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Metro Transit workers stage rally in effort to win new contract

More than 90% of organized workers rejected the transit agency's one-year contract offer in September.

Oct 26, 2020 · www.startribune.com

Essential workers who depend on public transit fear BART service cuts

Without BART, Kamyah Moses takes three buses and 45 minutes longer to get from her home in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood to her job as a froster at Nothing Bundt Cakes in Emeryville. One day, five buses passed because they were already too full ...

Oct 26, 2020 · www.msn.com

80,000 furloughed as bus industry grinds to a halt

Georgia Coach Lines, is one of thousands of small, family-owned bus companies across the US, urging Congress to approve immediate aid. Unlike the airlines or Amtrak, the motorcoach industry hasn't received any funding from the $2.2 trillion CARES Act ...

Oct 26, 2020 · www.cnn.com

Uber, Lyft likely violated California labor law, appeals court finds

A California state appellate court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling that there was an "overwhelming likelihood” Uber and Lyft had misclassified their drivers as contractors rather than employees in violation of a landmark state law.

Oct 23, 2020 · www.nbcnews.com

Massive union coalition takes Trump to court over coronavirus PPE failure

Both transit unions in the case have been hit hard, as 95% of their members were declared “essential” and forced to work, regardless of whether they had PPE or not. The Amalgamated Transit Union, reports 89 dead and 1,764 have tested positive.

Oct 23, 2020 · peoplesworld.org

One-fourth of NYC transit workers caught COVID-19: study

The researchers received questionnaires from 645 frontline NYC Transit employees, and 24% of them reported a positive COVID-19 diagnosis or antibody test — significantly higher than an assessment released by Gov. Cuomo on May 13...

Oct 21, 2020 · www.nydailynews.com

TTC to recall remaining furloughed employees to meet service demands

TORONTO -- in the face of growing ridership, the TTC said it is planning to recall its remaining employees who were temporarily laid off due to the pandemic in the first week of November.

Oct 21, 2020 · toronto.ctvnews.ca

Some Rockford Mass Transit drivers say buses need more safety measures

Local 1333 Pres. Jodi Williams shares that 12 employees have tested positive for COVID19. “It is an unsafe work environ. to be out there the kind of busses that we have, the airflow even with the HVAC system... the airflow all goes to the driver,”

Oct 20, 2020 · www.mystateline.com

Rules Resumed, Bus Drivers Feel Unsafe

“This has been nothing but a daily nightmare. We think they need to put those protocols back in place. The rear-door boarding made so much sense,” Buccitti said.

Oct 19, 2020 · www.newhavenindependent.org

RTD labor group holds forum for board candidates

The forum was hosted by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1772, one of RTD’s labor organizations, and moderated by former 9News meteorologist Marty Coniglio.

Oct 19, 2020 · gazette.com

School bus drivers face mounting pressures

Sometimes dangerous job comeswith low pay, high stress, andCOVID-19 complicates matters.

Oct 16, 2020 · Asbury Park Press

Toronto Local calls on TTC to address overcrowding to help to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

"I feel like the city doesn't care about the working poor who rely on the TTC. I can't get in a car and go to work using it and my coworkers are all in the same boat. It's extremely frustrating. I feel like we have been left behind by the city,"...

Oct 15, 2020 · www.cp24.com

TriMet declares impasse in labor dispute with front-line workforce, a step toward arbitration

Block said TriMet has put “almost no wage increases” on the table for its members, citing COVID. “We know that our members, who really are heroes, deserve more than what TriMet is offering, and so we are going to keep fighting for it,” she said.

Oct 14, 2020 · www.masstransitmag.com

Slain MTA bus driver reignites conversation around public safety at Southwestern Baltimore vigil on Tuesday

“Not a day goes by where I don’t hear about a bus operator getting spit on, kicked, stabbed or injured,” Costa said. “And this is just not what we signed up for — to come to work and get killed.”

Oct 14, 2020 · www.baltimoresun.com

Airline workers, other unions, roiled by stimulus uncertainty

While Congress has sparred over the stand-alone airline bill, bipartisan supporters have pushed a separate bill to provide billions of aid for school bus companies, motor coach operators and passenger vessels, industries ...

Oct 12, 2020 · www.spokesman.com

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