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NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2017 ATU FIGHTS TO KEEP TRANSIT PUBLIC IN ONTARIO INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS LAWRENCE J. HANLEY International President JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR. International Executive Vice President NEWSBRIEFS OSCAR OWENS International Secretary-Treasurer Wrong to make NJ commuters pay for Gateway Tunnel Businesses not NJ Transit commuters should shoulder the tax INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS burden to pay for the new Gateway Tunnel – a rail tunnel under RICHARD M. MURPHY the Hudson River to link NYC and New Jersey - that is critical to Newburyport, MA – [email protected] national security and economic vitality of the region. “As Governor JANIS M. BORCHARDT Christie is leaving office, he is taking one more shot at NJ Transit Madison, WI – [email protected] commuters with another round of huge fare increases to pay for PAUL BOWEN Canton, MI – [email protected] the tunnel,” says Chair of the ATU NJ State Council Ray Greaves. KENNETH R. KIRK NJ commuters already pay the highest fares in the country and Lancaster, TX – [email protected] have already had two fare increases since 2010. “We call on the governor and legislators to MARCELLUS BARNES find a way to tax the businesses who will reap the rewards of a new tunnel,” says International Flossmore, IL – [email protected] President Larry Hanley. RAY RIVERA Lilburn, GA – [email protected] YVETTE TRUJILLO Staying safe on the job in winter weather Thornton, CO – [email protected] Winter is in high gear with snow and cold temperatures in GARY JOHNSON, SR. many areas across North America. Many members are facing Cleveland, OH – [email protected] dangerous cold conditions on the job. ATU International has ROBIN WEST Halifax, NS – [email protected] created a “Cold Weather Safety” bulletin to offer advice to protect yourself in freezing temperatures, how to identify cold JOHN COSTA Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected] injuries and other tips. This bulletin can be downloaded at CHUCK WATSON http://bit.ly/2kUaGR4 and printed by most computers. We Syracuse, NY – [email protected] encourage you to share this with your fellow brothers and sisters CLAUDIA HUDSON throughout the winter to stay safe. Oakland, CA – [email protected] BRUCE HAMILTON New York, NY – [email protected] ATU Safety SWAT Team gears up at training MICHELLE SOMMERS An International Safety “SWAT” Team took part in an innovative Brooklyn Park, MN – [email protected] training at the Tommy Douglas Conference Center to prepare to JAMES LINDSAY Santa Clarita, CA – [email protected] conduct safety audits at ATU properties. The “SWAT” team will be working in concert with Locals to identify workplace problems that EMANUELE (MANNY) SFORZA Toronto, ON – [email protected] threaten the well-being of our members. This is the next phase of JOHN CALLAHAN the union-wide Workstation Initiative campaign to fight for healthy, Winnipeg, MB – [email protected] safe and secure work environments. INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DENNIS ANTONELLIS Spokane, WA – [email protected] INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUS STEPHAN MACDOUGALL Boston, MA – [email protected] International President Jim La Sala, ret. ANTHONY GARLAND International President Warren George, ret. Washington, DC – [email protected] 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 CURTIS HOWARD Amalgamated Transit Union, Editor: Shawn Perry, Designer: Paul A. Fitzgerald. Editorial Office: 10000 New Hampshire Atlanta, GA – [email protected] 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 NOV/DEC 2017 CONTENT Vol. 126, No. 6

