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January / February 2017 One Atu! International Officers Lawrence J OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION|AFL-CIO/CLC JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2017 ONE ATU! INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS LAWRENCE J. HANLEY International President JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR. International Executive Vice President NEWSBRIEFS OSCAR OWENS International Secretary-Treasurer INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS RICHARD M. MURPHY Newburyport, MA – [email protected] JANIS M. BORCHARDT Madison, WI – [email protected] PAUL BOWEN Canton, MI – [email protected] KENNETH R. KIRK Lancaster, TX – [email protected] MARCELLUS BARNES Flossmore, IL – [email protected] RAY RIVERA Lilburn, GA – [email protected] YVETTE TRUJILLO Thornton, CO – [email protected] GARY JOHNSON, SR. Cleveland, OH – [email protected] ROBIN WEST Halifax, NS – [email protected] ATU International would like to thank Local 589-Boston, MA for generously donating the above JOHN COSTA plaque of Tommy Douglas. It is displayed in the lobby of the Tommy Douglas Conference Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected] Center. Next time you are at the Center be sure to take a few minutes to check out the plaque. CHUCK WATSON Syracuse, NY – [email protected] CLAUDIA HUDSON Local 591-Hull, QC members picket as Oakland, CA – [email protected] negotiations founder BRUCE HAMILTON New York, NY – [email protected] Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) workers have been MICHELLE SOMMERS working-to-rule, refusing overtime hours and reporting buses for Brooklyn Park, MN – [email protected] repairs as contract talks have stalled. Local 591-Hull, QC, has been JAMES LINDSAY working without a contract since December 2014. The outstanding Santa Clarita, CA – [email protected] issues are overtime and retirement pay. Both sides are in the midst EMANUELE (MANNY) SFORZA of a series of negotiations under a federally appointed mediator. Toronto, ON – [email protected] INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DENNIS ANTONELLIS Spokane, WA – [email protected] STEPHAN MACDOUGALL INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUS Boston, MA – [email protected] ANTHONY GARLAND International President Jim La Sala, ret. Washington, DC – [email protected] International President Warren George, ret. ANTONETTE BRYANT Oakland, CA – [email protected] International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret. SESIL RUBAIN International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret. New Carrollton, MD – [email protected] CURTIS HOWARD Subscription: USA and Canada, $5 a year. Single copy: 50 cents. All others: $10 a year. Published bimonthly by the Atlanta, GA – [email protected] Amalgamated Transit Union, Editor: Shawn Perry, Designer: Paul A. Fitzgerald. Editorial Office: 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903. Tel: 1-301-431-7100 . Please send all requests for address changes to the ATU Registry Dept. ISSN: 0019-3291. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40033361.RETURN UNDELIVERABLE ATU CANADA CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: APC Postal Logistics, LLC, PO Box 503, RPO, West Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill ON L4B 4R6. PAUL THORP Brampton, ON – [email protected] IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 3 JAN/FEB 2017 CONTENT Vol. 126, No. 1 9 ATU women leading labor councils coast-to-coast DC Local fights back against WMATA scapegoating 10 Winnipeg members mourn brother stabbed to death on job ATU HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT CANADIAN LOCALS COME TO THE 8 DEFENCE OF TORONTO MEMBERS 12 The most difficult job in the world - Transit work routinely rated as one of the least healthy occupations 15 A safe and secure workplace - a matter of life and death 16 Driver assault 18 Death by design - Lack of safety regulations and criminal negligence 19 The air we breath - ‘Warning: Toxic Fumes!’ 20 Neglect of maintenance a danger to everyone 22 Bathroom breaks become issue as computers take over scheduling 24 Operators suffer higher rates of THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN THE WORLD 12 stress, depression 25 Coping with PTSD 2 International Officers & 26 EM active seats hold promise of reducing General Executive Board musculoskeletal disorders News Briefs 27 The union raiding game - no game 3 Index Page What is union raiding? 4 Toronto Local Executive Board votes 28 Unifor has long history of raiding, negotiating ‘no confidence’ in Bob Kinnear lower wages, pensions 5 International President’s Message: 29 Translations (Spanish) Join ATU’s campaign for health and safety 31 In Memoriam 6 International Executive Vice President’s 32 ATU Online Training Videos Message: We were made for these times 7 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message: Trump supports bill to undermine workers who supported him IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 3 Toronto Local Executive Board votes ‘no confidence’ in Bob Kinnear MOTION AGAINST LOCAL PRESIDENT COMES AMID CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION Prior to the Board’s vote, International Vice President Manny Sforza, who had been acting as trustee