(HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY) - Mechanics employed at the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in New Jersey have voted overwhelmingly to join the Transport Workers Union (TWU), fulfilling the TWU’s goal of wall-to-wall Industrial Trade Union Organizing.

All Workers at the privately-operated New Jersey Transit Light Rail System are now part of the TWU. Local 229 represents Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Workers and with the successful Union Election behind them, their ranks have grown by 30%. 

The Mechanics at the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail work for North Central Transit Services, a private operator that also oversees TWU-represented Car Cleaners on the Light Rail Line. 

Operators and Maintenance of Way workers at the Light Rail are also part of the TWU, though they work for ACI-Herzog.

TWU International President John Samuelsen: “The TWU knows that ‘Worker Power’ comes from a unified front, all crafts and classes in one big Union. With Mechanics at Hudson-Bergen Light Rail joining the TWU, we now have a unified workforce ready to fight more effectively. (this) successful vote now sets up bargaining for a first contract that will lead to better pay, quality-of-life, and working conditions for New Jersey Transit Mechanics.”

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