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New transit book club launched!
Read more: New transit book club launched!We’re starting a Transit Book Club with transit workers across the continent. We will select chapters from books on labor history with lessons for us today, which we can discuss together monthly. Please email us if you would like to join, and we’ll send you the Zoom link. Our first session will be a “meet and greet” and a vote on which book & chapter to start on, so no reading yet: Sunday, November 15 at 1:30pm pacific.
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COFTU on the Building Bridges radio show, WBAI in NYC & WPFW in DC
Read more: COFTU on the Building Bridges radio show, WBAI in NYC & WPFW in DCPrairie Land: Defending Political Expression and Dissent We reprint the description from the radio show below: FREE THE PRAIRIELAND DEFENDANTS! WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED! From the struggle to free the Prairieland defendants to the growing resistance against ICE raids, deportations, censorship, and the criminalization of dissent, Building Bridges will be joined by activists from across the country and, conditions permitting, the Prairieland defendants themselves-voices on the front lines of resistance who are walking the walk, speaking truth to power, and refusing to be silenced. As a new McCarthyism threatens political expression and the right to resist injustice, we hear from […]
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New: Contract Comparison & Explainer
Read more: New: Contract Comparison & ExplainerCheck out the new section of our website, “Resources.” There you can find all contracts for every property represented by ATU 1277, IBT 986 ambassadors, TCU 1315, and SMART at LA Metro, as well as union constitutions, bylaws, and meeting times and locations. Then take a look at the Contract Comparison and Explainer. Important sections of all those contracts are explained and compared. Ever wonder who has the right to “Me Too” a contract and when? Do you want to find out if the length of your probation or the time it takes to top out is normal? Find a comparison […]
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Petition: For Elected Stewards of Metro Ambassadors!
Read more: Petition: For Elected Stewards of Metro Ambassadors!Sign our petition for: Direct elections and recall on demand! Two stewards per shift at Union Station, one each at every other deployment! Term length of three years or less! Having completed our first contracted year as IBT 986 members, many Metro Ambassadors are left wondering about the term status of our shop stewards. There was never a defined or outlined term limit conveyed to us nor can any such information be found in our local’s bylaws.[…]
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Union Workers at Los Angeles Metro Have Licenses Revoked – Who’s Next?
Read more: Union Workers at Los Angeles Metro Have Licenses Revoked – Who’s Next?“The timing could not have been more devastating; the decision hit just as my family had welcomed a new baby and we were on the verge of buying our first home. Overnight, a qualified, safe, and deeply committed transit operator was sidelined by bureaucracy,” an affected former Metro Train Operator told the Committee. Hundreds of union members at the Los Angeles Metro have been stripped of their commercial driver’s licenses. A new rule from the US Department of Transportation no longer permits some immigrant workers who legally work in the US and have passed the Commercial DMV test to receive a […]