Today, your Union was on Capitol Hill fighting for you.

 

International President Costa and ATU Government Affairs staff sat down with House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin. These are rooms where real decisions get made about transit funding, federal priorities, and the policies that shape our jobs and our future. The ATU isn't playing partisan politics. We're playing transit politics. Our door is open to anyone who puts transit workers first.

Safety was front and center. That means protecting operators from assaults and making sure no one has to choose between their paycheck and their well-being. Transit funding was on the table, too, because funding isn't abstract. It's staffing levels, reliable equipment, schedules that make sense, and systems that don't ask workers to do more with less.

 

"These meetings happened because the ATU has the strength, the relationships, and the credibility to be heard at the highest levels of government," said Costa. "We've fought for a seat at the table, and we're using it. Your voice is being heard."