New TWU International President John Samuelsen is featured in Forbes Magazine, just days after being sworn in. Check it out!

New Leader of American and Southwest Labor Union Started Out Inspecting New York City Subway Tracks John Samuelsen, a lifelong Brooklyn resident who once inspected subway tracks and eventually became leader of a historic New York City labor union, has been named international president of the Transport Workers Union, which represents nearly 60,000 workers at…

IEC Unanimously Elevates John Samuelsen As 10th International President After Harry Lombardo Announces Retirement

  At the TWU International Executive Council meeting today, Executive Vice President John Samuelsen was elevated to International President after incumbent President Harry Lombardo unexpectedly announced his retirement, effective immediately. Samuelsen is President of TWU’s largest affiliate, Local 100 in New York City, which is also the nation’s biggest transportation local union with 42,000 active…

Bogus Tulsa closing letter

Saturday April 29th I received a text message from Shop Steward Norman Vaughn questioning a letter he got his hands on.  The letter from AA chief test pilot mentioned that the Tulsa base would close in the future.  As we all should do Norman knew it needed verified. I called AA’s Senior Vice President –…