On August 16, Local 100 celebrated its seventh annual Family Day. Some 1500 Union and family members travelled to Six Flags – Great Adventure in southern New Jersey for a day of fun and festivities.

Four members of the Women’s Committee of TWU Local 100 took a guided tour of the Brooklyn Family Justice Center, which is operated out of the Kings County District Attorney’s office. From left: Catharine Rivera, Anita Clinton, Agnes Wolfford, and Annette Allen.

On June 26, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Save Energy through Public Transportation Act (H.R. 6052). This Act would give needed federal aid to public transportation systems coast to coast. The MTA would receive $237 million.

Senator Clinton has now introduced a Senate version of the bill. Swift passage by the Senate would ensure that America’s public transportation systems keep rolling at a time when fuel costs have more than doubled.

TWU Local 100 strongly supported passage of the House bill. We commend Senator Clinton for her action and call for the Senate to move this legislation in timely fashion.

Senator Clinton’s announcement follows.

Senator Barack Obama has secured the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. This is an important victory for those individuals and organizations, such as the Transport Workers Union, who have supported Obama's candidacy as our best shot to enact policies of fairness and decency toward working people, for real substantive change in America.

Now begins the real fight. It is a battle over whether working Americans will continue to find themselves under the wheels of a corporate driven bus. Working Americans will have their chance in November to pave the way to change. We need to make the most of it.

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For Senator Obama's June 3 speech:
video | transcript | Official campaign website

In consultation with TWU Local 100, Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes has launched an Assault on Transit Workers Program. The D.A.’s Office will deploy special teams of investigators for serious assaults on transit workers, just as it has done for some time in cases of assault on police officers. This heightened official response to assaults should also raise public awareness that assaulting a transit worker is a felony.