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Safety Roundup
The latest news impacting your safety
Building a Campaign to Stop Assaults on Transit Workers
Assaults and attacks against operators are on the rise. Every day, bus and rail operators across Oregon and southern Washington are punched, kicked, spit on, verbally harassed, menaced, and more. Our Local has tried to [...]
Worker’s guide to heat safety
Dear brothers and sisters - it's scorching hot all over Oregon and southern Washington, and the temperature's over 100 degrees in the Portland metro area. One member recorded a temperature of nearly 110 degrees inside [...]
Meet Salem Mechanics’ First Swamp Cooler!
Meet the first-ever swamp cooler made available to maintenance workers at Salem Area Transit! Workers have asked for coolers in the past - after all, it can get pretty hot in a bus garage - [...]
What Oregon’s new distracted driving law means for transit workers
Oregon's new distracted driving law took effect yesterday, and it means that using a cell phone, hand-held two-way radio, or other hand-held electronic device while you're driving can earn you a huge fine - $260 [...]
Union files OSHA complaint against TriMet
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 has filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) alleging that TriMet has begun deploying potentially-unqualified Assistant Managers as bus and MAX operators, putting the public at [...]
New USDOT drug testing guidelines
Sisters & brothers, please see an advisory from ATU International below - the US Department of Transportation is expected to add four semi-synthetic opioid painkillers (hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone) to DOT's drug-screening list, the [...]