FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2023 Contact: Jonna Huseman, jhuseman@twu.org TWU Working Women to Lawmakers: Workplace Protections for Nursing Mothers Must Include Flight Crews Washington, DC—More than 60 working women members of the Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, descended on Washington DC this week to call on lawmakers to ensure all nursing mothers—including…
March 24, 2023 TWU as part of the Shop-Craft Coalition has Reached a Tentative Agreement with Amtrak. The unions are providing the following joint announcement: TWU & the Shop-Craft Coalition have reached a Tentative Agreement with Amtrak to settle each Organization’s respective section 6 notices for this round of bargaining. The specific terms of this…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2023 Contact: Jonna Huseman, jhuseman@twu.org The Global Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act Will Close Safety Loopholes, Return Union Jobs to the U.S. WASHINGTON, DC—The Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO—the largest airline union in the United States—has been a leader in the fight to end the unsafe practice of offshoring…
For Immediate Release Contact: Jonna Huseman, jhuseman@twu.org Biden Budget Offers Commonsense Short-Term Flexibility Transit Agencies Need Washington, DC—John Samuelsen, International President of the Transport Workers Union, issues this statement in response to President Biden’s budget proposal: “President Biden’s budget includes an essential policy change that would allow large transit agencies to fill short-term operating shortfalls…