Former CTAs Become Station Agents Through Direct Promotional Pathway

Last winter, during a New Hire Orientation class for the Stations Department, Vice President Robert Kelley and Division Chair Nicolette A. Browne congratulated a class of newly hired Station Agents. The class included external candidates who had never worked in transit and former Cleaners Transit Authority (CTA) workers repeating the process. However, this group was special because they were the first graduating class of CTAs being promoted directly into Station Agent positions because of the new agreement.

Celebrating the Life of Congressman Charles Rangel

TWU Local 100 celebrates the life of Congressman Charles B. Rangel, who represented New York’s 13th Congressional District for nearly half a century. Charles Rangel, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has passed away at 94. “Losing him hits hard. Rangel never hesitated to make good trouble when working people were at risk. We will miss him as a congressman, but also as a friend of labor who unequivocally understood solidarity and never sat out of a fight.” Said John V. Chiarello, President, TWU Local 100

First Contract at Haddam-Killingworth Brings Raises of 25%

May 23 – A new contract for 60 school bus drivers and monitors in the Haddam-Killingworth school district in Connecticut has brought major improvements for workers.

“They contacted us, asking for representation,” said School Bus Division Chair Gus Moghrabi, who oversees the Union’s school bus operations. Employees at the company, which is run by the massive school bus firm Student Transportation of America, began meeting last April with Director of Organizing Frank McCann and his associate Karla Kozak to discuss what the Union could offer.