With their unfair labor practice strike sending a strong message to contractor MV Transportation and accelerating progress in negotiations, MetroAccess Call Center workers have decided to return to work and continue negotiations tomorrow...
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More than 100 MetroAccess reservation-takers and dispatchers went on strike Friday in a dispute with a Texas-based transportation provider over pay and working conditions.
ATU New York Locals joined with union allies to fight hard to get the New York HERO Act. The legislation requires businesses to have enforceable safety standards to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus and other airborne diseases.
The Union delivered a banner petition signed by more than 7,000 members outside the TTC headquarters at a socially safe distanced protest.
The driver of an MTA express was beaten by a customer in a dispute over an electric scooter Monday morning in Grasmere, according to police.
Fed up with unfair labor practices and poor treatment by their employer MV Transportation, ATU Local 689 members working at the MetroAccess Call Center in Hyattsville voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike if necessary.
Carlos Santos, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113, made the demand this week after two passengers allegedly assaulted a female bus driver and damaged a bus following a verbal dispute on Sunday evening.
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.
