Charter bus collides with MTA bus in deadly accident
Driver fatigue could be a factor as a charter bus slammed into an MTA killing 3 people and injuring more than 16.
Driver fatigue could be a factor as a charter bus slammed into an MTA killing 3 people and injuring more than 16.
As part of ATU's Workstation Initiative Campaign the following Locals have passed the "Resolution to End Fatalties and Injuries Resulting from Poor Transit Bus Design" at Local union meetings.
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the strongest storms to hit the U.S. in many years, have caused a massive amount of damage and flooding in Texas, Florida and other states affecting many of our ATU brothers and sisters.
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ATU Local 966 is calling on the City of Thunder Bay to develop better processes and quicker responses for dealing with assaults on bus drivers after the latest incident.
Local 1395-Pensacola, FL has withdrawn its lawsuit over First Amendment rights at transit stations after the County Commission passed a resolution reaffirming public forums at the Rosa Parks Transit Station.
In a resolution passed by ATU Local 26, Detroit transit workers are demanding the city provide improvements and immediately fix bus operator workstations. Call for an end to riders spitting and assaults on drivers and rodents, bed bugs on buses.
As hundreds of participants lined up to start the five-mile walk, Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss was disrupted from addressing the crowd when she was met by protesters supporting the local Amalgamated Transit Union.
19-year veteran driver Shalita McDaniel saved a man who collapsed in front of her bus. The Local 627-Cincinnati, OH, member stopped her bus called 911 stayed with the man who had seizures until help arrived.
"It has not been a smooth, fluent process. In fact it's been totally the opposite," said Local 615. The company hasn't allowed sufficient time for things like bodily functions: eating and going to the bathroom.
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