11 Has your Local passed the resolution to fix the bus driver workstation? 12 International Executive Vice President’s Message: Where will we end up? 13 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message: ‘We demand this fraud be stopped’ 14 Shooting of St. Louis bus driver spurs Local demand for better security ATU FIGHTS TO KEEP PUBLIC TRANSIT 6 Transit investment can help close racial job gap PUBLIC IN ONTARIO 15 More than 130 Locals pass resolution to fix the bus driver workstation 22 Gainesville Local weighs in on coming driverless shuttle Largest North American bus maker to develop electric, autonomous technology 23 Twin Cities Local ratifies contract, averts Super Bowl strike 24 Local strikes deal for labor peace for FIGHTING FOR WORKERS 16 streetcar workers YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW Organizing Win in Milwaukee 2 International Officers & 25 Winnipeg Local: Use smaller buses or Uber- General Executive Board like apps instead of cutting service News Briefs Win an ATU jacket like Raymond Vandervort, 3 Index Page 1145-Binghamton, NY 4 Canadian Agenda: Canada, Ontario invest in 26 Mississauga Local pushing to ‘Keep Transit Ottawa Region public transit Public’ with LRT 5 ATU hits Parliament Hill to push for safer ATU condemns NYC Port Authority bombing, bus workstations mass transit security critical 8 Nation observes Day of Remembrance, 27 Punched, spit on, hit with objects: Edmonton Action on Violence against Women bus drivers regularly face violence on the job City to make up transit budget cuts with 28 Translations (Spanish) increased parking fees 31 In Memoriam 9 Reps. Brown and Local 689 propose bill to make the Metro safer, more affordable 32 Reminder: ATU headquarters has moved Uber has no place in International Association of Public Transport 10 International President’s Message: ‘Our survival will be found in our solidarity… or not’

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 3 Canadian Agenda

Canada, Ontario invest in Ottawa Region public transit

The governments of Canada and Ontario are making investments that will help create well-paying jobs and grow the middle class now while building a strong foundation for a sustainable economic future.

MP Anita Vandenbeld, on behalf of the Amarjeet Sohi, 569-Edmonton, AB, minister of infrastructure and communities; Bob Chiarelli, Ontario minister of infrastructure; and Mark Taylor, deputy mayor of the City of Ottawa, have announced two new projects funded through the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF) that will benefit the residents of Ottawa. The announcement marks a significant milestone with the is providing more than $28,000 and the Township of recent delivery of new double decker buses also funded Russell will provide the balance of funding. through PTIF.

New high capacity buses Garage improvements Also in Ottawa are some of the 17 new high-capacity Improvements will be made to OC Transpo’s Pinecrest buses that have been purchased to expand the OC Garage that consist of repairing the aged concrete in Transpo fleet and provide additional service capacity in the bus bay and upgrading the sidewalks and asphalt growing areas of the city, including Orléans, Barrhaven in the yard. Across town, a new multi-use pathway will and Kanata. The new double-decker buses, funded be built to link OC Transpo’s St-Laurent Station to through PTIF, will increase capacity by approximately the commercial district on the east side of St-Laurent 950,000 additional customer-trips each year. Boulevard. The federal government is contributing more than $800,000 for these two projects, and the City These investments are part of an agreement between of Ottawa will provide the balance of funding. Canada and Ontario for the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund. v In addition, a project to upgrade a park and ride station in Russell has also been approved. Not only will the existing park and ride station be moved to a new, more convenient and accessible location, but it will offer ample parking and a bus shelter. The federal government

4 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 5 ATU hits Parliament Hill to push for safer bus workstations

More than 40 members from across Canada descended on Parliament Hill to meet with federal legislators to raise awareness on serious bus workstation design flaws and safety concerns that are endangering bus operators and pedestrians alike.

Prior to the meetings, the members took part in an innovative ATU training to prepare for their meetings with the elected officials from their communities.

