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 2010-02-03T13:32:58+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/atu_to_vote_on_agreement_today/#When:12:32:58Z CALGARY, AB: The City of Calgary and its transit union have for the first time in more than a decade reached a deal on a contract without arbitration or a work-to-rule campaign. 2010-02-03T12:32:58+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/city_underfunding_transit_atu/#When:12:30:23Z REGINA, SK: Mike Ehmann, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union local, said Tuesday that a bulkhead on a bus purchased from Lethbridge is rusted. He said that used bus might not pass SGI inspection. 2010-02-03T12:30:23+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/cta_atu_talk_as_transit_cuts_loom/#When:12:25:02Z CHICAGO, IL: A slight glimmer of hope came this weekend when CTA President Richard Rodriguez said he would accept a union offer of saving $80 million through unpaid furlough days and deferred 2011 wage increases, but that it hadn't been brought up in negotiations. 2010-02-03T12:25:02+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/obama_administration_proposes_major_public_transportation_policy_shift_to_h/ http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/obama_administration_proposes_major_public_transportation_policy_shift_to_h/#When:16:46:52Z WASHINGTON, DC: Changes Include Economic Development and Environmental Benefits 2010-02-02T16:46:52+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/white_house_budget_seeks_4b_for_transportation_infrastructure_bank/#When:15:27:30Z WASHINGTON, DC: President Obama's proposed fiscal 2011 budget would create a national infrastructure bank to fund major transportation projects and provide an additional $1 billion for high-speed rail projects. 2010-02-02T15:27:30+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/labor_college_extends_its_reach_online/#When:13:40:44Z SILVER SPRING,, MD: On Jan. 14, the 41-year-old college announced plans to partner with the Princeton Review, a provider of education services, to bring an online program that confers degrees to the AFL-CIO's 11.5 million members and their families. 2010-02-02T13:40:44+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/the_end_of_labor_law_reform_for_another_generation/#When:13:35:45Z WASHINGTON, DC: Now, the White House staffers and Congressional leaders who’ve been re-assuring them that labor law reform was next on Obama’s agenda don’t even have 60 votes to prevent Republican filibustering of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)—in any form 2010-02-02T13:35:45+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/specter_says_pro-union_bill_is_in_jeopardy/#When:13:14:34Z WASHINGTON, DC: Mr. Specter acknowledged that the results of the Massachusetts Senate race had dealt a blow not just to the administration's health care initiative, but to the Employee Free Choice Act, a measure that national labor leaders had called their top priority in the new administration. 2010-02-02T13:14:34+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/use_stimulus_cash_to_halt_mta_cuts_board_bigs_urge/#When:13:08:34Z NEW YORK, NY: A growing number of major transit agencies are using federal stimulus money to avoid service cuts - and some MTA board members think it's the right move for New York, too. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/02/02/2010-02-02_use_stimulus_cash_to_halt_mta_cuts_board_bigs_urge.html#ixzz0eO6TkrtG 2010-02-02T13:08:34+00:00 http://www.atu.org/content/atu_news/cta_commuting_workers_most_affected_by_transit_cuts/#When:13:02:49Z CHICAGO, IL: According the CTA the cutbacks would mean loss of 1,067 union and 100 nonunion jobs, and 287 buses in a fleet of 2,000 vehicles would be mothballed. 2010-02-02T13:02:49+00:00