TWU and IAM Agree to Represent the 'New' American Airlines

May 17, 2013
By Neal Tepel

WASHINGTON, DC - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) have announced a partnership to jointly represent nearly 30,000 ground workers at the "new" American Airlines following the merger of American Airlines and US Airways.

Massachusetts Pioneer Valley Bus Drivers Join AFSCME

May 10, 2013
By Neal Tepel

Boston, Massachusetts - Bus drivers and bus monitors of the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative have voted to become part of AFSCME Local 93. After considering several option the 224 workers decided that AFSCME made the most sense for their group.

TWU Local 100 Bids Farewell to Louis Moore

May 2, 2013
By Marc Bussanich

Queens, NY—Transit workers with the Transport Workers Union Local 100 paid their final respects to signal maintainer Louis G. Moore who perished on the job at the 46^th Street Station in Astoria last week. Mr. Moore’s death occurred on the sixth anniversary of another Local 100 member, Danny Boggs, who was killed by an oncoming train at the Columbus Circle station in 2007. Watch Video

Teamsters Concerned Global Aviation May Go Under

April 30, 2013
By Neal Tepel

Washington, DC - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents approximately 340 pilots and flight attendants for Global Aviation’s two airlines World Airways and North American Airlines, are calling on the company’s board of directors to take swift and decisive action in selecting a chief executive officer with a proven track record of turning an airline around.

Railroad Chief to House: Equalize Inter-city Rail Funding

April 26, 2013
By Marc Bussanich

Washington, D.C.—President Barack Obama recently proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for FY 2014 that includes $6.6 billion for repairing and expanding the national rail system and up to $40 billion over a five-year period. But at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, the subcommittee’s chairman told Joseph Szabo, the Federal Railroad Administrator, that the administration’s request was ridiculous. Watch Video

Teamsters Continue Fight Against Dangerous Mexican Trucking Allowed in USA

April 23, 2013
Stephanie West

WASHINGTON, DC –The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is disappointed in the court’s decision upholding the legality of the pilot program to open our borders to unsafe Mexican trucks.