This Fall, the ATU has been engaged in a union-wide Workstation Initiative Campaign to stop bus blind spot ATU leaders with the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities deaths, assaults on bus drivers, poor seats, and dangerous and Local 569-Edmonton, AB member Amarjeet Sohi. fumes. More than 130 Locals have passed the “Resolution to End Fatalities and Injuries Resulting from Poor Transit Bus Design” at their Local union meetings. unnecessarily! We need commitments for financial resources to redesign new buses and to retrofit suitable changes to older buses.” Driver blind spots, assaults on drivers on agenda Among the key legislators ATU met with were MP Judy Sgro and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and One of the key safety concerns addressed at the meetings Local 569-Edmonton, AB member Amarjeet Sohi. MP was dangerous blind spots due to huge side mirrors and Sgro was so moved by the meetings especially on the driver the massive “A” pillars on the left side of the windshield blind spots that she sent a letter to provincial politicians which obstruct a driver’s view of up to 13 pedestrians in about her meeting and calling for changes to current buses a crosswalk. Also on the agenda was violence against to address this problem. transit operators and the lack of bus shields and other safety measures to protect operators. Across Canada, there “The transit industry throughout North America has are 2,000 assaults on bus drivers every year according to acknowledged that the blind spot issue is a real problem the Canadian Urban Transit Association, and more that and the current proposed solutions are not going to work,” go unreported. Sgro’s letter read. “The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) has proposed two reasonable solutions that will eliminate this danger and I would like to bring them to All levels of government must be involved your attention: 1. Low mounted, reasonably sized left side mirrors. 2. Reasonably sized “A” pillars. Thank you for “It is crucial that we gain support from all levels of your consideration of these requests.” government in both Canada and the US to address these serious safety issues. Operators are entitled to work each ATU Canada President Paul Thorp says, “These lobby and every day in a safe environment without the risk of day are important to pushing for important changes to being attacked or even spat upon,” says ATU International protect transit workers and the public. For years now the Vice President Manny Sforza, who lobbied politicians. ATU has been lobbying to have the serious safety concerns “The blind spot issue is also extremely serious, and addressed and it’s time our government does their part. everything possible should be done to reduce and eliminate Our Employers and the Government need to stop putting entirely any risk of pedestrians being injured or killed a price on humanity.” v

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 5 ATU fights to Keep Transit Public in Ontario

ATU Locals across Ontario are fighting together to “Keep private companies often request – and receive – additional Transit Public.” The Ontario provincial government, subsidies. currently led by the Liberal Party, is spending billions of dollars on transit infrastructure and service expansions The bottom line is that private companies who bid on under its regional transit agency, Metrolinx. transit projects are interested in one thing: generating a profit. After taxpayers pay them for their services, they further maximize profits by cutting wages and benefits or raising fares and cutting services. We often see them do both. With private transit, our members and the public suffer.

Since the government of Ontario is using this model across the province, ATU leadership from Ontario Locals have built a campaign called “Keep Transit Public.”

Full-scale campaign

Rally to “Keep Transit Public” With the support of neighbouring Locals, ATU Canada, the International, and Local 107-Hamilton, ON, launched a full-scale campaign in June. The city of Hamilton has Unfortunately, many of these service expansions are being received $1 billion in funding for a new light rail transit delivered through public-private partnerships, or P3s, project (LRT) as a FDBOM P3. which use private companies to Finance, Design, Build, Operate, and Maintain (FDBOM) new transit. Metrolinx’s P3 model excludes public transit agencies from these new projects, turning integral pieces of transit systems over to private companies.

Public-private partnerships allow governments to appear to invest in infrastructure and services without increasing their debt load. In fact, total costs are often higher, but P3s create the illusion of savings by stretching-out costs over a longer period.

True costs hidden Local 107-Hamilton, ON, President Eric Tuck at rally. Governments use P3s so they can claim balanced budgets ahead of elections, with the true costs hidden until those Local 107 knew from the beginning that, in order to keep in power are long retired from public office. Companies transit public, it had to partner with riders. But how does are eager to engage in P3s to make money on public a Local of 700 members build a coalition and campaign to projects because they are guaranteed a return on their take on a massive government agency and the ruling party investment, with guaranteed profit margins often of the province? stipulated in their contract. If these profits aren’t realized,

6 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 7 One-on-one The model was simple: organize members to organize their passengers. Then, together, they use their collective power to First, local union leaders and rank-and-file volunteers get the government to change their delivery model. engaged members one-on-one. They discussed what impact privatization would have on the work members Now that the Hamilton campaign has forced action do every day and their livelihoods. Then, we offered a from Hamilton City Council, Ontario Locals way to get started: get trained on the issues and on how 1572-Mississauga, 1573-Brampton, 1587-Toronto at to engage riders. GO Transit, and 113-Toronto have launched their own Keep Transit Public Campaigns to stop privatization Dozens of ATU members volunteered on their own time in their communities and help pressure the provincial to attend campaign training courses at the union hall. government to end the use of P3s. There, they learned about Metrolinx’s big picture plan and how to translate that into a message riders would respond to. Soon, members were signing up to talk to riders and community members at bus stops and events.

