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TriMet Sisters and Brothers: January 23rd marked yet another disappointing meeting with the TriMet bargaining team; maybe the worst yet. Although we believed we would have all of TriMet’s proposals by yesterday, we were told, yet [...]
Click on the navigation drop down menu "TriMet Contract Updated 1-16-2020" listed above to read the latest TriMet contract negotiations proposals and documents.
ATU stands in solidarity with striking faculty at Clark College and the CCAHE. Show your support with a honk or a wave as you drive by the faculty members and their supporters on the picket [...]
The TriMet Maintenance Apprenticeship Program has been a long standing benefit to our membership, ridership, and community at large. We, amongst others, are extremely disappointed that TriMet is attempting to eliminate such an important program, [...]
Friday, January 10th 5:30pm -7:30pm at IBEW Local 48 15937 NE Airport Way in Portland. See flyer link below for more information. http://www.atu757.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/OWLL-RSVP-Flier.pdf
From Windy Graham - Schedule Data Technician Attention: We are getting close to the deadline for requesting vacation holdback for the upcoming Union Vacation Year 2020/2021…please remind operators to get their requests in now. Please [...]
There will be no January Executive Board meeting and no Charter/Continuation meetings for the month of January due to Contract Negotiations and other scheduled conflicts. If you need assistance or have any concerns, please reach [...]
TriMet is threatening to cut its successful apprenticeship and job training program—and they're using it as a bargaining chip against employees as they negotiate a new contract. As if job training is something that only [...]
Santa Claus will be handing out presents to all of our ATU 757 children and grandchildren, 16 and under. Please join us for a cup of hot cocoa and cookies! Saturday, December 14th, 2019 10:00AM [...]
There is not an exact amount of time that contract bargaining should take. The time it takes to bargain can be influenced by several things, including budgetary restraints, the relationship between the parties, and the [...]
What happens when TriMet, an irreplaceable part of the Portland metropolitan area's transportation infrastructure, ends an apprenticeship program for its workers and outsources work that should be done by TriMet's workers? Our community, TriMet's customers [...]
Apprenticeships are a time-honored practice of training workers to be as best prepared as possible for a career. Some call an apprenticeship “the other four-year degree.” With costs of college and university tuition rising and [...]
C-Tran, in response to isolated clashes between minority drivers and passengers, has modified its rules to specifically include hate crimes in its list of prohibited activities. The C-Tran Board of Directors approved the amendment with [...]
Each year, Oregon LERA Awards, known as the Maggie Awards, are presented to recognize outstanding labor relations practitioners, academics, and neutrals, whose accomplishments and approach to labor relations are widely admired by all constituent groups. [...]
Dear Brothers & Sisters, October 31, 2019 was our second bargaining session with TriMet. We focused on Article 2: Transportation issues and mainly on TriMet's proposal for an am/pm Extra Board. There was some good [...]
This year's scholarships are in remembrance of former International President Lawrence J. Hanley, who passed away on May 7, 2019. Hanley devoted more than 40 years of his life to the ATU and the broader [...]
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It’s that time of year again when changing weather can make the rails slippery. Light rain will make the track more slippery until it starts raining harder. Leaves, wet or dry, will affect traction. Watch [...]
Silver Spring, MD – On October 25, 2019, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) lost a revered leader and tireless activist with the passing of International Secretary-Treasurer Oscar Owens after a brief illness. Devoting more than [...]
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