The French-based company has been associated with attempts to drive down wages and…Read More…
Transit Leaders Make Connections
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 24 Mar, 2011 TWU leaders representing transit division locals from around the country met with fellow local and national union activists, transportation experts and transit system administrators to discuss the major challenges facing the transportation industry during a period of decreased funding and service cuts, an aging workforce and changing technology. The Transportation Learning…Read More…
Transportation Unions Put Forward Agenda for Jobs and Fairness
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 07 Mar, 2011 Addressing the crisis facing transit systems, ensuring fair union elections for rail and aviation workers, and creating jobs are the top priorities of transportation unions. The Transportation Trades Department (TTD), AFL-CIO Executive Committee, which includes TWU, recently released a policy statement on seven key issues impacting workers in the rail, transit…Read More…
Attack on Collective Bargaining Jeopardizes Transit
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 01 Mar, 2011 In Gov. Scott Walker’s mean-spirited and controversial attempt to bust public workers unions in Wisconsin, he would also put state and local transit systems at risk—destroying thousands of jobs and stranding riders. Walker is pushing legislation that would strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights, which would result in the…Read More…
Bus Drivers Vote to Join TWU
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 24 Oct, 2011 Workers at Lakeland Area Mass Transit District (Citrus Connection) in Lakeland, Fla. and Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 in Pennsylvania will no longer be at will employees following their vote to join TWU locals 525 and 282 respectively. Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 The employees for Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 came out victorious…Read More…
Fleet & Ground Service Workers at AA Reach Tentative Agreement
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byFleet & Ground Service Workers at AA Reach Tentative Agreement Published 26 Oct, 2011 The TWU Fleet Service and Ground Service Bargaining Committee at American Airlines, representing more than 11,000 workers at dozens of locations across the United States, has reached a tentative agreement for a new four-year labor contract. The proposed pact includes a…Read More…
Local 100 Takes a Stand
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 22 Dec, 2011 On Thursday, Local 100 members, along with its transit allies and other union members, took a stand against New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) recently proposed contract demanding cutbacks and concessions. As the night sky fell over them, members lit up 2 Broadway outside the NYCT Headquarters as they stood along…Read More…
Local 252 Members Ratify New Contract
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 12 Jan, 2012 TWU Local 252 members overwhelming voted to ratify a new contract with Veolia Transportation Inc., the company responsible for the new Nassau Inter County Express (NICE) bus system in Nassau County as of January 1. The contract was ratified by a tally of 400 “Yes” votes 29 “No” votes by fixed…Read More…
TWU Members Lobby Against HR7
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 16 Feb, 2012 TWU members from the Rail and Transit divisions joined forces with other Amtrak workers and their brothers and sisters from UNITE HERE and TCU Feb. 13-15 on Capitol Hill to have their voices heard against the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act (HR7) that would eliminate all dedicated funding for public…Read More…
Local 250-A Files Legal Challenge to Undo Imposed Contract
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 25 Feb, 2012 This week TWU Local 250-A filed a petition in the California Superior Court to have last year’s arbitrator’s decision, that imposed a contract on Muni Operators, overturned. The filing is against the numerous violations of law and procedure, such as how the makeup of the Mediation/Arbitration Board violated provisions of the…Read More…