ATU Local 757 News & Info
Check Your Check! It’s Pay Raise Season at TriMet
TriMet sisters and brothers, it's that time of year again: thanks to the hard work of your ATU 757 Wage Committee in our last contract negotiations, you're getting a raise this month! Happy early holidays! [...]
Upcoming Portland Winterhawks Games
Don't forget - thanks to our new partnership with the Portland Winterhawks, you can snag discounted tickets to an upcoming game. Just head on over to https://pdxhwk.us/ATU757 to look at all upcoming games eligible for [...]
Join Us for the Retiree Christmas Luncheon on December 11th!
Our retired members and their families are cordially invited to ATU Local 757's Annual Retiree Christmas Luncheon! Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 Registration begins at 10:30am Lunch will be served at 11:30am. Monarch Hotel: 12566 SE 93rd [...]
Santa Claus is Visiting ATU on December 15th!
Santa Claus is visiting ATU 757! On Saturday, December 15th, from 10am to 2pm, Santa Claus will be handing out presents to all of our ATU 757 children and grandchildren ages 16 and under. Please [...]
TriMet Continues Outsourcing Union Jobs, This Time Fare and Code Enforcement
Sisters & brothers, Many of you have now heard about TriMet’s recent management “reorganization” which includes plans to outsource code and fare enforcement to Portland Patrol Inc. (PPI). I want you to know, first and [...]
Honoring Veterans Day
While tomorrow is the observed date, today we're commemorating Veterans Day and honoring those who have served our country. To our many sisters & brothers who have served in the Armed Forces, thank you for [...]
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Meet Your Full Time Officers
SHIRLEY BLOCK
President – Business Representative
ATU 757
1801 NE Couch Street
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: 971-300-2780
Email: president@atu757.org
Shirley is the first woman, and the first African-American, to be elected President – Business Representative of Division 757 since it began in 1917. She grew up in Florida and Michigan, the daughter of migrant laborers. Once she graduated from university with her nursing license she worked in Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital before moving to Portland in 1974 for the weather.
She worked as a nurse, and then got a job as a TriMet bus operator in 1981. She also married and raised children of her own, as well as 11 foster children. Her daughter currently works at TriMet, as did her husband, now retired. In the 34 years Block worked at TriMet, she’s been a bus operator, fare inspector, field operations coordinator, and road supervisor. She’s also served several terms as a member of the Union Executive Board.
JONATHAN HUNT
Vice President – Assistant Business Representative
ATU 757
1801 NE Couch Street
Portland, OR 97232
Office Phone: 503-232-9144
Cell Phone: 503-780-2263
E-Mail: vpresident@atu757.org
Jon Hunt grew up in a union household. His father was an ATU Executive Board Officer for over eight years before retiring from TriMet. Jon served as a noncommissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps. He worked for the Burlington Northern Railroad and started out at TriMet as a mini-run bus operator. He moved to become a maintenance helper, completed the diesel mechanic apprenticeship program, and was a journeyman mechanic for the last three years before his election as Vice President-Assistant Business Representative for the first time in August 2002.
While in TriMet maintenance, he became a Shop Steward and was an Executive Board Officer for two years. In August 2003 he received a certificate of graduation from the University of Oregon Labor and Education Research Center 56 hour U-Lead certificate program.
Jon is married to Joyce and has two children: Jake and Joshua.
MARY LONGORIA
Financial Secretary Treasurer-Recording Secretary
ATU 757
1801 NE Couch Street
Portland, OR 97232
Office phone: 503-232-9144
Cell Phone: (971) 300-2778
E-Mail: fstreasurer@atu757.org
Mary is serving her second term as ATU 757’s Financial Secretary-Treasurer; she was first elected to the role in 2012.
Mary began working at TriMet in 1998 as a Trip Planner in Customer Service, becoming a proud member of ATU. She then advanced to the Finance Division as a Fare Revenue Specialist, overseeing millions of dollars of ticket and pass inventory. She became an ATU 757 shop steward in 2006 and has been active in our union and the broader labor movement ever since, including Portland Jobs with Justice and the Oregon AFL-CIO, as well as ATU International’s national advocacy work. She participated in Take Back the Capitol action in Washington D.C. to demand funding for public transit, as well as the Jobs with Justice Bridge Walk to support striking hotel workers in the Portland area. She has also worked with OPAL Environmental Justice and Bus Riders Unite for many years.
Mary is married to Jamie Longoria, who is also an ATU 757 member at TriMet. Jamie started as a helper in the Maintenance Division in 1995, working on cleaning and fueling buses. He moved on to Field Equipment Maintenance, where he currently works as a Journeyman.
Mary and Jamie have two adult children. Their daughter Nicole works at McKay High School in Salem, Oregon, where she is passionate about helping kids achieve their potential during their time in school. Mary & Jamie’s son Derek is a firefighter for Cal Fire in Shasta County, California. Derek has been dispatched to fight fires throughout California for weeks at a time, and he’s proud of the service that he and his fellow firefighters provide for the communities they serve.
Mary & Jamie are proud that their children have chosen to give back to the community as public servants.