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Local 514’s Digest for the week of August 1, 2025

TWU Local 514

             Vice President: Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2025 election for our new board members! I’m confident that this exceptional group of leaders will do a great job representing your interests in all future matters. We have a total of 1330 grievances. The majority of those deal with known crew chief outages and…

Transportation Workers Shut Out of ‘No Tax on Overtime,’ TWU Urges Fix 

The new tax law excludes millions of airline workers, railroad workers, and other transportation-related workers from President Donald Trump’s “no tax on overtime” promise, and the Transport Workers Union is urging congressional leaders to make changes.    TWU International President John Samuelsen is urging lawmakers to correct an unintentional mistake in the law’s language that…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of July 25, 2025

TWU Local 514

President: All, I want to express my gratitude to all those who put their names on the election ballot. Being selected to represent the TWU 514 membership is never just an 8-hour job. Over the years, I’ve heard complaints about not working a particular shift and not covering the grievance office 24/7. We have tried…

Local 514’s Digest for the week of July 18, 2025

TWU Local 514

Vice President: Management should not be assigning people to work. They may direct a crew chief on what needs to be done. If a supervisor or manager is assigning you work please notify a Union representative. Confidentiality: The state of keeping or being kept secret or private.  We deal with many issues. While most of…