Unions fight for bus drivers, postal workers and other essential workers to be classified as 'first responders'
Train and bus operators help keep the city moving, even during a state-wide stay-at-home order.
· abc7chicago.comTrain and bus operators help keep the city moving, even during a state-wide stay-at-home order.
· abc7chicago.comThe TTC has responded to the demands of drivers concerned about contracting COVID-19, and effective immediately, all passengers are being asked to use only the rear doors on buses.
· torontosun.comIn Ohio and elsewhere, buses are going fare-free as the Covid-19 crisis spreads. Here’s why that can make both riders and drivers safer.
· www.citylab.comRiders on two of NJ Transit’s three light rail lines will be the next NJ Transit passengers to see service reductions due to coronavirus concerns and Gov.Phil Murphy’s orders for non-essential employees to work from home.
· www.nj.comAs of today, Brampton Transit will stop charging all residents to ride as part of a series of changes designed to keep the public safe from the spread of COVID-19.
· thepointer.comFree transit reduces operator interactions with riders entering and exiting the vehicle and limits operator exposure to infection. Free transit also eliminates the need for fare inspection officers, whose jobs mandate close interactions with riders ...
· www.rankandfile.caNJ Transit has experienced an 88% drop in ridership since March 9. NJ faces additional expenses in the cost to expand disinfection and cleaning of “touch points” trains buses and stations to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
· NJ.comJaroslaw Pizunski, ATU Local 1209 president and business agent, said the drivers love to provide the bus service, but they are exposed to so many people in a day and are finding themselves suddenly on the front lines...
· www.theday.comStarting Monday, only the back doors on local and select buses will open for riders, who will be directed to stand at least six feet away from bus drivers. Front doors will still be opened for riders with limited mobility ...
· www.nydailynews.comTAUNTON – Stop charging GATRA passengers bus fares and let them board and depart via the back door — at least until the coronavirus threat abates.
· www.tauntongazette.com“We have to do everything we can to ensure buses are safe. It’s not only for our members. It’s also for our riding public.”
· winnipeg.ctvnews.caMetrolinx has not yet directed its employees to start wearing the N95 respirators. But Manny Sforza, int. vice-president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents more than 1,650 GO Transit bus drivers, station attendants, and transit officers...
· www.thestar.comUp to 170 employees are being asked to stay home and self isolate as a result of the confirmed case, which is the transit agency’s first since the outbreak began.
· www.thestar.comA bus driver was exhibiting flu-like symptoms, the ATU’s local president Romeo Ignacio said. The buses he had driven will now be disinfected, Ignacio said. The driver is no longer at work and won’t return until he is tested for COVID-19...
· globalnews.caBus driver Alex Pitre knows the route inside out. He navigates without GPS and remembers the names of most of the students and where they live. It comes in especially handy in the last hour of the trip in The Village, a sprawling, low-rise complex...
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