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The Transport Workers Union of America, representing more than 160,000 workers across all transport, utilities & service sectors

Washington, DC TWU.org Joined March 2009

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TWU @transportworker Sep 21, 2025

The TWU fights every day for workgroups both large and small across the country, from 40 workers to 40,000 workers. We will FIGHT with every weapon we have to defend TWU livelihoods. @TwuSamuelsen
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TWU @transportworker 16h

Awesome and quick reaction yesterday afternoon by the professional @NYCferry #Captain and #Deckhands who saved a passenger who jumped off a ferry near the VZ bridge. @NYCMayor should recognize their bravery as should @CityExperiences and the @USCG
Proud of our newest TWU members and future members.

TWU @transportworker 6d

“You can’t walk on to a plane with a gun, it has to be checked with your luggage and stowed away,” TWU Rail Division Director John Feltz said. “So why allow guns in passenger cars on trains where there are also passengers in confined spaces? This is sheer lunacy.” theguardian.com/business/2026/…

www.theguardian.com Amtrak workers’ union denounces plan to let passengers bring guns on trains: ‘Sheer lunacy’ New policy would permit passengers to take firearms to their seats in lockboxes on 1,500 trains a day across the US

TWU @transportworker Nov 4

The TWU's political operation worked tirelessly with our SF locals to fight for transit funding across the Bay Area. TWU International provided matching funds and release staff for get-out-the-vote efforts and it all paid off!

The San Francisco Standard Verified account @sfstandard Nov 4

The bay's public transit will live to see another day. Voters in five Bay Area counties approved Prop RTM, a half-cent sales tax that would fund more than 20 transit agencies, including BART, Muni, and Caltrain.

SF voters also gave an overwhelming thumbs up to Prop H to fund Muni for 15 years.

Read more: sf.news/4eyLtHV

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TWU @transportworker Nov 3

“There is no computer in the world, there’s no AI system in the world, that’s going to evacuate the working people of New York City out of trains when a psycho is on the train blasting shots from a Glock into people’s kneecaps,” @TwuSamuelsen said.

amNewYork™ @amNewYork Nov 2

MTA could plug projected budget holes by taking conductors off more trains, making other reforms: fiscal watchdog report amny.com/news/mta-proje…

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