International Women's Day: A Message from TWU Local 100 President Tony Utano

From the earliest days of TWU Local 100, women transit workers have played a vital role in our City's transit system and in the growth and power of our union.

TWU women and TWU men, in 1941, demonstrated in New York City demanding equal pay for equal work for women subway token clerks.  As the union grew stronger and settled contract after contract, equal pay for equal work became standard in transit, and drew more and more women to our workforce. Today, TWU Local 100 women on all our properties - from the MTA, to School Bus, to Citibike, to Big Bus and our tour bus companies, and to all our private bus operations - stand tall in support of their union and the fight for a secure future for all transit workers.

In 2019, as women across America continue to fight for pay equality and against other injustices in the workplace, let us all get the message out that a union shop is the truest path to economic and job security for women, and for all workers. So on this International Women's Day, I proudly salute our TWU Local 100 sisters.