The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is the largest union representing public transit, school bus, and intercity bus workers in North America, with more than 200,000 members in nearly 250 bargaining units throughout 44 states and nine provinces. ATU members are bus and rail operators, maintenance workers, and other surface transportation employees. We’ve been moving North Americans safely since 1892.
The following is a comprehensive plan for union leaders and state legislators to consider in an effort to improve the lives of the people who rely on public transit and school bus services and those who make the buses and trains roll. Issues addressed in this plan include funding, fairness, safety, efficiency, governance, ridership, technology, workforce development, and other matters.
Public transit and school bus transportation are, by their nature, local issues influenced heavily by the policies put in place by state legislatures. Without adequate funding and oversight, these incredibly important industries and their workers cannot survive.
Wherever you live in America, there’s a good chance that despite enormous challenges, an ATU member recently transported you or your child somewhere, and they did so safely. It’s time to enact policies that address these changing and trying times in the transportation field for the people who rely upon and work in the transit and school bus industries.