Their hard work and dedication paid off. They collected more than 6,500 petition signatures and emails that were sent to city council, provincial officials, and Metrolinx staff.

Allies join the ATU at rally

Bringing the fight to the next level As In Transit went to print, Hamilton City Council voted in favor of a new resolution, 15-1, to have Local 107 represent LRT workers. The Local also introduced a new passenger bill of rights. However the final chapter in Hamilton shakes out, ATU Locals are already bringing the fight to the Local 107 members hit the streets of Hamilton, ON next level.

Then, Local 107 mobilized members and passengers to Ontarians will go to the polls in June for their provincial push Hamilton City Council to pass a motion. It called elections and then again in October for municipal on Metrolinx to allow the local public transit agency, elections. These looming deadlines have underscored the HSR, to operate and maintain the Hamilton LRT. political urgency of this campaign. Members and riders rallied outside city hall with transit Privatization is one of the biggest threats transit workers workers and riders from Hamilton and across the Greater face today, but ATU members are not alone. Along with Toronto-Hamilton Area. other unions and labour networks, such as the Ontario Federation of Labour, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Canadian Union of Public ‘First of its kind’ Employees, ATU has vowed to make privatization a major v They also called councillors to keep the pressure on. election issue in 2018. This show of public support and solidarity gave the city council no choice but to pass the resolution – the first of its kind – demanding that Metrolinx keep operations and maintenance public.

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 7 City to make up transit budget cuts with increased parking fees

Winnipeg, MB’s plan to reduce service on 22 bus routes may be shelved, as a result of Mayor Brian Bowman’s new plan to raise funds by increasing parking fees.

“What we heard loud and clear from transit riders and from many of the delegates were concerns about the anticipated route rationalization,” says Bowman.

Local 1505-Winnipeg, MB, sees this as a sign of progress. “I think it’s an excellent start but there’s a lot more work to be done,” says Local President Aleem Chaudhary. “I think there’s still low income people who’ll be hurting because of the fare hike.”

Chaudhary is referring to a proposed 25¢ fare increase. Bowman says, however, that the city is considering a lower fare for low-income residents. v

Nation observes Day of Remembrance, Action on Violence against Women

Canada celebrated the National Day of Remembrance and consider concrete actions to eliminate all forms of and Action on Violence against Women on December violence against women and girls. 6. Established by Parliament in 1991, the day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989, of 14 young women at November and December are important months for l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. raising awareness of gender-based violence in Canada and around the world. In addition to the National As well as commemorating the 14 young women whose Day of Remembrance and Action on December 6, the lives ended in an act of gender-based violence that shocked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against the nation, December 6, provides an opportunity for Women takes place on November 25, and marks the first Canadians to reflect on the phenomenon of violence of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, against women in society, and consider the women and which ended on December 10, with International Human girls for whom violence is a daily reality. Rights Day. v

Time to consider concrete action It’s also a time in which Canadians are urged to remember those who have died as a result of gender-based violence,

8 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 25 Rep. Brown and Local 689 propose bill to make the Metro safer, more affordable

Washington, DC’s “Fix It, Fund It, Make It Fair” plan to address bus and rail safety and promote innovative ways to increase ridership. Among the proposals is a year-long pilot program with a $2.50 flat fare on trips starting from three stations in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

Comstock plan misguided Meanwhile, Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-VA, has introduced Reps. Raskin and Brown at press conference to announce bill. misguided legislation seeking to balance WMATA’s budget on the backs of its employees by denying defined Washington, DC’s transit system, WMATA, has been in a benefit pension plans to its workers. death spiral for some time. Fatal accidents have taken the lives of innocent workers and riders, public confidence in the International President Larry Hanley wrote a letter to DC system has been lost. Ridership is way down, fares increased, area members of Congress urging them to support the service slashed and the system is cash-strapped. Brown bill. “By focusing on funding, safety, ridership, and paratransit reform, we believe that Rep. Brown’s bill addresses Rep. Anthony Brown, D-MD, wants to change that, some of WMATA’s core problems,” Hanley wrote. “On the introducing legislation to put WMATA service on the path other hand, Rep. Comstock is seeking to take advantage of a to recovery. The legislation takes a page from Local 689- crisis through a union-busting process.” v

