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Pittsburgh Bikeshare Workers Vote to Join the TWU, America’s Largest Bikeshare Union

10 Mar, 2026

Pittsburgh bikeshare workers with POGOH voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to join the Transport Workers Union of America, the largest union of bikeshare workers nationwide.

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2026 Michael J. Quill Scholarship Applications Are Now Open!

10 Mar, 2026

Applications for the 2026 Michael J. Quill Scholarship are now being accepted. Winners will receive fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members a scholarship worth $4800.00.

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Read the Winter 2025 Express!

10 Mar, 2026

The latest Express is Here. Read how the TWU is pushing to get the overtime tax deduction extended to all members, and updates from all divisions, including regaining firefighter jobs at Cape Canaveral, a new freight rail contract in Pennsylvania, and the ongoing threat from automation.

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Local 234 Rallies for Funding

23 Jul, 2025

To prevent crippling cuts to public transit – as well as layoffs – hundreds of transit workers rallied at Pennsylvania’s Capitol Building in Harrisburg in May to support Gov. Shapiro’s plan for additional Commonwealth funding.

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Local 248 Contract News: Transit Workers in North Carolina Advance on Wages in New Contract

11 Apr, 2025

TWU Local 248 members at the Winston-Salem Transit Authority recently ratified a new three-year contract that provides significant wage increases and keeps intact existing contract language despite a recent change in operators.

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Read the Latest TWU Express Magazine!

11 Apr, 2025

The latest edition of the TWU Express is here. Check it out!

https://www.twu.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/TWU_Xpress_Magazine-Spring-2025w.pdf

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TWU Tech Newsletter: Another Bus Bites the Dust

11 Apr, 2025

This is the monthly edition of the Transport Workers Union’s Transportation Technology Newsletter.

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The TWU Supports the Reintroduction of the PRO Act

The TWU Strongly Endorses the Reintroduction of the PRO Act

11 Apr, 2025

The Transport Workers Union of America strongly supports the introduction of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which strengthens the collective bargaining rights of workers.

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Assaults continue to be a problem on transit systems nationwide.

TWU responds to federal report on the ‘plague’ of assaults

14 Feb, 2025

The Federal Transit Administration on Thursday released an initial analysis of transit agency responses to a General Directive regard