Atlanta Journal Constiution
Lost in the discussion about privatization of MARTA is the fact that the agency, even with the “enlightened” leadership of Keith Parker, is behaving very much like private companies that seek to take over public properties: It is skimping on safety...
California Report
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 Hill
The union for public transportation workers is pushing Congress to pass a bill to allow state and local governments to collect sales taxes.
Toledo Blade
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.
Yahoo.com
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.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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.
Cleveland.com
State Sens. Nina Turner, a Cleveland Democrat, and Tom Patton, a Strongsville Republican, recently introduced a bill backed by ATU that calls for a stiffer fine, jail time and a possible ban from public transit for assaulting a transit worker.
ABC SF
Troublemakers on BART beware: the transit agency will announce a new way it plans to keep known offenders out of BART stations. This whole idea is in large part to protect BART employees.
Journal Star
Five of the six City Council candidates will be riding a city bus as a part of the first-ever "Meet the Candidate on the Bus" event organized by ATU Local 1293.
www.toledoblade.com
Toledo Area Regional Paratransit Service union representatives aired a list of complaints Wednesday during a personnel committee meeting of the TARTA board of trustees.
