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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.
This video by Michael Rouse won the CLC 2013 One Minute Message Contest. Michael is a member of IATSE Local 891.
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.
Retired general counsel responsible for legislation that continues to secure collective bargaining rights for transit workers 50 years after its passage.
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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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.
May 9, 2013 at 11:00 am
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.
The union for public transportation workers is pushing Congress to pass a bill to allow state and local governments to collect sales taxes.
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.
MARTA union leaders said this week that management is driving the company down a dead-end road of privatization that ultimately will undermine public transit.
"Operator Rhodes helped prevent these children from possibly being injured. We are proud to have another Metro hero who helped keep children safe."