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November / December 2016 Atu Driving Justice International Officers Lawrence J OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION|AFL-CIO/CLC NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2016 ATU DRIVING JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS LAWRENCE J. HANLEY International President JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR. International Executive Vice President NEWSBRIEFS OSCAR OWENS International Secretary-Treasurer ATU wins ILCA media awards INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS ATU Communications is proud to announce that the Union again RICHARD M. MURPHY won 13 awards in the National/International Union category of Newburyport, MA – [email protected] the International Labor Communicators Association (ILCA) 2015 BOB M. HYKAWAY Media competition. ILCA says the “winners represent some of Calgary, AB – [email protected] the best and most inspired work in labor communications and are JANIS M. BORCHARDT to be congratulated in promoting the highest standards of labor Madison, WI – [email protected] journalism.” International President Larry Hanley congratulates all PAUL BOWEN Canton, MI – [email protected] staff members involved in these award-winning communications. KENNETH R. KIRK Lancaster, TX – [email protected] FIRST PLACE Political Action/Organizing Campaign - Best Collateral: GARY RAUEN Visual Communications - Best Cartoon: Clayton, NC – [email protected] ATU Chuy Garcia campaign ATU Bus with Presidential Candidates by ATU International MARCELLUS BARNES by Mike Konopacki and ATU International Flossmore, IL – [email protected] General Excellence - Website: Writing - Best Electronic Content: RAY RIVERA ATU International website ATU International website by ATU International Staff Lilburn, GA – [email protected] by ATU International YVETTE TRUJILLO Visual Communications, Best Design - Thornton, CO – [email protected] Writing - Saul Miller Awards, Political Action: Website, App, or E Publication: GARY JOHNSON, SR. ATU, progressive coalition shake up ATU International Website Chicago establishment in mayor’s race by ATU International Cleveland, OH – [email protected] by ATU International ROBIN WEST Halifax, NS – [email protected] Political Action/Organizing Campaign: THIRD PLACE Best Flyer: JOHN COSTA Chris Christie milk carton missing door-hang General Excellence - Electronic Publication: Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected] by ATU International ATU Dispatch CHUCK WATSON by ATU International Staff Syracuse, NY – [email protected] Visual Communications - Best Front Page/Cover: Magazines: Electronic Media - Best Issues/Advocacy Video: CLAUDIA HUDSON Bus driver bathroom breaks are a matter of human Oakland, CA – [email protected] In Transit, July/August cover by ATU International dignity and decency BRUCE HAMILTON by ATU International New York, NY – [email protected] Political Action/Organizing Campaign - Best Mail Piece: MICHELLE SOMMERS HONORABLE MENTION Brooklyn Park, MN – [email protected] The Big Pig – Fix The T by ATU International Staff JAMES LINDSAY Writing - Saul Miller Awards, Santa Clarita, CA – [email protected] Collective Bargaining: SECOND PLACE NYC school bus Local struggles have long history EMANUELE (MANNY) SFORZA by ATU International Toronto, ON – [email protected] Writing - Best Editorial or Column: A Streetcar Named Deception INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES by ATU International President Larry Hanley DENNIS ANTONELLIS Spokane, WA – [email protected] INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUS STEPHAN MACDOUGALL Boston, MA – [email protected] International President Jim La Sala, ret. ANTHONY GARLAND Washington, DC – [email protected] International President Warren George, ret. ANTONETTE BRYANT International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret. Oakland, CA – [email protected] International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret. SESIL RUBAIN New Carrollton, MD – [email protected] Subscription: USA and Canada, $5 a year. Single copy: 50 cents. All others: $10 a year. Published bimonthly by the ATU CANADA 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 PAUL THORP Registry Dept. ISSN: 0019-3291. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40033361.RETURN UNDELIVERABLE Brampton, ON – [email protected] CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: APC Postal Logistics, LLC, PO Box 503, RPO, West Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill ON L4B 4R6. IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 3 NOV/DEC 2016 CONTENT Vol. 125, No. 6 58TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AFFIRMS ATU TRAINING, ACTIVISM AGENDA 10 EXECUTIVE, INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS RE-ELECTED, SFORZA VOTED IVP 2 International Officers & 21 Committees of the 58th Convention General Executive Board 26 Are the cameras installed on Kelowna News Briefs buses enough? 