Uber has no place in International Association of Public Transport

Uber has announced that it will join the International Hanley. “Uber has shown complete disregard for the welfare Association of Public Transport in an effort to improve its of its drivers, paying workers poverty-level wages.” image. ATU says the ride-hailing giant has no place in the group, pointing to poor treatment of drivers. Uber can also unilaterally lower their rate of pay, “switch drivers off” without due process, and oversaturate the market by adding more drivers at any given time. Drivers lack health Complete disregard for drivers and unemployment insurance, overtime pay, retirement benefits, and workers’ compensation. “Regulators in far too many cities have rolled out the red carpet for Uber and other rideshare companies and the results “If Uber is serious about being a better partner with cities, have been disastrous,” says International President Larry they can start by paying a living wage,” said Hanley. v

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 9 LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

‘Our survival will be found in our solidarity… or not’

As 2018 begins ATU looks back on an eventful year. 2018 is when the check comes to the table. Except in this Significant campaigns were, and continue to be run in game, those who partied never pay. The eating goes on at both of our countries. In Canada, we continue an anti- one table, the paying at the other. privatization campaign throughout Ontario. In the U.S., we have every kind of fight going on over privatization, We don’t have time for “I told you so.” This will be a time workplace safety, and surviving a government that is for pulling together all our forces. There will be outright dedicated to lower wages. attacks on our Union in the next six months designed by the same folks who designed the tax legislation. The mask is off the Trump administration and it is clear that what you get is NOT what you were promised. Hard They mean to strip down your ability to survive in a to avoid the conclusion that many working people got union. They will attack the structure of the union suckered into voting for this. including our finances.

2018 will bring attacks on “entitlements.” Entitlements are The wolf is not at the door, he’s in every room in the benefits like Social Security and Medicare that are actually house. earned by workers. Our survival will be found in our solidarity... or not. It’s The United States has chosen to not pay its bills. We could, up to you. if we didn’t have the world’s biggest military. Working people pay for that military even though it really exists to protect the billionaires and their businesses. Who runs the ATU? It keeps the oil flowing and the shipping lanes open. Every ATU Local is required to hold monthly union We have military bases and troops in more than 100 meetings. Every member should attend. It is at these countries, but we couldn’t save Puerto Rico from months meetings that the business of your Local is decided. Votes of subhuman living after a storm. take place. Plans are approved. Contracts and benefits are discussed.

If you don’t go, you are turning over your involvement, your Treasonous billionaires voice, your vote to those who do. Think about spending an So treasonous billionaires use our money to protect hour a month as part of the union conversation. their businesses. But, they keep their money overseas to avoid taxes. Who should not run the ATU? Then Congress obediently gives them tax forgiveness, begging them to “repatriate” their money. Repatriate... From time to time we hear really awful stories about local Then, the Republicans borrow $1.5 trillion to give these union attorneys crossing the line. Our attorneys are hired un-patriots more money, using workers’ money to foot to give us legal advice, not to run union strategy, decide the bill. what a good contract is, or tell us how to stop a politician.

10 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 11 Many attorneys I have worked with are wonderful count on lawyers or courts to save you. This Union was people. Some have done heroic things for the labor built by transit workers – not consultants. You cannot sue movement. Unfortunately, often some good attorneys can’t or arbitrate your way to power. stay in their lane and limit their contribution to what they understand – the law. We should show them the respect Power is what you need to win. The members, once they deserve as union-side attorneys. informed and organized are the power builders. Almost 100% of the challenges we face are potential rallying points But they need to show us the respect we deserve as adults for our riders. We have 100 riders for every active member. able to make decisions without being belittled. If union Give thought to that. attorneys tell members they are “too dumb to understand the contract,” or threatening that members “better accept a deal Put your faith in your members and your riders – not a v or else...” they need to be reminded whose union this is. couple of lawyers and a judge.

If your Local is facing serious outside threats, especially since the courts are being taken over by right wingers, don’t

Has your Local passed the resolution to fix the bus driver workstation?

