Warwick school bus staff picket for better wages, conditions
Local 618-Providence, RI Warwick school bus workers made their voices heard rallying for better wages and safer working conditions.
· turnto10.comLocal 618-Providence, RI Warwick school bus workers made their voices heard rallying for better wages and safer working conditions.
· turnto10.comAmalgamated Transit Union Local 1505 president Romeo Ignacio said the recent violence — three passengers were assaulted in seven days, including two stabbings — is alarming, and he wants the city to step up.
· Winnipeg Free PressRaleigh Local demands better safety after an increase in attacks on GoDurham bus operators.
· abc11.com“Operator assaults are at an all-time high,” said Amalgamated Transit Union Local 615 president/business agent Darcy Pederson. “We don’t want to put our people at risk.”
· www.ckom.comLocal 265-San Jose, CA joins San Jose City Council Committee in announcing proposal to address mental health and gun safety in wake of tragic shooting that took the lives of nine Local 265 members.
· sanjosespotlight.comThe MTA recognizing Natalie Pierre-King for her compassion after she came upon a 14-year-old girl standing in the street looking confused.
· abc7ny.com“You can’t pay these ridiculous wages, no benefits, no pensions, 401ks that people can’t afford to put into anyway,” said Costa, “We’ve been complaining about this and trying to help this industry because we knew this day would come.”
· thehill.comLocal 1031-Beaumont, TX members send a strong message to management with practice picket for a possible strike.
· www.12newsnow.comLocal 757 pushes TriMet to offer better wages, benefits and improved safety to address driver shortage due to the pandemic and increase in assaults on bus drivers.
· www.oregonlive.comA union that represents nearly 12,000 transit workers is calling for the dismissal or resignation of TTC CEO Rick Leary. ATU Local 113 alleges Leary attempted to cover up a "near-catastrophic" subway crash near Osgoode Station on June 12, 2020.
· www.msn.com"This agreement with hurricane pay was a fair deal, but they don’t want to pay them now," Jefferson said in a statement. “They were down drivers. Half left the city. Others were dealing with damage to their homes.”
· www.nola.comAs the Gulf coast continues their recovery from Hurricane Ida, the ATU prays for the safety of all our members, their families and everyone in the path of yet another powerful storm, Hurricane Nicholas.
· www.cnn.comLocal 757-Portland, OR pushes for better wages and job stability to recruit bus drivers to deal with the shortage of transit workers.
· Eugene weeklyA man has been charged with attempted murder of a transit employee in the shooting of a CTA bus driver downtown over the weekend. ATU called for better protection for all transit workers in Chicago.
· Chiacgo CBS“There's a lot of incentive out there to work in other places that not only pay but happen to do better on health care,” Costa says. “In the school-bus industry, health care is very expensive, or there is none.”
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