prior to the injunction, declared that the court decision “to reinstate Bob Kinnear undermines a long history of union democracy in the province. As Bob Kinnear seeks to exert total control over the 95 per cent of elected local officers who he admitted deceiving, Local 113 members and the issues they care about will suffer….” Other motions executive board members passed demanded that Kinnear withdraw his request to the Court to sue “as a representative of the Local and/or its members” and that Local 113 be responsible for any damages arising from his lawsuit over the trusteeship. The executive board also approved a motion of no-confidence against two elected officers who worked alongside Bob Kinnear to disaffiliate Local 113. The elected executive board members of Local113 - Toronto, ON, have unanimously condemned the recent Local 113’s executive board is composed of 15 elected actions of renegade Local President Bob Kinnear who representatives following two recent resignations. All but conspired to disaffiliate the Local from ATU. three members attended the emergency session. Following the unanimous approval of a motion for Bob Kinnear and his allies to cease and desist directing or ‘Empire building’ assisting any campaign to take Local 113 members out of ATU, the executive board, further rebuked Kinnear by “This is an empire building exercise by Bob Kinnear and unanimously approving a no-confidence motion. Jerry Dias (Unifor) and has nothing to do with the interests of public transit workers in Toronto,” IVP Sforza said after the court ruling. Board opposes all efforts to decertify, “In recent weeks, ATU received overwhelming support disaffiliate, or raid Local from the vast majority of Local 113’s elected officers, stewards and members. ATU is dedicated solely to After the Ontario Superior Court of Justice announced transit workers and we will continue to fight in the best its decision enjoining the trusteeship of Local 113, the interest of the hardworking women and men who move executive board also unanimously demanded that Kinnear Toronto.” v immediately withdraw his request to the Canadian Labour Congress seeking justification for a disaffiliation vote. The executive board, elected by nearly 11,000 TTC workers, went on record opposing all efforts to decertify, disaffiliate or raid Local 113. 4 January/February 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 5 LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Join ATU’s campaign for health and safety This issue ofIn Transit covers a litany of safety issues that says Anne Feeney the labor singer. That’s right – but nobody affect transit and school bus workers. From the day we will save us if we won’t save ourselves. Let’s get to work. start working in the industry, repairing or driving vehicles, working in stations or cleaning, our bodies are exposed to In 2013 we created a Health and Safety unit here at the a plethora of hazards. International Union. It’s work is well known to local officers. I want you to know that we are working every day The International Union, working with and through the to make our jobs healthier, safer and more satisfying. Locals is doing more than ever to keep us healthy. This issue explores everything from engineered blind spots that are killing pedestrians and ruining drivers lives and careers, Join us to smoke that is coming into your bus right from the rear We need Local Unions and members to join us in hearing exhaust. Smell those fumes?? that call. We can fix this, but we need a complete re-work We talk about the ergonomics of your driver’s seat, of the driver’s work station so that riders cannot reach neglectful maintenance, bathroom breaks, track safety, us, but which also has a shield that is comfortable for coping with depression and PTSD. the driver. They have them in Europe. (see page15). Join our campaign to demand new workstations now! Ask at your union meeting if your Local has signed on to the Death in Winnipeg campaign! v On February 14, in Winnipeg, MB, ATU member and bus driver Irvine J. Fraser was stabbed to death by a young passenger. This again calls us to demand that our agencies do everything possible to stop transit worker assaults. In maintenance departments, many ATU mechanics and cleaners still work in terrible conditions. The death of Local 568 mechanic Jake Schwab reminds us that it’s not only drivers who face deadly hazards in transit. Our Pennsylvania members are working on a campaign to get a safety law passed. Honoring Jake All PA members are urged to ask their local officers how each of us can do a little bit to save our members and honor Jake. “We all come to work here –we don’t come to die,” IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 5 JAVIER PEREZ, JR., INTERNATIONAL EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT We were made for these times I’ve had numerous calls, emails and face-to-face Democrats.” How long will the resistance be sustained? conversations with concerned members since the Remember the short-lived Occupy movement? What inauguration of President Trump. Some express anger, will it take to move people to sustained action? despair, and disbelief; others say, “It’s about time!” We’ve seen commentators, bloggers and tweeters fan the flames of controversy on the Right, and the Left.
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