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2026 Michael J. Quill Scholarship Applications Are Now Open!

Applications for the 2026 Michael J. Quill Scholarship are now being accepted. Winners will receive fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members a scholarship worth $4800.00. This scholarship will be paid out each year in the amount of $1200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year college course. The scholarship application…

TWU Gives Back

The TWU honored Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today through action: packaging and delivering boxes of supplies for the homeless in Miami.

Community service is important,” TWU International Administrative Vice President Curtis Tate said.  “As Dr King said, it’s about service. It’s about giving back. It’s about uplifting each other. And at the TWU, we strongly believe in that.”

Read the Winter 2025 Express!

The latest Express is here.

Read how the TWU is pushing to get the overtime tax deduction extended to all members, along with updates from all divisions, including how the TWU regained firefighter jobs at Cape Canaveral and a new freight rail contract in Pennsylvania. Also, the deployment of a self-driving bus at a Texas bus depot highlights the job threat posed by increasing automation.

TWU Calls out Abuse of Power in NYC

The Transport Workers Union is calling for an investigation into NYC Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro for his role in awarding a no-bid contract to a veterinarian who has ties to anti-horse carriage advocates and a very questionable financial track record. The Department of Investigations and the Conflict-of-Interest Board should start a probe, if they haven’t already, the TWU says.