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John Samuelsen
@TwuSamuelsen
Official account, John Samuelsen, International President of the Transport Workers Union, Industrial Trade Unionist, NYC Subway Trackworker 26 +6 = 1 Saoirse 👍
Blue-Collar Brooklyn NY
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Apr 5, 2020
    #Frontline Transport Workers must be protected. When employers don't meet their obligation to protect us, workers must fightback to defend our health and safety. When workers fightback we win!! #CoronavirusPandemic #PPENow #Covid19 @ATUComm
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    TWU
    @transportworker
    Apr 5, 2020
    Transport workers are the circulatory system that delivers essential workers to the #frontlines of the war against #Covid19. We embrace our duty, but government has a reciprocal obligation to protect us with #PPE and all sensible measures to reduce our exposure #PPENow
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    May 30, 2020
    The TWU sued the @NYPDnews in 2011 during Occupy Wall St over efforts to force our Bus Ops to transport arrested protesters. The TWU refused then and is rightfully refusing now. #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Apr 25, 2024
    The position of @transportworker & the position of @TWULocal100 since Occupy Wall Street is we don’t transport arrestees. Aside from the politics in play, it’s dangerous for our members. We transport America’s working people, not protestors exercising “constitutional rights.”
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    David Waldman - @KagroX.bsky.social
    @KagroX
    Oct 3, 2011
    If pharmacists don't have to fill birth control prescriptions, than TWU members don't have to drive protest jail buses nydn.us/nafyIq
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Jul 11, 2021
    .@NYGovCuomo alleging anyone but himself is an extortionist is laughable. Just ask NYS County Executives about the convos tying vaccine distribution to pledges of political support for Cuomo, amid the twin Nursing Home and Sexual Misconduct debacles .@NYSAFLCIO .@CentralLaborNYC
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    Rich Azzopardi
    @RichAzzopardi
    Jul 11, 2021
    My response: "Sameulson is an extortionist who is trying to undo pension reform. We also understand he is a political supporter of Tish James and she says she may run against the governor, and he wants more benefits in his contract. Everyone gets that"
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Mar 12, 2021
    Replying to @muoiod
    There is a technological revolution coming across all transport sectors ,with a huge potential negative impact on public transit workers and service delivery. @AndrewYang speaks powerfully in defense of workers, and understands that people come before profits.
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Jul 2, 2023
    The Transport Workers Union stands with #Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien and UPS workers across America, including my neighborhood delivery man Dominic in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, who busts his ass everyday and deserves a just contract. @TeamsterSOB @transportworker
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    Teamsters
    @Teamsters
    Jul 2, 2023
    In case you missed yesterday's press event on #Teamsters negotiations for a new and historic UPS National Master Agreement, watch below. The aggressive public announcement was convened to deliver a strong message to UPS and elected officials about our historic contract fight. #1u
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Jul 17, 2023
    The 100+ Transport Workers Union Aircraft Dispatchers at UPS are prepared to stand in full solidarity supporting @TeamsterSOB and @Teamsters . UPS planes cannot fly without a dispatch release and @transportworker Dispatchers won’t be crossing a #Teamsters picket line 👊.
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    Teamsters
    @Teamsters
    Jul 17, 2023
    UPS TEAMSTER PRACTICE PICKETS REMAIN RELENTLESS ✊ With just two weeks left before a possible national #strike at UPS, rank-and-file #Teamsters continue to master their picket line readiness. #1u #strikeready #hotlaborsummer
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Dec 1, 2022
    Congress enjoys paid sick leave, yet they see fit to deny that very benefit to freight rail workers. Workers cannot rely on political parties, it is literally always us against everyone else, and today's action by the Senate proves it. @transportworker
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Dec 19, 2024
    Incredible ⁦@NYDailyNews⁩ Front Page today. Many say it’s the best ever. It’s absolutely well deserved. @MTA⁩ CEO Janno Lieber’s SCREWING over ⁦@transportworker⁩ commuter rail workers & repeatedly lying to @GovKathyHochul⁩ about it, was bound to make headlines:
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Jun 8, 2024
    NYers need Tish to run! @TishJames would restore competency and real working class politics to the job. @GovKathyHochul has pissed off every corner of the Democrat’s base, from LIC-Williamsburg’s kale chip crowd, to the trade unions. Tish beats Hochul if she wants it. Easily.
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    Ross Barkan
    @RossBarkan
    Jun 7, 2024
    Tish James struggled to raise money in 2022 when she tried to run against Hochul but you have to imagine she's beginning to think seriously about 2026. She got a boost from the Trump civil trial, has been scandal-free, and is plainly ambitious.
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Aug 27, 2021
    It’s imperative for @GovKathyHochul to quickly oust Larry Schwartz . On every level his presence is detrimental to @MTA, his appointment wasn’t about the public good, it was always only about advancing a sordid political agenda. He’s begrimed the MTA immeasurably, He’s Gotta Go.
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    Erin Durkin
    @erinmdurkin
    Aug 26, 2021
    Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Thursday to rid the MTA of political interference, hinting that Andrew Cuomo's lieutenant Larry Schwartz will soon be ousted from the transit agency’s board. ($) subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2021/0…
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Jan 3, 2023
    Profiteering is a death scourge in passenger transport. It always results in diminishment of safety & service quality in pursuit of 💰. @RMTunion's fightback is inspiring and we're honored that Mick Lynch wears @TWULocal100’s logo hat as he fights for all of us. @transportworker
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    PoliticsJOE
    @PoliticsJOE_UK
    Jan 3, 2023
    Rail companies are failing while making profit, says @RMTunion’s Mick Lynch. “Everybody is making profit and doing well out of the railway apart from railway workers and railway passengers. “It’s perverse.”
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Apr 15, 2021
    The principle which must guide society's implementation of new technology is to ensure a just transition for transport workers. Absent direct safeguards to protect workers, innovation could easily run amok and kill these solid blue collar jobs. @TTDAFLCIO @SenSherrodBrown
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    TWU
    @transportworker
    Apr 15, 2021
    New transportation technology should meet 4 key principles: 1) Transparent planning and reporting 2) The technology should be safe and secure 3) Workers should be involved in planning 4) We need strong privacy and cybersecurity standards @TwuSamuelsen @TTDAFLCIO @SenateBanking
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    John Samuelsen
    @TwuSamuelsen
    Jun 10, 2020
    When cops commit blatant crimes, every “good” cop is far better served by their union calling it out and condemning the criminality, rather than trying to justify it. Trust of the police in working America would grow, and right now there is zero trust in many communities