Convention Day 1 – Sept 25th, 2017 Convention Business & Resolutions Speaker: Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas Mayor Credentials Committee Report Rules Committee Report – Covered election process, opportunity to vote slate or individually Honoring TWU Veterans Speaker: Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO Convention Business & Resolutions John Samuelsen, State of the Union Address Fireman 9/11 Presentation,…
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…
The TWU International concluded its annual meeting of the International Executive Council and International Executive Board last week. This critical meeting brings together the TWU International Administrative Council, our union’s Executive Council Vice Presidents, the Executive Council and Board, and our International staff for a wide-ranging discussion of all areas of TWU business. In a…
RESOLUTION 8 Protecting the Airline Industry’s Maintenance Craft Today, U.S. aircraft mechanics are seeing their jobs disappear as work is sent abroad in the midst of the airline industry’s 25-year epidemic of outsourcing to foreign facilities that are not held to the same oversight and safety standards as U.S. stations. This plague on America’s maintenance…
Harry Lombardo International President John Samuelsen Executive Vice President Alex Garcia Secretary-Treasurer John Bland Administrative Vice President Gary Maslanka Administrative Vice President Vice Presidents: Pat Bowden, Charles Cerf, Mike Conigliaro, Dale Danker (514), Sean Doyle, Garry Drummond, Jerome Lafragola, Tom Lenane, Carl Martin, Thom McDaniel, Curtis Tate, Tony Utano, James Whalen