MARTA employees may get more hazard pay amid pandemic
If a hazard pay deal is reached, it would be the latest financial boost for MARTA employees during the pandemic.
· www.ajc.comIf a hazard pay deal is reached, it would be the latest financial boost for MARTA employees during the pandemic.
· www.ajc.comRTD’s notice says current plans call for cuts affecting about 635 employees, plus the elimination of an unspecified number of vacant positions. All told, the agency is targeting roughly 25-30% of its budgeted positions.
· www.denverpost.com“Public transit workers are reporting regular overcrowding on more TTC routes, putting themselves and riders at risk of catching coronavirus,” reads a statement from transit workers union ATU Local 113 last month.
· www.blogto.com“This is outrageous,” Lindsay said. “We will fight every transit agency that decides to implement this plan, and under our contracts, we have the right to shut service down because of safety.”
· sanjosespotlight.comLeaders with the Metro Disability Coalition protested Tuesday what they called a "horrible situation" facing drivers with disabilities aboard Transit Authority of River City buses.
· www.courier-journal.comThough they’ve kept working in some of the most dangerous jobs, they’re now facing the prospect of furloughs and layoffs if there’s no more federal funding for transit.
· prospect.orgPatrick Green, President of the Amalgamated Transit Union joins Ben Hall to discuss ongoing challenges drivers are facing in this pandemic.
· onenewspage.comThe Grand Valley Transit team’s off for Labor Day, but the local Transit Union’s not. They’re still battling for better safety measures for their passengers and drivers, and today’s topic is a $50 air filter fix.
· www.westernslopenow.comUnder the policy, city hall will concentrate on "educating and informing" the public while Saskatoon Transit staff will monitor and document compliance.
· thestarphoenix.comCharlotte McCrae, a CobbLinc bus operator who spoke in favor of the payments, told county commissioners that transit workers often do their jobs in enclosed spaces and come in contact with many people, some of whom do not wear masks, ...
· www.ajc.comLextran employees who operate the buses on and around UK’s campus say the buses are not being properly sanitized to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and that campus buses are not cleaned as often as city buses.
· www.kykernel.comThe union representing thousands of TTC operators and maintenance personnel on welcomed the recall of 150 operators on Friday who were laid off at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
· ca.news.yahoo.comWILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Public transit employees in the City of Wilmington held a press conference on Friday to speak out on their ongoing contract dispute with First Transit Corporation.
· www.wwaytv3.comThe union representing bus drivers and train operators has filed a complaint against Metro Transit, claiming that management's failure to follow proper safety protocols led to a coronavirus outbreak at a light-rail maintenance facility ...
· startribune.comRepresentatives from several transit employee unions lambasted the plan and the commission for recommending only 3-foot distancing between passengers as opposed to 6 feet, and for not mandating stricter measures.
· www.marinij.com