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Your Help Needed Again – ATU Disaster Relief Fund

ATU members stepped up for Hurricane Sandy, Now tornados ravage Oklahoma.Contribute to ATU Disaster Relief Fund. Union Plus offering Reliefs Grants

The 1 Percent Are Only Half the Problem

Most recent discussion about economic inequality in the U.S. has focused on the top 1 percent of the nation’s income distribution, a group whose incomes average $1 million... But the gap between the 1 percent and the 99 percent is only half the story.

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Solidarity Rap

This video by Michael Rouse won the CLC 2013 One Minute Message Contest. Michael is a member of IATSE Local 891.

MARTA workers call for investigation of plan to privatize system

As the MARTA board plans to move forward to privatize MARTA's paratransit service, workers called for an outside investigation into MARTA for moving ahead on giving away the transit system to private companies based on an incomplete, faulty KPMG report.

In Memoriam: Earle Putnam – Father of ‘Section 13(c)’

Retired general counsel responsible for legislation that continues to secure collective bargaining rights for transit workers 50 years after its passage.

Bangor bus drivers vote to unionize

The 33 workers who drive buses for the Community Connector voted to join the Amalgamated Transit Union, which already represents approximately 100 bus drivers in Portland who work at the Portland Metro, according to a news release from the Maine AFL-CIO.

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Atlanta Local calls out MARTA on safety

Atlanta Journal Constiution

Lost in the discussion about privatization of MARTA is the fact that the agency, even with the “enlightened” leadership of Keith Parker, is behaving very much like private companies that seek to take over public properties: It is skimping on safety...

May 23, 2013 at 12:56 pm

Alameda County Details How Transit Cuts Harm Health

The link between transit and health is well-documented. But a new study by the Alameda County Health Department takes it a step further: officials are using the findings to document the detrimental effects of transit cuts.

Transit union pushes for passage of internet sales tax bill

The union for public transportation workers is pushing Congress to pass a bill to allow state and local governments to collect sales taxes.

Time for TARTA to address bus drivers’ bathroom breaks

Oped by LU 697's Cynthia Betz & International President Larry Hanley discusses why inadequate bathroom breaks for transit workers is a matter of health and dignity and a serious safety concern for riders and drivers.

ATU calls on Canadian Government to toughen laws for assaults on transit workers

Thirty-one leaders with the ATU Canadian Council traveled to Ottawa to convince the Government of Canada that their members - 30,000 strong - need more protection from a growing number of on-duty assaults.

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RT @StopTheAssaults: Follow for info on bus driver assaults @ATUComm @ATU_CC @twunews @TWUimpact @ATUlocal113

Transit union pushes for passage of internet sales tax bill http://t.co/9a10l7HhAe #p2 #publictransit

RT @carmensunion589: Hats off to union brother Kevin White! #mbta #bospoli #mapoli @atucomm http://t.co/cKa77IRaqq

In Memoriam: Earle Putnam – Father of ‘Section 13(c)’ - Amalgamated Transit Union http://t.co/teWlN6CUXM #p2 #publictransit #1u

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