Our members have always supported our fellow members in dire need, and now it's time we show our support again. You can help your sisters and brothers impacted by Hurricane Ida by contributing to the ATU Disaster Relief Fund.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the ATU mourns the deaths of those 160 members who put their lives on the line as essential frontline workers during this global crisis.
A union that represents nearly 12,000 transit workers is calling for the dismissal or resignation of TTC CEO Rick Leary. ATU Local 113 alleges Leary attempted to cover up a "near-catastrophic" subway crash near Osgoode Station on June 12, 2020.
"This agreement with hurricane pay was a fair deal, but they don’t want to pay them now," Jefferson said in a statement. “They were down drivers. Half left the city. Others were dealing with damage to their homes.”
As the Gulf coast continues their recovery from Hurricane Ida, the ATU prays for the safety of all our members, their families and everyone in the path of yet another powerful storm, Hurricane Nicholas.
Local 757-Portland, OR pushes for better wages and job stability to recruit bus drivers to deal with the shortage of transit workers.
A man has been charged with attempted murder of a transit employee in the shooting of a CTA bus driver downtown over the weekend. ATU called for better protection for all transit workers in Chicago.
“There's a lot of incentive out there to work in other places that not only pay but happen to do better on health care,” Costa says. “In the school-bus industry, health care is very expensive, or there is none.”
As the third and worst wave of the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in Ontario, ATU Local 113 demands that TTC management take the lead on pandemic safety and vaccination for workers to help stop the spread of this deadly virus. The Union delivered a banner petition signed by more than 7,000 members outside the TTC headquarters at a socially safe distanced protest
ATU NYC Locals 726-Staten Island, 1056-Flushing, 1179-Queens, and 1181-New York announce endorsement of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for NYC Mayor
Also in attendance were Senator Bob Casey, Rep. Conor Lamb (PA-17) and Local 85 member and bus operator Karima Howard.
Watch ATU Local 1555-Oakland, CA, Sister Yolanda Moreno on an AFL-CIO virtual event on fighting for safety and protections for frontline workers during the pandemic and the AFL-CIO’s annual Death on the Job report.
