To prevent crippling cuts to public transit – as well as layoffs – hundreds of transit workers rallied at Pennsylvania’s Capitol Building in Harrisburg in May to support Gov. Shapiro’s plan for additional Commonwealth funding. Local 234 President Brian Pollitt, along with other labor leaders, supportive elected officials, and rider advocates, sharply criticized Senate Republicans…
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The Transport Workers Union of America secured a contract extension with a 15.5% pay increase for Flight Dispatchers at PSA Airlines represented by TWU Local 592, helping workers who will be relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina. The 2.5 year extension addresses pay issues to help Flight Dispatchers that will be moving from Dayton, Ohio…
This is the monthly edition of the Transport Workers Union’s Transportation Technology Newsletter. We aim to inform and educate our members, the labor movement, the public and policymakers about developments in transportation technology – and what the TWU is doing to ensure that new technology doesn’t undermine safety or harm the livelihoods of hard-working blue-collar…