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TWU Local 100

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  • Opposition wins in TWU Local 100

    An insurgent slate won control of Transport Workers Union Local 100, the 37,000-member union of New York City subway and bus workers. John Samuelsen, heading the opposition Take Back Our Union slate, was elected president, defeating Curtis Tate, the incumbent. TBOU took all four of the top citywide officers, four of the seven vice presidencies, and a majority of the incoming executive board.

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  • ATU bus drivers win two week strike

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    One thousand bus drivers won a two week strike against four private companies that provide para-transit service to the elderly and disabled for the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York City. The strike was led by members of the Drivers Coalition, a rank-and-file caucus that organized to demand better representation in Amalgamated Transport Union Local 1181.

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  • Are all insurgents good? Incumbents all bad?

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    A union staff member writes to AUD:

    "I gladly renew my subscription to UDR. You folks do good work and are a valuable source of information for trade unionists. If I have any criticism, it’s that you always seem to position yourselves behind any insurgent group of caucus, or whoever is challenging incumbents. My experience has been that challengers are often less concerned with democratic unionism than the incumbents! Not all incumbents are bad! Not all challengers are good!"

  • Democracy runs express in NYC Transit election

    As ballots were counted on December 13, under the watchful eyes of both challengers and incumbents, it became clear that the opposition caucus, New Directions, was on its way to a massive victory in the election of officers of Transport Workers Local 100, the union which represents over 33,000 New York City subway and bus workers. Most are public employees on the payroll of the Metropolitan Transit Authority; some work for private bus companies.

  • In the Transit and Transport unions

    Amalgamated Transit Union

    Local 241, Chicago: Never a dull moment in this 6,700-member local of city bus drivers. Lamont Coleman and Marcus Scott continue their campaign to open up the union, for the right of members to free discussion in break rooms, for information on side agreements with management, and for rescheduling membership meetings at a more convenient time for members. Now a second group sought to file charges against the local president, accusing him of agreeing to contract memos without membership approval and of adding his wife to the union payroll to campaign for Obama. According to Coleman, a vote of 75% at a membership meeting is required before charges can be processed for trial. But 75% of what? This turns out to be an odd 75%. Here, he reports, is how it worked out:

Web Links

  • Station Reporter

    "A comprehensive site featuring station-by-station descriptions of subway, light rail, and commuter rail systems."

  • TWU Local 100.com - A web page for the membership

    "to give a voice to the local membership through the use of message posting on boards intended for that purpose. This site does not belong to the Union, it is a membership site that will grow and expand with time and use and as the need dictates..."

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