TWU

  • Union, Riders Chase a Better Bus System
    Matthew Cunningham-Cook
    Apr 24 2012 - 4:25pm

    Despite the fact that 2011 saw the highest transit ridership in a half century, many regional and municipal transit authorities are facing huge budget cuts and steep service reductions. But several local coalitions are working to expand transit options.

  • Bankruptcy Returns as a Tool to Crack Unions
    Mischa Gaus
    Mar 5 2012 - 9:44am

    With $4 billion cash in hand, why did American Airlines declare bankruptcy? Corporations are turning to bankruptcy courts not necessarily because they can’t pay their bills—but because they can negotiate with a hammer.

  • Transit Workers Look to Bust the Austerity Box

    Like public sector workers everywhere, New York City’s transit workers face a withering attack on our compensation and our collective organization. The conditions for austerity began long ago, but resistance to these political decisions is possible, though not easy.

  • Public Employees Need the Right To Strike
    John Samuelsen
    Jan 4 2012 - 11:17am

    Both Republican and Democratic governors have bludgeoned public workers into massive cuts. Maybe, while we’re under such a ferocious attack, this is the time for unions to look past the right to bargain and assert the right to strike.

  • Oil Pipeline Fight Roils Unions
    Jenny Brown
    Nov 7 2011 - 10:16am

    U.S. unions are bitterly split on whether an oil pipeline should be built between Canada and Texas. The conflict has hamstrung the Blue-Green Alliance, which unifies union and environmental efforts, as transit unions argue labor must look beyond its own interests.

  • NY Millionaires' Tax Back in Spotlight

    New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo attempted to evict “Occupy Albany” this week from its home base in a state-owned park in the capital, leading activists to dub him “Governor 1 percent.”

  • Unions Rally to Wall Street Occupation
    Penny Lewis
    Sep 30 2011 - 11:18am

    Protesters united under the banner of "We are the 99 percent" have occupied the Wall Street area for two weeks. Now several New York unions are planning rallies in support, taking a stand against runaway corporate power.

  • Compulsory Solidarity in New York’s Transit Union
    Steve Downs
    Nov 10 2010 - 4:40pm

    Members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 in New York voted narrowly to assess themselves $5 a week to pay for medical insurance for laid-off members. But instead of building solidarity, the proposal and has produced a storm of criticism and deepened divisions within the local.

  • As Layoffs Hit, NY Transit Workers Push for $5 Worth of Solidarity

    Sunday would have been Sabrina Greenwood’s five-year employment anniversary in New York’s transit system. But she won’t make it: She’ll be laid off Friday. Her union, Transport Workers Local 100, is trying to soften the blow by funding the laid-off workers’ health care with a special $5-a-week assessment from its 35,000 active members.

  • New York Musters to Fight as Layoffs Sweep Mass Transit

    The recession has hammered transit agencies across the country. Some 700 New York City transit workers—mostly bus operators and station agents—have been laid off since May and another 200–300 may be gone by the end of the summer.