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Transport Workers Union of America

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Type: Organization

Name: Transport Workers Union of America

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

NYC Transit Workers Back Harlem Democrat Robert Jackson For Manhattan Borough President

Manhattan borough president contender Robert Jackson has locked up the backing of Transport Workers Union Local 100. Jackson, who represents Harlem on the City Council, stood out as having "the greatest knowledge and commitment to working with our union," ... [Published New York Daily News - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Robert Jackson, Manhattan, Workers

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Bus strike: Dhaka cut off from Khulna division

KHULNA, Jun 18: Bus services between the capital and 10 southeastern districts of Khulna division remained suspended for the second consecutive day Tuesday as a section of Bangladesh Transport Workers Union went on an indefinite strike to press for their ... [Published Financial Express Bangladesh - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Khulna, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Transport Workers Union of America, Workers, Extortion

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Tropical paradise not safe from shattered bus safety

Queensland’s ongoing bus violence woes have rocked Cairns after a projectile allegedly smashed through both sides of a bus, leaving Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) members scratching their heads about the government's failure to prevent attacks.A TWU statement ... [Published Australasian Bus and Coach - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Transport Workers Union of America, Assault, Transportation

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Ashdod Port workers leader defiant on corruption allegations

Histadrut chairman Ofer Eini will summon the chairman of the Histadrut's Trade Union Division, the chairman of the Transport Workers Union, and the Trade Union Division's legal adviser, for consultations on ... ... [Published Big News Network - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Allegation, Corruption, Workers

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 2 reports

Transport Workers Union of America

Push to bring back subway booths

THE COURIER/Photo by Angy AltamiranoTransport Workers Union Local 100 members and local politicians gathered in front of the Steinway Street subway stop in Astoria to call on the MTA to to bring back station token booths and agents.Like Queens Courie ... [Published Queens Courier - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Transport Workers Union of America, New York Police Department, Crime

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 2 reports

Australian Democrats

NSW Labor plan to vote for new leader

Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon is pushing the model based on a British scheme which would give equal one-third weighting to rank-and-file members, unions and MPs to choose the party's leader. "Quite frankly in NSW, it means the ... [Published NEWS.com.au - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Labor, Tony Sheldon, Australian Democrats, Ian MCDONALD

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 2 reports

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

BRIEF: Teamsters force union vote at US Airways

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has forced a union vote among maintenance workers at US Airways, the future merger partner of American Airlines.The National Mediation Board announced Friday that the approximately 4,000 maintenance workers at ... [Published Individual.com - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, US Airways Group Inc, American Airlines, National Mediation Board

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 5 reports

Pension Plan Helps IAM in Campaign at US Airways

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TheStreet) -- As the Teamsters union seeks to raid mechanics at US Airways , the toughest question the union has to answer concerns the impact that a change could have on the mechanics' pensions.The International Association of Machinists ... [Published Daily Breeze - May 29 2013]

Entities: US Airways Group Inc, Pension Plan, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 2 reports

PWCS workers to strike for 24 hours

Port Waratah Coal Services workers picketed outside the PWCS entry in Carrington on Friday. Picture Max Mason HubersMORE than 200 Port Waratah Coal Services workers will strike for 24 hours from noon on Wednesday.Transport Workers Union branch secretary ... [Published Newcastle Herald - May 28 2013]

Entities: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Workers, Waratah, Coal

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 8 reports

Teamsters seek toehold at American Airlines

DALLAS — The Teamsters union is stepping up its campaign to unseat other unions in the airline industry.Teamsters officials said Tuesday that they filed a petition with a federal labor agency to force an election against the Transport Workers Union to ... [Published Lake County News Sun - May 28 2013]

Entities: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, American Airlines, US Airways Group Inc, Transport Workers Union of America

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 2 reports

Route Changes For Miami-Dade Buses

Bus, Bus Drivers, Buses, Cathy Lewis, MDT, Miami-Dade Bus, Miami-Dade Buses, Miami-Dade Transit, Public Transportation, Transport Workers Union, TransportationMIAMI (CBSMiami) – Those who rely on Miami-Dade buses to get around should be prepared to make ... [Published CBS Miami - May 27 2013]