More than 130 Locals have reported passing the The second phase of this campaign has now been “Resolution to End Fatalities and Injuries Resulting from launched with the International beginning to send safety Poor Transit Bus Design” at their local union meetings ‘SWAT” teams to Local Unions in 2018 to determine over the past few months. Job well done. the threats to safety and health in their buses and garages and to pursue solutions to address those problems. Check the list on page 15 to see if your Local has passed the resolution. If not, tell your Local officers it’s not too When your Local has passed the Resolution please late to pass it at your next union meeting. contact International President Larry Hanley’s office to let us know. v This is our first union-wide effort highlighting the driver workstation problems of today – driver assaults, blind spots, lower back injury, bad air quality, awkward movements required by poor design and ergonomics – and measures to improve the workstation. These problems and their solutions have been highlighted in In Transit over the last year.

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 11 JAVIER PEREZ, JR., INTERNATIONAL EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT

Where will we end up?

It’s been 50 years since 1968. I was a sophomore in high ‘Our ultimate American promise’ school, and that year stands out in my memory as one of “And that is our ultimate American promise, and the most historic in U.S. history. America was divided over our consistent American struggle – so that 30 years the Vietnam War and civil rights. from now our children will stand on the steps of Young men were fleeing to Canada to avoid the draft, and city halls like this one, and say with pride, that race riots broke out in U.S. cities. they never lived in a country where statues of white supremacists were idolized; where holocaust Sen. Robert Kennedy, then a candidate for president, memorials, synagogues, and mosques were subjected gave what is considered to be one of his best speeches in to bigoted attacks in broad day light. Indianapolis, on April 4 – right after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. “Where hate groups spread vitriol under the guise of free speech; where a president emboldened I campaigned for him in Omaha, and heard him speak, as and empowered neo-Nazis, the KKK, and white he often did, about healing the divisions among us. nationalists.

Reflecting on all of this, I’ve asked myself if anyone cares “As we fight for that tomorrow – our tomorrow – we about healing our divisions today. speak with one voice to any community living in fear Remarkably, the answer came in the form of a YouTube that, we here and now stand with you; that our country video someone sent me of a speech by Rep. Joseph Kennedy, is strong because of its diversity – because of you. III. Below is an excerpt: “You are not weak and are not wrong. You are seen, “I am 36 years old. you are heard, and you count. This is your country, your home. America belongs to you too. “I have never known a country where men and women could be bought and sold; where newspapers “Whenever and wherever in our society hate seeks run ads that say, ‘No Irish Need Apply,’ or water darkness it will be overcome by the light of our fountains are labeled ‘colored;’ where followers of a compassion and our empathy.” faith are marked with a patch; where brave young So my friends, given the divisiveness in society today, girls have to march past armed solders to pry open where will we end up? Can we build a better world for segregated schoolhouse doors. those who follow us?

“I’ve never worked at a place that refused to hire The answer is, “Yes!” We are doing just that, and yes, we women, or lived in a place that denied shelter to are building a better ATU. someone with disabilities. I wish you all the best in 2018. v “Guided by a vision that others knew they may never realize, generations before us have sacrificed so that Please visit www.atu.org for more information and the their children might grow up in a kinder, safer place. latest ATU news.

12 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 13 OSCAR OWENS, INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

‘We demand this fraud be stopped’

“In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have improved wages and working conditions of everyone… Wherever these laws have been passed, wages are lower, job opportunities are fewer and there are no civil rights. We do not intend to let them do this to us. We demand this fraud be stopped...” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1961*

It’s hard to believe, but Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dr. King felt so strongly about this that he said that words, above, may be more relevant today than they were wherever RTW laws are passed “there are no civil rights.” in 1961. Unlike today, the U.S. Supreme Court wasn’t expected to rule in favor of plaintiffs whose goal it was to The leadership in Congress wants you to buy their noble make “right-to-work” (RTW) the law of the land. declarations. They expect you to believe that they’re only thinking of you. I guess it’s just a coincidence that every Dr. King gets right to the point: Right-to-work has nothing bill they introduce makes the rich richer, and the rest of us to do with freedom, and everything to do with robbing us poorer. If you doubt that, just follow the money. of our civil rights and destroying unions. We are barraged on a daily basis by fraudulent claims that Dr. King realized that if you have no choice but to work at misrepresent what the president and the congressional a job where you can be fired on a whim, have no vacation, leadership are doing, or distract us from what’s really no sick days, no safety protections, where you’ll never going on. earn a living wage – you’re essentially stuck in modern- day slavery. But, like Dr. King, “We do not intend to let them do this to us,” and we “demand this fraud be stopped.” v

