Bio — John Samuelsen, International President, Transport Workers Union

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A biographical page for John Samuelsen, International President of the Transport Workers Union (TWU), stating that TWU represents over 150,000 members across the airline, railroad, transit, universities, utilities, and services sectors. It states that Samuelsen served as Executive Vice President before being sworn in as TWU's 10th International President in May 2017 and is the former President of TWU Local 100 in New York City. It describes his hiring by the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) in 1993, his work as chair of the Track Safety Committee and Track Division from 2001 to 2006, and his election as President of Local 100 in December 2009 and reelection in 2012 and 2015.

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John Samuelsen
International President
Transport Workers Union



TWU International President John Samuelsen represents over 150,000 members across the airline,
railroad, transit, universities, utilities, and services sectors. Samuelsen served as Executive Vice
President prior to being sworn in as TWU’s 10th International President in May 2017. He is also
the former President of TWU Local 100 in New York City – the union’s largest local.

A Brooklyn native, Samuelsen was hired by the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) in
1993 and was assigned to a track gang in Brooklyn, where he and his fellow union members
worked under difficult and unsafe conditions. Managers ignored safety regulations, disciplined
workers who spoke up, and had no respect for the workers or their union. While still in his
probationary period, Samuelsen’s co-workers elected him shop steward of their local union, and
he fought vigorously for their rights. By winning small battles against management abuse, the local
was able to slowly turn things around.

From 2001 to 2006, Samuelsen served as chair of the Track Safety Committee and chair of the
Track Division. From 2002–2005 he was Acting Vice President of the Maintenance of Way
Department, representing 7,100 workers providing essential services to NYCTA in Track, Line
Equipment and Signals, Power and Structure. During that time, he also served as lead negotiator
for all safety-related issues during contract bargaining between Local 100 and NYCTA, and
authored the Comprehensive Track Safety Bill passed by the New York State Legislature.

He was elected President of Local 100 in December 2009 and was reelected overwhelmingly in
2012 and 2015. He served as Local 100 president until September 26, 2017.

He still maintains an active public role in New York politics and advocates on behalf of all TWU
members.


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