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Bus Drivers Vote to Join TWU

Published 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…

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Wisconsin AFL-CIO Extends Their Appreciation

Published 28 Sep, 2011 Recently, the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, on behalf of the 250,000 union brothers and sisters in Wisconsin, sent a letter to TWU extending their appreciation for our support against the attacks on Wisconsin workers. You can see the letter here. As these attacks go on in Wisconsin and around the nation against…

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Mexican Union Federation Sends Message of Solidarity to TWU

Published 19 Oct, 2011 The TWU’s alliance with the Occupy Wall Street movement has been internationally recognized by The Frente Autentico de Trabajadores (FAT) or Authentic Workers’ Front, the most significant independent union federation in Mexico. Download the Spanish letter here. Here is their solidarity statement translated into English: Attn: Transport Workers Union From Mexico,…

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Attack on Collective Bargaining Jeopardizes Transit

Published 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…

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