Rail Division

Workers’ Victory Over Autonomous Vehicles

As autonomous vehicle technology spreads, proposed federal legislation that the TWU helped craft protects the employment of Bus Operators and School Bus Drivers. The Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill, introduced last night, May 17, 2026, sets the first federal guidelines for AV technology as Big Tech looks to expand beyond robotaxis to transit buses, motorcoaches, and school buses.

Scholarship Winners Announced

The Transport Workers Union has conducted its annual scholarship drawing, and 32 winners have been randomly selected for a monetary award, International Executive Vice President Alex Garcia announced today, May 7, 2026.

The winners will receive a combined $112,000 to help pay for college. Recipients of the TWU’s Michael J. Quill scholarship will each get $4,800 over four years of their continuing education, totaling $72,000. Another $40,000 in scholarships is being provided by four sponsors.

The list of winners is here: scholarship info

TWU Activists Takes the Hill

More than 150 TWU activists and officers lobbied on Capitol Hill on May 5 to build support for federal legislation that would benefit union members and their families – including a bill that would allow all overtime earners to pay less in federal income taxes.

This is a top priority for us,” TWU International President John Samuelsen said. “We are laser-focused on the economic security of our members, and this legislation would save working families thousands of dollars a year.”