In Transit

March - April 2009

2009 Legislative Issue

In the U.S: Having helped elect a transit- and labor-friendly president, participants at the ATU Legislative Conference took the "next step," and went to Capitol Hill asking for increased funding for mass transit and passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. In Canada: Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper "prorogued" Parliament to save his government.  What does prorogue mean?  Find out in this In Transit.

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In this issue

Amalgamated Transit Union
2009 Legislative Conference
Legislative Conference Charts Course for
Transit Funding, Employee Free Choice Act

Ottawa Local 279 Fights Back
Right to Pick Runs at Stake in 53-Day Strike

Canadian Agenda
Harper Saves Tory Governement
with Stimulus Budget

Climate Change:
Opportunity and Responsibility

Obama to Harper:
Add Enforceable Labour Provisions
to NAFTA

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