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Veteran’s Drive Renamed In Honor of Late TWUVC Chair

Published 08 Sep, 2015 The TWU Veterans Committee will once again support Operation Military Embrace’s annual “Operation Free PX” drive, which collects clothing, household items and funds for wounded warriors recovering at San Antonio Military Medical Center in Texas. Each year, TWU locals from around the country donate their time, resources and generous gifts to…

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TWU Local 100 and NYC Reach Vision Zero Agreement

Published 01 Sep, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 1, 2015 TWU Executive Vice President & Local 100 President John Samuelsen and NYC’s Corporation Council have signed a legal agreement clarifying the intent of a controversial Vision Zero law that has led to the arrest of six Bus Operators. The agreement, Samuelsen said, will protect bus…

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An Historic Journey…

Published 17 Aug, 2015 … And TWU’s members, working together across divisions, made it happen. Last week, a cherished artifact from the World Trade Center made its way from New York to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where it will be put on display at the KSC fire station. The artifact, a 7-foot-long, nearly one-ton…

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TWU-IAM Association Stand-Alone Contracts Trigger Wage Hikes

Published 11 Aug, 2015 In yet another example of the TWU-IAM Association’s combined power and strategically negotiated pre-merger, stand-alone contracts, Association represented Mechanic and Related, Fleet Service and Stores workers will receive top-of-scale wage increases of between approximately three percent to almost 10 percent, depending on work classification and pre-merger carrier employment in mid-September. “When…

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