Toronto’s Public Transit Workers Reject TTC Subway Air Quality Study Findings, Demand Immediate Action

Toronto’s public transit unions, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113 and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2, reject the findings of the 2019 TTC Subway Air Quality Report...

  ·  wemovetoronto.ca

HART leads first Florida statewide Safety & Security Symposium to prevent bus driver assaults

In the wake of Tampa brother Thomas Dunn murder on the job, the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) is gathering national safety experts and transit peers from across the country for the first statewide Transit Safety & Security Symposium.

  ·  ABC News

Winnipeg Local lifts OT ban as City calls for mediator

As a goodwill gesture to the City of Winnipeg, Local 1505-Winnipeg, MB is lifting its overtime ban. "We want to get back together ... that's our goal," said Local President Aleem Chaudhary.

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Halifax Local says dedicated bus lanes 'a good thing'

"We've endorsed bus lanes, we believe that bus lanes are an important part of the puzzle we call transit," explains O'Leary. "You need your queue lights, you need your jump lanes, route schedules, they're all very important parts.

  ·  www.halifaxtoday.ca

As contract talks take place, St. Louis Local says it did not organize drivers to miss work

Reginald Howard, president of the Amalgamate Transit Local 788, said the drivers did not call in sick and the action was not approved the union.

  ·  fox2now.com

Winnipeg Mayor playing games on transit strike

Local 1505 President Aleem Chaudhary was disappointed by Bowman’s comments saying, "We have never uttered the word 'strike,' and it’s only something we would consider as a last resort.”

  ·  www.winnipegfreepress.com

Woman Charged With Assaulting Bus Driver In Westchester

Following a five-week investigation, a Westchester woman was arrested and charged with assaulting a Bee-Line bus driver last month outside the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, Westchester County Police said.

  ·  dailyvoice.com

Aquinnah encourages arbitration for VTA contract

Selectmen say drivers deserve a livable wage and fair treatment.

  ·  www.mvtimes.com

Labour board sides with Winnipeg transit drivers

While Local 1505-Winnipeg, MB and the City clash in contract negotiations, a labour board ruling has ordered five bus drivers be paid for family leave days they were originally denied.

  ·  Winnipeg Free Press

Public transportation enhances lives and the economy

This month marks the 55th anniversary of federal support for public transportation.

  ·  www.democratandchronicle.com

Woman arrested for slapping Cap Metro bus driver

Lampkin got mad and slapped the bus driver on the right side of her face, causing her glasses to fly off. The force of the slap caused the glasses to damage and bend. Lampkin than left the scene and the bus driver called police.

  ·  www.fox7austin.com

Steve Sweeney’s Own Union Members Question His Loyalty to Labor

The fight comes as Mr. Sweeney continues to inflame public unions in New Jersey by pushing for spending cuts to the pension and health-care benefits of unionized state employees.

  ·  www.wsj.com

First Amendment Victory for Spokane Local

In a victory for Local 1015-Spokane, WA, the Ninth Circuit Court affirmed a federal court decision that the transit agency violated the First Amendment rights of the Local by refusing to allow the Local’s advertisement to appear on STA buses.

  ·  KREM-TV

Striking Martha's Vineyard bus drivers confront agency Board chair

Bus drivers demanded to Board chair call a meeting to resolve the contract dispute between drivers and contractor TCI.

  ·  MV Times

Hamilton bus driver assaulted and bloodied by ‘agitated’ man

"Then (the man) kicked the driver in the face and his head basically bounced off the fire hydrant — hard," said a witness to the attack. "There was a lot of blood."

  ·  Hamilton Spectator