Local 1001-Denver, CO, member Phillip Lindsay not only responsible for helping to raise a hometown hero for the Broncos, but has also been driving a bus for the Regional Transportation District for more than twenty years.
· West World“Transit is losing people with experience and it’s taking a toll,” said Local President Aleem Chaudhary. “This is something that has to be addressed. It’s been going on for such a long time.”
· Winnipge Free PressRestore the Employee Protection Provisions (EPP) to ensure experienced school bus drivers and escorts are safely transporting students.
· www.nydailynews.comA string of attacks on B.C. buses over the past week is raising concerns for the unions that represents drivers.
· www.cbc.caSound Transit hit the brakes on a proposal to have outside contractors operate four ST Express bus routes on the Highway 520 corridor, instead of sticking with King County Metro Transit union employees.
· www.seattletimes.comOne hundred and eight years ago today 146 workers died in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire because of numerous inexcusable safety lapses.
· en.wikipedia.orgCity councillors and the mayor were all challenged to leave their cars at home for the week of March 17 to 23 to "understand what their constituents and transit riders go through on a regular basis."
· www.cbc.caA Kelowna city transit bus, reportedly carrying 22 passengers, crashed off Rutland Road North on Friday night after the driver was assaulted, according to the bus driver’s union.
· globalnews.caKELOWNA - More than a year after B.C. Transit started testing protective shields for its bus drivers, it has confirmed that they are going to be installing them in all their larger buses.
· infotel.caThe bus drivers union says everyday workers are being attacked physically or verbally. Even though the CTA installed 32,000 cameras across the transit system, the union says that is not enough to deter crime and to protect workers and even passengers.
· chicago.cbslocal.comWinnipeg bus operators describe frequent verbal, physical abuse on the road and then being thrown under the bus by insensitive colleagues, supervisors
· Winnipeg Free PressThe number one creed, motto, moral rule to live by for union members is “The pain of my brothers and sisters is my pain too.” Senator Sweeney seems to have forgotten this ...
· www.bluejersey.com"These companies act as prophylactic between the county and worker," said Larry Hanley. "For the last 40 years, American workers have been taking it on the chin. Workers are fed up. And the more fed up they get, the more they strike back.”
· www.gjsentinel.com“We care about our riders and we want the county and the riding public to know the truth about these private transit companies — Transdev, First Transit and Keolis — who want to takeover our bus service,” ...
· www.heraldtribune.comBus drivers turned out in force before the county board, to fight for a better contract. They said they bargained for their health care benefits, and the county wants to cut them.
· www.wisn.com