In a blow to Virginia lawmakers’ calls to cut DC Metro worker pay and pensions and weaken the power of Local 689, a new independent study found the workers’ wages and benefits are in line with those of other major transit systems.
Many successful independent riders’ advocacy groups exist in other U.S. cities, but none has taken root in DC. An effort is underway by the national non-profit Americans for Transit.
ATU International President Larry Hanley has appointed and the GEB has approved Local 1505-Winnipeg, MB, President John Callahan as the 17th International Vice President.
"There is no good society without a good union, and there is no good union that isn't reborn every day in the peripheries, that doesn't transform the rejected stones of the economy into corner stones," Pope Francis.
Unifor solidarity Network called Jerry Dias’ attempt to raid the TTC workers, ATU Local 113, a spectacular flop and discusses what it means to the Canadian Labour movement.
Governor Baker's privatization of the MBTA has not come close to addressing the authority’s central problem—the underfunding and underinvestment that has contributed to billions of dollars in deferred maintenance and a fragile system.
A police report said Lighty had a verbal altercation with the driver after the driver declined to stop the bus, and he later stabbed the driver in the back of the head with a box cutter.
A bus driver is being praised after he spotted a 2-year-old boy walking alone in Milwaukee. A passenger got off to talk to the boy who said he was lost. The bus driver called the police who took the boy home.
ATU Local 726 is part of a growing group of progressive labor unions and community organizations on the island united as a progressive coalition deep in New York’s Republican recesses.
After 18 months without a contract, Local 308 members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike. "We do not want to cause the city a heart attack, but our patience has worn out. Our anger is growing," said Local President Kenneth Franklin.
The dispute brought famous labor activist Mary Harris “Mother” Jones — and 1,400 National Guard troops — to Bloomington 100 years ago this week.
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