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London Underground Workers Strike Over Plan to Cut 950 Jobs
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 10 Feb, 2014 Last Tuesday, the United Kingdom’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) struck the London Underground, bringing the Tube system to a screeching halt. The 48-hour strike was brought on by management’s refusal to engage in negotiations with the union after announcing a plan to close every single ticket…Read More…
TWU Shows Winning Hand as Vegas Dealers Ratify First Contracts
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 Feb, 2014 Card dealers at three high-end Las Vegas casinos voted by a 13-to-1 margin to ratify their first TWU-negotiated contracts with employer Caesars Entertainment on Tuesday. These are first-time contracts that will set an industry standard. The 1,300 dealers at Bally’s, Paris, and Harrah’s joined TWU Local 721 in back-to-back elections less…Read More…
Dealers at Paris Las Vegas, Bally’s and Harrah’s Approve Contract
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Feb, 2014 By CHRIS SIEROTY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Casino dealers at three of the Strip’s most popular resorts have overwhelmingly approved a multi-year contract with Caesars Entertainment Corp. Dealers at Paris Las Vegas, Bally’s and Harrah’s voted 342 to 27 late Tuesday to approve the five-year deal, which retains grievance procedures, seniority rule…Read More…
President Lombardo Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 Feb, 2014 On Tuesday, TWU International President Harry Lombardo was elected to serve as a Vice President on the AFL-CIO Executive Council at the Federation’s Executive Council Winter Meeting. Composed of union leadership from across the AFL-CIO, the Council marshals the collective force of the American labor movement to support working families. “This…Read More…
General Secretary of the UK’s RMT and Longtime TWU Ally Dies
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 11 Mar, 2014 Bob Crow, the fighting leader of the United Kingdom’s National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), died unexpectedly early on Tuesday morning at the age of 52. This tragedy comes just weeks after Crow led Tube workers in a successful two-day strike over the London Underground’s plan to cut…Read More…
TWU Launches Campaign to Crush Anti-Labor Bills in PA
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 18 Mar, 2014 Out-of-state corporate interests and their allies are going state by state to weaken the middle class by singling out unions and denying our voice on the job. House Bill 1507 and Senate Bill 1034 would prohibit workers from negotiating payroll deductions and silence the voices of middle class Pennsylvanians. The TWU…Read More…
Texas Senator Van de Putte Rides TWU Motorcoach
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 03 Apr, 2014 </div> <div>Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, the union-endorsed Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, took her message of economic and social justice for working families on the road in our union’s famous motorcoach—known as the “TWU bus.”</div> <div>Endorsed by <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);” href=”https://members.twu.org/Legislative/StateConferences.aspx”…Read More…
State Conference Springs Into Action to Brighten the Season
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 07 May, 2014 </div> <div>Local members of TWU’s Nevada/Arizona/Colorado State Conference got all hands on deck this Easter to pull off yet another in a series of inspiring community service projects—this time to support abused and at-risk children in the care of St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Boulder City, Nevada.</div> <div>St. Jude’s Annual…Read More…
Day 1 Recap: 2014 Legislative and COPE Conference
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 19 May, 2014 </div> <div>TWU’s push in the first full day of the 2014 Legislative and COPE Conference was to educate and train TWU members to be effective lobbyists on Capitol Hill and back in their home districts. </div> <div>Members heard from Ed Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s <a style=”color: rgb(44, 92, 119);text-decoration: none;text-transform: none;background-color:…Read More…
Day 2 Recap: 2014 Legislative and COPE Conference
Posted OnOctober 31, 2016 byPublished 20 May, 2014 At noon, hundreds of TWU members marched arm in arm with our brothers and sisters at the ATU to Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C., calling on Congress to fund mass transit. Those assembled—members of TWU and ATU, riders, public officials, advocates and allies—heard from Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rev. Al…Read More…