The ATU in the Northeast consists of 40 locals in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island.  ATU members operate and maintain public, over-the-road, school bus, and paratransit service in this region – serving one of the most densely populated areas of the United States.

ATU members transport commuters through the crowded streets of New York, as well as the snow drifts in Buffalo and Rochester.  ATU members operate the “T” subway line “beneath the streets of Boston” (celebrated in the Kingston Trio’s 1959 hit “M.T.A.”)

Tradition is important to the members of Boston’s Local 589, who refer to themselves as the “Boston Carmen’s Union."  They joined the “Amalgamated” in 1912.  Worcester, MA, is home to the ATU’s second oldest local – Local 22 – which was organized in 1893.

ATU locals serve three state capitals in this region: Albany, NY; Boston, MA; and Providence, RI.  The ATU can also be found in other major cities including Hartford and New Haven, CT; Manchester, NH; Portland, ME; and Syracuse, NY.   

Since 9/11, locals in the New York area have focused on the need for transit security – to protect against a terrorist attacks on the transit system – a concern for all transit workers. And, like most other ATU locals, the locals of the Northeast fight against contracting-out their jobs to non-union concerns, to maintain health care benefits, and to increase state support for mass transit.  

Mass transit has thrived for over a century in the U.S. Northeast in no small part because professional ATU operators have ensured that this form of transportation is one of the safest and fastest ways to negotiate traffic-congested urban areas.  ATU will continue to have a vital role in the future of the region as mass transit becomes even more important than it is today.