http://atu.bluestatedigital.com/index.php All the news of interest and importance to members of the Amalgamated Transit Union en stp@atu.org Copyright 2010 2010-03-14T17:42:44+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/atu_officer_picked_to_run_on_ticket_by_bayonne_incumbent/#When:16:42:44Z BAYONNE, NJ: Greaves, a union organizer, is on the executive board of the Amalgamated Transit Union. "We have a lot of work to do," Greaves said. "For too long we have shared the pain of this worldwide recession. To get out of it we will create jobs." 2010-03-14T16:42:44+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/everybody_speaking_in_favor_of_transit_bill_says_assembly_transportation_ch/#When:12:52:54Z MILWAUKEE, WI: Two Greyhound buses with no empty seats left from the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 998, union hall on North 26th Street, carrying a cross-section of Milwaukee County voters, and Rollin Pizzala, an independent truck driver running for Kenosha's 11th District city council seat. 2010-03-12T12:52:54+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/new_strike_paralyzes_greece/#When:13:40:24Z ATHENS, GREECE: All scheduled flights into and out of the country were canceled, international trains were not operating, bus and subway service was suspended, and ferries remained in their ports. 2010-03-11T13:40:24+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/despite_cuts_cta_ridership_holds_steady/#When:13:38:43Z CHICAGO, IL: Rodriguez seemed resigned to the fact that the CTA won’t be able to negotiate with the CTA’s two biggest unions, Amalgamated Transit Union locals 241 and 308, to rescind the service cuts through personnel changes. 2010-03-11T13:38:43+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/atu_school_bus_drivers_authorize_strike/#When:13:35:24Z NEW YORK, NY: ATU Local 1181 President Michael Cordiello said drivers will continue working their jobs but will strike if unions and the contractors can't strike a deal. 2010-03-11T13:35:24+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/tuscaloosa_bus_drivers_win/#When:13:55:47Z TUSCALOOSA, AL: Organizing a union and winning a first contract are difficult enough. To organize in the South where racism and intimidation are strong factors, is spectacular! The union workers and leaders of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1208 are to be congratulated for their grit and determination. They stood up and sent a message across the country, “We’re NOT going to take it anymore!” 2010-03-10T13:55:47+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/atu_school_bus_drivers_could_strike/#When:13:52:25Z NEW YORK, NY: ATU Local 1181 President Michael Cordiello says the union will fight for its members' health care "and if necessary, strike to maintain them." 2010-03-10T13:52:25+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/atu_crimson_ride_drivers_first_transit_reach_agreement/#When:13:49:29Z TUSCALOOSA, AL: Ken Kirk, vice president of Amalgamated Transit Union, said that while the new contract was less than satisfying, the union would take what it could get. “It’s something we don’t like, but we can live with it,” Kirk said. “The objective is not to seek total happiness, but to fashion the best agreement you can.” 2010-03-10T13:49:29+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/nj_transit_cuts_fair_hikes_wont_be_small1/#When:14:36:30Z TRENTION, NJ: Last year, the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents bus operations workers voted to forgo a 3.5 percent contractual wage increase to help NJ Transit close a budget gap from a $60 million state subsidy cut. This year, NJ Transit will negotiate new contracts with bus drivers and two police unions, Weinstein said. 2010-03-09T14:36:30+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/transit_funding_disaster_a_hard_look_at_what_happens_when_money_is_tight/#When:14:28:06Z US, NAT'L: Over the last several months, we've written occasionally about the need to solve the impending transit funding crisis. For longer than that, we've worked around the country, but especially in California and New York, to find new and innovative ways to advance transit service. 2010-03-09T14:28:06+00:00