New Flyer Workers Meet with Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su

Last week, IUE-CWA members at the New Flyer bus manufacturing plant in Anniston, Ala., hosted Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for a tour of the facility and a discussion of what their recent organizing victory and contract ratification mean for similar efforts across the South.

“Having the acting Labor Secretary visit New Flyer today was a shock, to say the least. I never would have imagined that our union would attract someone from the federal level. It goes to show that our contract is changing lives, one page at a time! It was a real treat to have someone recognize Anniston New Flyer in such an impactful way,” said IUE-CWA member and New Flyer worker Ryan Masters.

Over the past two years, more than 1,150 New Flyer employees have formed unions with IUE-CWA at facilities in Anniston, Ala.; Shepherdsville, Ky.; and Jamestown, N.Y. They join the 1,200 employees already represented by CWA at New Flyer’s St. Cloud and Crookston, Minn., assembly plants, and together make up the largest union in the public transit bus manufacturing sector in the United States.

“IUE-CWA is grateful for the continued support of acting Labor Secretary Su and the Biden Administration when it comes to creating good, union manufacturing jobs,” said Carl Kennebrew, President of IUE-CWA. “The New Flyer win in Alabama shows that the labor movement is strong in the South, and workers’ feel more empowered than ever to have a voice on the job and get their fair share. This victory also sheds light on the value and importance of commitments from management so that workers can organize without fear, and we hope this helps set the stage for more labor peace agreements in the future.”

Click here to learn more about the impact of the new contract on workers at New Flyer.

 
Last week, IUE-CWA members at the New Flyer bus manufacturing plant in Anniston, Ala., hosted Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su (pictured third from right) for a tour of the facility

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.