Low pay for bus drivers leads to a shortage, forced overtime
Grimes, a Regional Transit System bus operator, instantly knew what that was code for: another eight-hour shift away from his 14-year-old. A shift he didn’t ask for.
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People concerned over proposed transit cuts submit petitions
The ATU Connecticut Legislative Council presented state Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, with nearly 4,000 signatures from people across the state who signed petitions opposing cuts to bus and rail service.
· www.theday.comWinnipeg Local pushes clean public transit
"We believe that the PAYS model offers a chance for the government to create jobs in Manitoba, while working to reduce our emissions at no long-term cost to government," Chaudhary.
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ATU Stands in Solidarity with Striking Oklahoma and Kentucky Teachers
“Your strength, commitment, and resolve has put the anti-union corporate forces, right-wing politicians, and billionaire backers on notice that enough is enough and organized labor is a force to be reckoned with and an injury to one is an injury to all.”
·Fifty years after Memphis, organized labor reclaims its central role in the struggle for human rights
"We must keep working toward a society that prioritizes justice for all no matter their color, faith, citizen status, gender orientation, country of origin, or economic class,” said ATU International President Larry Hanley.
·ATU Mourns death of former International President Ron Heintzman
ATU sends our heartfelt condolences and sympathies to his wife Linda, daughters Elizabeth and Kate, and his brothers and sisters at Local 757.
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