May 9, 2011 UPDATE By the TWU Department of Strategic Planning The following report provides details on some of the unlawful attacks on workers’ human rights that are being carried out in various states now. It also identifies the TWU Locals in those states, and discusses our strategic interests in the ways workers and…
Day: May 10, 2011
Local 514 Classification Chart
The Transport Workers Union Local 514 consist of the following title groups. NOTE: The “members total” is as of May 2011 Title # Job Title Members Total 1 Inspector 346 1 Crew Chief Mechanic AMT 337 1 Mechanic AMT 2855 1 Overhaul Support Mechanic 567 1 Crew Chief Part Washer 6 1 Part Washer…
Roger Allen Bogner Tool Box Raffle
At the May 9, 2011 Shop Steward Meeting, packets of tickets will be distributed to all shop stewards for Roger Bogner’s toolbox. Tickets are a $1 each or six (6) for $5 and must be turned in by Friday, June 24th 2011. The drawing will be held at the June 27th, 2011 membership meeting. Roger,…
In Face of Right Wing Assault, TWU Helps Stop Worker Gag Bill in Florida
Workers’ Rights are Human Rights activists in the Sunshine State defeated the most outrageous of the avalanche of anti-union bills pressed by Republican state legislators, SB 830, a Worker Gag law championed by Jeb Bush operative John Thrasher, which would have prohibited union dues money from being used for political purposes without similarly limiting corporate…
TWU Ohio Referendum Drive Surges
On Saturday, May 7, Columbus TWU members hit the streets, setting up shop outside TWU Local 208, where they gathered 250 more signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to VOTE NO on the anti-collective bargaining bill SB 5, and registered 7 more voters. Akron TWU members are planning to duplicate the same success.…
Pennsylvania TWU fights for Jobs, Transit, Education
[youtube YMLEs30EpV0] Scores of TWU members from Pennsylvania joined the noontime rally in Harrisburg, including two busloads of Local 234 members from Philadelphia joined by many other TWU activists who travelled to Harrisburg on their own to hook up with the TWU contingent, wearing Workers Rights are Human Rights t-shirts and carrying signs and banners.…
Threat to Blacks in the Public Sector
By Lee Saunders Reprinted from The Root Posted May 3, 2011 When I was growing up in Cleveland, some of the most respected people in my neighborhood were the folks who worked for the city, county or state. My father was a city bus driver who took great pride in getting people safely to and from…