"If we do not help the more than 800,000 U.S. federal employees and countless contractors – janitors, service workers, and others – who have been locked out or are working without pay, what will happen to them?”
Local 998-Milwaukee, WI member Irena Ivic went above the call of duty when she stopped to save an unlikely would-be passenger: a toddler. ATU salutes Ivic for her quick actions
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.
Plan includes more new bus lanes, improved traffic signals for buses, increased speeds, and other improvements aimed at improving bus travel across the Big Apple.
With attacks on Portland transit workers up, Local 757-Portland, OR, is calling for better protection for bus and train operators and riders.
In the wake of a DART paratransit passenger missing for three days after a ride contracted out to a taxi, DART workers rallied to demand the agency stop outsourcing the transit service that serves Dallas’ most vulnerable.
“It’s basically a theft of the TTC … This is something we’ve paid for and we own,” said Carol Santos, adding that he believes the upload marks the beginning of transit privatization and increased costs for riders.
Concern over driver safety has led to a city committee passing a motion to have surplus Winnipeg Transit money go to bus driver shields, they are also considering giving transit supervisors the power to detain passengers.
London is getting a slightly bigger cut of the provincial gas tax revenue this year than it did in 2018 to fund public transit.
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