The national ATU said hundreds of transit workers nationwide had died from COVID-19, including 94 union members. The union’s national president sent a letter to all 50 governors urging them, in establishing vaccine protocols, ...
· www.post-gazette.com“A lot of people are hurting right now, but we can’t lose faith,” said Chin. “We have to keep doing our part. That is the only way forward.”
· www.lmtonline.com/The driver faced another day with more passengers on his bus not wearing a mask. He reached his breaking point and the stress of possibly passing COVID-19 on to his family got to him, ...
· www.thechronicleherald.caRFTA bus drivers kept critical service intact despite the personal exposure
· www.aspentimes.comCOVID-19 has ravaged NJ Transit’s ranks, from drivers to mechanics to a senior vice president, seizing 15 lives to date. Since March, these workers remained in the virus’s path on the front lines...
· https://www.nj.com/community-news/2020/12/a-bus-driver-a-mechanic-a-bridge-operator-these-15-nj-transit-employees-died-from-covid-19.html"Because we transport the public and transport essential workers to their jobs, we believe it's essential that we stay in public service doing the job we are doing," said Mattingly.
· cbs12.comNearly 150 Bay Area bus and ferry workers facing layoffs in less than two weeks might be keeping their jobs after a new federal coronavirus relief package was sent to President Donald Trump’s desk on Tuesday.
· www.marinij.comThe group of “essential workers” in category 1c includes food service and restaurant workers, construction workers, transportation employees, legal, media, finance, energy workers and water and wastewater employees.
· www.ttnews.comThe deal drew added criticism after the hand-off in brokers left CATS without data on its workforce’s insurance benefits. For months, several employees faced delays in collecting payments for disability and life insurance.
· www.theadvocate.comMembers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 have authorized a strike, held informational picketing and, most recently, petitioned the governor – all in an effort to shift their contract talks with Metro Transit into higher gear.
· workdayminnesota.org“They’re still scared, I mean it’s growing, it hasn’t went away,” said Brent Payne. “I mean it’s probably as intense right now as it was when the COVID [breakout] first started out in March and April.”
· cbsaustin.comIn a sharp reversal, the MTA board this week will hold off on approving a budget that includes thousands of layoffs and draconian cuts to transit services, according to sources with knowledge of the decision.
· www.nydailynews.comUnhappy with their treatment through the COVID-19 pandemic, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1776 members voted no confidence Sunday in Grand Valley Transit General Manager Valdo Lewis.
· www.gjsentinel.comAbout 175 bus drivers, train operators, mechanics and administrators lined up to take COVID-19 tests at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's Guadalupe rail yard on Thursday.
· www.sfgate.comUber, Lyft must be more tightly regulated says Ride Fair Coalition
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