Dr. King was not fooled Please visit www.atu.org for more information and the Dr. King was not fooled by all of the false rhetoric its latest ATU news. proponents used to make right-to-work sound like * Now Is the Time. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Labor in something that’s good for workers. He realized that the South: The Case for a Coalition (January 1986) collective bargaining was an essential component of civil rights, and that without it, there is little workers can do to improve their lives.

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 13 Shooting of St. Louis bus Transit driver spurs Local demand investment can help close for better security racial job gap

Dēmos, a New York public policy organization, has produced a new report which asserts that “if we want everyone to participate fully in the American economy, we have to make sure that everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity or class, has an efficient and affordable way to get to work, school, health care, and recreation.” “We have a tremendous need for significant increases in public transit investments,” the report says. “This In response to the shooting of a St. Louis Metro Transit bus driver, Local 788 need is only growing over time, as our is demanding major safety changes to protect not only bus drivers, but riders, large metropolitan areas increase in motorists, and pedestrians, as well. population and become more congested with traffic.” “People of color are more likely to lack Operators targets of abuse a vehicle at home, which causes them to rely more on public transit… We can Local President Reginald Howard says drivers are often the targets of verbal and help all American households, and physical abuse. “Operators get insulted, spit on. We want security to be beefed disproportionately households of up,” he said. “You’ve got to get operators feeling safe and that they matter.” color, by improving our public transit In the shooting incident, the assailant attempted to rob the bus driver at a systems so that workers can get to their transit hub as he was getting set to begin his first trip of the day. The driver destinations faster and with more ease. was treated at a hospital and released without serious injuries, but was very “We need millions of jobs to address shaken up. Police did arrest and charge the suspect. the hidden crises of low employment rates and employment-rate racial hierarchies in the American economy. Better safety for all Infrastructure investments can create The Local has met with Metro Transit to express its concerns and discuss millions of jobs today, and lay the critical changes that need to be made to ensure better safety for all. They also foundation for future job creation, most discussed other safety issues for operators, riders and pedestrians including of which will be non-construction jobs. driver blind spots, and seats that cause back problems. “Transit-focused infrastructure projects “Our members enjoy what they do. We have a concern for the passengers. work well for generating sufficient Our primary concern is to make sure they get to and from work and we shares of the overall jobs created for want to do it for them safely,” said Local Vice President Catina Wilson. people of color to begin to address “We want to be safe, we want the riding public to be safe, and we want the persistent racial hierarchy in v Metro to do what they are supposed to do to keep both of us safe.” v employment rates.”

14 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 15 Here are the Locals that have passed the Resolution to fix the bus driver’s workstation as this issue went to press:

