Tonight, International President John Costa hosted a virtual town hall for our Local President/Business Agents in the U.S. to acknowledge and strategize around the landscape of the first month of the Trump administration and the impact on our members and industry. The town hall covered our legislative priorities and the importance of collective political action. Costa stressed that solidarity is the best way to survive.
“The future is uncertain, these are challenging times. I always say we hope for the best and prepare for the worst. We have to organize. We have to mobilize. This is not going to be won in the courts, we are going to have to fight back in the streets. We need to convince elected officials that transportation is critical to our communities. The Labor movement needs to fight together. Solidarity has always gotten us through hard times,” said Costa.