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Transport Equines Union? Horsey Set Bolts Teamsters Union to Join TWU

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 10/6/20

After months on a hiatus forced by the coronavirus, the city's horse-drawn carriages are back to work in Central Park under a new banner: that of Transport Workers Union Local 100.

Since 2008, the close-to 100 carriage drivers had been affiliated with Teamsters Local 533, but they recently opted to join Local 100, which represents most Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers and a growing number of employees in the tourism industry at Big Bus Tours and New York Waterway.

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