Entities: Cathy Lewis, Transport Workers Union of America, Miami (Florida, United States), Transportation

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 3 reports

Aussie coal workers walked off the job

More than 200 workers at Australia's Newcastle port, the largest thermal coal export facility in the world, walked off the job this morning as part of an eight hour strike as a long running dispute over new enterprise agreements continue.The Maritime ... [Published Mining.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Coal, Maritime Union of Aus - NSW, Workers

Quotes

...Jackson, who represents Harlem on the CityCity Council, stood out as having "the greatest knowledge and commitment to working with our union" said John Samuelsen, head of

NYC Transit Workers Back Harlem Democrat Robert Jackson For Manhattan Borough President [Published New York Daily News - 15 hours ago]

..."Everyone is going to work during the day, and no one from the industry has been on strike," Negrin said. "Some textile and apparel workers have taken part in some of the demonstrations, but only in the evenings - not during working hours."

ANALYSIS: Turkish textile manufacturing unaffected by unrest [Published WTIN - Jun 18 2013]

...equity burden continues to recede across the country thanks largely to rising home prices," CoreLogic President and CEO Anand Nallathambi said. "We are still far below peak home price levels, but tight supplies in many areas coupled with continued demand for single-family homes should help us close the gap."

Arlington church leases its property on Park Row Drive to growing nondenominational congregation [Published Individual.com - Jun 17 2013]

..."The port has been in the headlines for the past two months," he said. "There are some in the government who are doing everything they can to hand over the port, which is worth billions, to the tycoons, just like they handed over the Eilat Port for peanuts, NIS 100 million. That is what they want to do with the Ashdod Port. This trick will not work at the Ashdod Port, and I won't let it happen."

Ashdod Port workers leader defiant on corruption allegations [Published Globes - Jun 16 2013]

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Move to divert super deluxe buses draws flak [Published New Indian Express - Jun 11 2013]
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Blogs

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NYC Transit Workers Back Harlem Democrat Robert... [Published The Daily Politics - NY Daily News Blogs - 16 hours ago] Manhattan borough president contender Robert Jackson has locked up the backing of Transport Workers Union Local 100. Jackson, who represents Harlem on the City Council, stood out as having "the greatest knowledge and commitment to working with our union," ...
Iranian trade unionist Osanlooo goes into exile [Published Harry's Place - May 15 2013] Back in 2006, I joined a demonstration in front of the Iranian Interests Section in Washington to call for justice for striking bus workers in Tehran and the release of imprisoned union leaders. Those union leaders included Mansour Osanloo, leader ...
Sierra Club brings on new labor director [Published E2-Wire - Apr 12 2013] The Sierra Club has hired Dean Hubbard, former senior counsel for the Transport Workers Union, to be the environmental group’s labor director.“A tireless advocate for workers’ rights and climate justice, Dean’s passion and breadth of experience are sure ...
Labor Pains, Evergreen [Published TAPPED - Apr 09 2013] AP Photo/Nati Harnik “For too long we have allowed some corporations to hold a gun to our heads and demand that we choose jobs, or choose the Earth.” That’s what Terry O’Sullivan, the general president of the Laborers International Union of North ...
Using My Love of”The Platters”To Urge End of Se... [Published The Moderate Voice - Apr 05 2013] One night during the Johnson administration, Ohio Congressman Wayne Hayes was home sleeping. It was around 2:30 AM when the President called. He asked if he had awakened Hays to which he replied, “”no, Mr. President, I was just lying here waiting for ...

Press Releases

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IAM Blasts Teamster Raid at American Airlines [Published EON Transportation - May 28 2013]
IAM Blasts Teamster Raid at American Airlines [Published EON Business - May 28 2013]
NY and NJ Senators Say 'Keep Knives Out of Our ... [Published PR Newswire - May 22 2013]
Flight Attendants Applaud Rep. Markey’s Leaders... [Published Business Wire - May 20 2013]
Transport Workers and Machinist Union to Jointl... [Published EON Transportation - May 14 2013]