3 Index Page W. Vancouver Blue Bus workers settle first 4 Edmonton looking a bus blind spots after strike in 100-year history tragic pedestrian deaths 27 Regina Local concerned about drivers’ 5 International President’s Message: safety after violent incidents Ka Boom! 28 Local remembers historic strike with rally 6 International Executive Vice President’s to preserve local, public transit Message: ATU benefits from Union’s military 29 Translations (Spanish) veterans: Beleaguered voters reject mainstream of both parties 31 In Memoriam 7 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message: 32 2016 ATU Election Mobilization Don’t let up now 8 Canadian Agenda: ATU, TTC warn ‘rider’ suicides lead to increased worker absenteeism 9 Strong election for public transit despite deeply divided country IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 3 Edmonton looking at bus blind spots after tragic pedestrian deaths ATU’s campaign to bring attention to the danger of “These things can bury a lot of territory for the driver. “blind spots” created by poor bus design is gaining So, we practice weaving and ducking around to make traction in cities across North America. The Union sure we see everything, but it’s possible we don’t catch recently made headlines in Edmonton, AB, where two everything,” says Bradshaw “And the trouble is, when a pedestrians were struck and killed by public transit buses bus is making that slow left-hand turn, someone walking within a few weeks. beside it can stay right in that blind spot right until the bus makes contact without the driver or the pedestrian “The city is very much interested in what we have to say knowing what’s going on.” here,” says Local President Steve Bradshaw, 569-Edmonton, AB. “The first time I spoke to them they were like, ‘Steve, The accidents might have been prevented by placing the that hasn’t even been on our radar, tell us more.’ Dialogue drivers-side mirror below the sidelines, and doing away is wide open; they want to talk to us.” with surplus fiberglass, rubber and aluminum, leaving a frame which was narrow enough to not obstruct the driver’s vision. Poor bus design leads to pedestrian fatalities Retrofitting mirrors ATU is telling them what it has told transit employers all over both of our countries: While inexpensive bus design Removing the “A” pillar would be expensive, but simply may be good for municipal budgets, it has resulted in the retrofitting side mirrors would be an effective and less manufacture of buses with wide blind spots that block the costly (approximately $270 per vehicle) solution. vision of drivers, and lead to pedestrian fatalities. And what should a pedestrian do in the meantime? “Big and cheap fiberglass construction, poorly chosen “Make sure you can see the driver. Otherwise they cannot mirrors, and more poorly chosen side windows have see you. Try not to get into that position of synchrony with resulted in enormous obstruction,” ATU safety expert the position of the mirror and the position of the pillar as Brian Sherlock explained to the city. they turn otherwise you’ve got to run. They may not be ATU speculates that the pedestrians who died after being able to see you,” Sherlock says. v struck by the buses were stuck in blind spots created by a combination of a wide “A” frame, a mirror that obstructed the driver’s vision, a wider pillar, thicker rope seal, and doors that were not made entirely of glass. Designs like this create a phenomenon in which, as a driver turns left, a blind spot masks the presence of a pedestrian crossing from the left, until it’s too late. 4 November/December 2016 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 5 LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Ka Boom! That’s what America heard on election night. It must be our job to unite workers around principles that will make all of our lives better. What it means is that workers are tired of being double- talked by slick politicians – people who say they are with us, but voted over 40 years to turn our economy into a horror show for working people. Turbulent waters ahead This Union stood for change in 2016. We supported the Brace yourselves, however. We are likely to hit turbulent fight by endorsing Bernie Sanders. When he failed to win waters. Many of the programs we will see proposed and the primaries, we supported Hillary Clinton. That was perhaps enacted could do the opposite of what Trump the best choice for workers in our view. Some of our own voters expect, and what he promised. members disagreed. And, we must resist attacks on our constitutional rights. Donald Trump won this election in part, by appealing That includes the rights of all Americans. to the worst in people. To be really clear, we believe that Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) was a prominent most Americans do not support the hate speech he used to Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe enflame people. of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps. ATU will fight attacks on civil rights He is perhaps best remembered for the quotation: ATU will stand strong to fight against efforts to attack First they came for the Socialists, civil rights, and we do expect extremist legislation from a and I did not speak out— Republican Congress. There is a very dark side to his victory. Because I was not a Socialist. We understand the parallels between our times and the Then they came for the Trade Unionists, wake of the last worldwide depression in the 1930s.
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