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 [...]
No worker should have to choose whether or not to soil themselves, relieve themselves in public, or wear a diaper to work. It's inhumane, undignified, and wrong. Watch Sister Teress tell her story, and then [...]
In response to inquiries from several local unions regarding the hours of service rules in their states, the following is a summary of the general principles related to restrictions on maximum hours a driver may work. Because [...]
The subsequent investigations of the tragic deaths above proved that each of these victims died needlessly because the buses that hit them had blind spots so large that the drivers didn’t see them. While transit [...]
On April 28, the labor movement will observe Workers Memorial Day and the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to remember those who have suffered and died on the job. While unions and [...]
In conjunction with the release of the video on Operator Assaults, President Hanley is asking for all of our operators to take part in this survey: OPERATOR ASSAULT SURVEY>>
As you know, the International Union has an ongoing campaign to expose and stop assaults on our members. There are many facets to their ongoing campaign. Here is a video showing the real life experiences [...]
In an unprecedented day of violence on Kelowna’s bus system, four drivers were attacked in separate incidents last Friday, May 20. Local *1722* has demanded immediate action from the police and transit system to address [...]
Accepting the Community Leadership Award above are Dick Fondahn, Valley Transit General Manager, Michelle Abbott, bus driver with the highest safe operator award of 18 years, and ATU 757 Transit Union Officers Mark Brotherton and [...]