Transport Workers Union (TWU)

Table of Contents:

• Finance

  • Where do my dues go?

  • What are the different LM Forms?

  • Where can I find more info?

  • What is the Labor-Management Partnership Program?

• What if the union itself is the problem?

  • How to file a complaint with OLMS

• TWU International

  • Constitution

  • Agency-Fee Policy (Dues opt-out / Janus)

  • What is COPE & how does it work?

  • Legislative & COPE Conference Washington D.C.

• TWU Local 100

  • By-Laws

  • Shop Steward Handbook

  • Election Rules

  • Contracts & MOU's

• Disclaimer info

Finance:

Where do my dues go?

Unions like TWU (International & Local) have to file annual expense reports with the US-DOL. There are different forms but the most important one to answer this question is called an LM-2.

The video below is a step by step walkthrough about how to do that from The US-DOL Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)

The picture below is just a screenshot of the main page and some of what can be found there

Contract & MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding)

MOUs generally they're what we're looking at when we see the "new" "contract". 

Simply put, each time there's a "new" "contract" it's actually just an adjustment or addition of the previous one and they list those adjustments or changes in something called a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

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