Public transit system in Washington DC struggles with privatization
Union employees are fighting the effort in favor of better benefits and working conditions, as well as keeping public costs down.
Union employees are fighting the effort in favor of better benefits and working conditions, as well as keeping public costs down.
In cities across the U.S., mass transit remains a lifeline, an indispensable economic enabler that proves upward mobility so often requires actual mobility to happen.
At the end of the day, this is about lining the pockets of Premier Ford’s rich developer friends. This is not about the 1.5 million riders who use the TTC each day.
ATU International President Larry Hanley has proposed a maximum wage that would mandate a top executive’s pay be no more than 100 times the salary of the company’s lowest-paid worker.
An NBC Los Angeles, CA, investigative story revealed that Metro bus operators are victims of assaults an average of 11 times per month.
“I’ve been driving a long time and I’ve heard many things. It was about as bad as it ever gets. It was maybe the worst,” said the Local 569-Edmonton, AB, member.
Local 1722-Kelowna, BC, joined dozens of unionized workers in Kelowna turned up to support postal workers upset about back-to-work legislation.
"The first question they get asked is, 'What did you say, what did you do wrong,'" Chaudhary said.
Baltimore’s public transportation system — its buses, light rail, subway and commuter trains — ought to be under more local control, according to a report released Monday by the Greater Washington Partnership...
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