ATU's Hanley says "In Judge Garland the president has found an eminently qualified nominee with a reputation for fairness in cases concerning the rights of workers and their families."
Pointing to the urgent need for a candidate who fights for working families; who stands up to Wall Street and the billionaire class, who will break with politics as usual, the ATU GEB voted Monday to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders for President.
How the real-estate industry foils cost-effective transit with touristy streetcar projects that aren't real transit.
ATU says new buses still have blind spots endangering pedestrians, Union calls on MTA to reconsider new buses
The ATU, which represents city bus drivers, estimates that roughly one pedestrian is killed every 10 days by a city bus because of blind spots in poorly designed buses.
President Hanley appeared on the Rick Smith Radio Show to talk about ATU's Executive Board endorsement of Senator Bernie Sanders for president and the primary elections in both parties.
New Jersey Transit and its rail workers’ unions will continue negotiations on Monday in Newark, as both sides try to reach an agreement over wages and benefits before a threatened strike on March 13.
Margaret Gilbert, a bus driver in Niagara Falls and president of ATU Local 1582, says “Public transit needs to be more reliable for locals,” she says. “They need to have a bus when they get off work late at night, or early in the morning.”
Local 726 of the Amalgamated Transit Union may be "as big, bold and strong as ever" as it enters its 100th year, but it was one of its leaders who stole the spotlight Saturday night as the union celebrated its rich history.
Two Ohio lawmakers are trying to change that with a bill that would impose harsher punishments to individuals who assault transit workers. ATU Ohio joined with agencies to voice their support at recent hearing.
Trump’s campaign aggressively courted top current and former staffers from a Koch-backed group in an effort to rapidly build up their national ground operation. They had some success, but a more widespread recruitment effort failed.
Robert Reich discusses the misconceptions between Public & Private Morality.
ATU International President Hanley wishes members a happy and joyous holiday season and reminds members to continue watching the ATU website for the latest developments and important news.
Thanks to ATU Congress has now directed the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate transit systems’ bathroom break policies. In the meantime, however, adequate bathroom breaks and facilities continue to be an ongoing problem for transit workers in the U.S. and Canada.
Grand Rapids transit workers will not be silenced!
Bernie Sanders outlines a progressive agenda for America.
Watch Bernie Sanders tell Alan Greenspan, in 2003, that Americans are not living the way that Mr. Greenspan imagines they are.
Then just 5 years later Greenspan admits that there is a flaw in his ideology
