All out for Dec 3

A special message from TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen about this Saturday’s important Mass Membership Meeting at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.
Union Opens Bargaining; Issues General Demands

NOV. 30 – Updated with video (see left),

NOVEMBER 17 – On Tuesday, TWU Local 100 opened contract negotiations with a powerful presentation to the MTA on behalf of 36,000 members at TA, OA and MTA Bus. Hundreds of union members packed the New York Ballroom as top MTA managers sat in the first row on the left side of the room, facing a podium of TWU Local 100’s top four. In an hour long address, President John Samuelsen framed TWU Local 100’s agenda for the years...

TWU's Joe Sclafani: We don't want Brooklyn Bridge rerun

Via NY1:

The Transport Workers Union didn’t want a repeat of what happened on the Brooklyn Bridge, where some 700 demonstrators had been arrested.

"Two weeks ago, our bus drivers, nearly 20 buses were commandeered by the police department, and they were forced to take prisoners, which is clearly not their job,” said Joe Sclafani of the TWU. “Our drivers are not going to be taking any prisoners. If the police want to use these buses, they’ll use...

Conference Finds Common Ground As Union, Management, Advocates and Economists Meet

On Sept 27 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Local 100 hosted a major conference on revitalizing transit manufacturing in New York. In remarks to conference attendees, which included top execs of the MTA, Congressman Jerry Nadler, and Federal Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari, Local 100 President John Samuelsen said that New York working families – who support the transit...

Councilwoman Comes Out Swinging for Mass Transit

City Councilwoman Letitia James spoke out at Local 100's recent City Hall news conference on funding for mass transit, urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the mass transit "lock box" bill.
"Didn’t You Say…": Making Congress Accountable for What They Have Promised

Joining with our International, TWU Local 100 officers and staff lobbied in Washington to protect and secure transportation funding across America.
My Labor Day Message to You

 

A message to America's working families from AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka.

 

Click here for the America Wants to Work pledge.
Support for Striking Telephone Workers


Forces from Local 100 today joined Verizon workers on their picket lines in the largest private sector strike seen in several years.

The workers, represented by the CWA and IBEW, took to the picket lines when the company folded its arms and refused to budge from a lengthy list of giveback demands.

The issues at play in this strike are not particular to Verizon. They are basic issues of the survival of the middle class. Local 100 President John Samuelsen...

Voices Heard - Flushing

Transit advocates from the Rider Rebellion / Transportation Alternatives interviewed Queens riders and found everyone saying the same thing: these neighborhoods are underserved and need more mass transit service.
Questions and Answers on Occupational Safety and Health with Dave

Dave Newman is an industrial hygienist with the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. We sat down and asked him about some of the occupational hazards of working in transit.