Local 22 - Worcester, MA Local 752 - Bloomington, IL Local 1310 - Eau Claire, WI Local 26 - Detroit, MI Local 819 - Newark, NJ Local 1320 - Peterborough, ON Local 85 - Pittsburgh, PA Local 820 - Union City, NJ Local 1321 - Albany & Troy, NY Local 107 - Hamilton, ON Local 821 - Jersey City, NJ Local 1324 - Savannah, GA Local 113 - Toronto, ON Local 823 - Elizabeth, NJ Local 1328 - Raleigh, NC Local 128 - Asheville, NC Local 824 - New Brunswick, NJ Local 1333 - Rockford, IL Local 134 - Vancouver, BC Local 825 - Oradell, NJ Local 1336 - Bridgeport, CT Local 164 - Wilkes-Barre, PA Local 836 - Grand Rapids, MI Local 1338 - Dallas, TX Local 174 - Fall River, MA Local 842 - Wilmington, DE Local 1395 - Pensacola, FL Local 192 - Oakland, CA Local 846 - St. Catharines, ON Local 1415 - Toronto, ON Local 241 - Chicago, IL Local 847 - St. Joseph, MO Local 1433 - Phoenix, AZ Local 265 - San Jose, CA Local 857 - Green Bay, WI Local 1436 - Harrisburg, PA Local 268- Cleveland, OH Local 880 - Camden, NJ Local 1447 - Louisville, KY Local 279 - Ottawa, ON Local 966 - Thunder Bay, ON Local 1505 - Winnipeg, MB Local 281 - New Haven, CT Local 987 - Lethbridge, AB Local 1517 - Idaho Falls, ID Local 282 - Rochester, NY Local 993 - Oklahoma City Local 1546 - Baton Rouge, LA Local 285 - Steubenville, OH Local 996 - South Bend, IN Local 1547 - Brockton, MA Local 308 - Chicago, IL Local 998 - Milwaukee, WI Local 1548 - Plymouth, MA Local 312 - Davenport, IA Local 1001 - Denver, CO Local 1555 - Oakland, CA Local 313 - Rock Island, IL Local 1005 - Minneapolis/ Local 1560 - New Orleans, LA Local 382 - Salt Lake City, UT Saint Paul, MN Local 1572 - Mississauga, ON Local 416 - Peoria, IL Local 1015 - Spokane, WA Local 1574 - San Mateo, CA Local 425 - Hartford, CT Local 1037 - New Bedford, MA Local 1575 - San Rafael, CA Local 441 - Des Moines, IA Local 1039 - Lansing, MI Local 1576 - Lynnwood, WA Local 443 - Stamford, CT Local 1056 - Flushing, NY Local 1577 - West Palm Beach, FL Local 448 - Springfield, MA Local 1070 - Indianapolis, IN Local 1582 - Niagara Falls, ON Local 508 - Halifax, NS Local 1091 - Austin, TX Local 1587 - Toronto, ON Local 519 - La Crosse, WI Local 1093 - Kalamazoo, MI Local 1595 - Pittsburgh, PA Local 558 - Shreveport, LA Local 1095 - Jackson, MI Local 1596 - Orlando, FL Local 569 - Edmonton, AB Local 1145 - Binghamton, NY Local 1602 - St. Catharines, ON Local 583 - Calgary, AB Local 1160 - Monroe, LA Local 1614 - Dover, NJ Local 587 - Seattle, WA Local 1177 - Norfolk, VA Local 1622 - Danbury, CT Local 588 - Regina, SK Local 1179 - New York, NY Local 1624 - Peterborough, ON Local 589 - Boston, MA Local 1181 - New York, NY Local 1637 - Las Vegas, NV Local 615 - Saskatoon, SK Local 1189 - Guelph, ON Local 1701 - Sarasota, FL Local 618 - Providence, RI Local 1197 - Jacksonville, FL Local 1704 - San Bernardino, CA Local 627 - Cincinnati, OH Local 1209 - New London, CT Local 1722 - Kelowna, BC Local 628 - Covington, KY Local 1220 - Richmond, VA Local 1724 - Vancouver, BC Local 639 - Lexington, KY Local 1235 - Nashville, TN Local 1743 - Pittsburgh, PA Local 689 - Washington, DC Local 1241 - Lancaster, PA Local 1754 - Lawrence, KS Local 697 - Toledo, OH Local 1249 - Springfield, IL Local 1763 - Rocky Hill, CT Local 704 - Little Rock, AR Local 1251 - Battle Creek, MI Local 1767 - Sault Ste. Marie, ON Local 713 - Memphis, TN Local 1277 - Los Angeles, CA Local 1769 - Corpus Christi, TX Local 714 - Portland, ME Local 1285 - Jackson, TN Local 1774 - Aspen, CO Local 726 - Staten Island, NY Local 1293 - Lincoln, NE ATU Latino Caucus Local 732 - Atlanta, GA Local 1300 - Baltimore, MD Local 741 - London, ON Local 1309 - San Diego, CA

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 15 LEGISLATION 1992-1994

U.S. Labor thrived under the protection of the Canadian Council established National Labor Relations Act from 1935, until the GOP The ATU Canadian Council was wrested control of the U.S. Congress from the Democratic established in 1982, for much the Party in 1947. That was the year Congress passed the same reason – to bring the collective Taft-Hartley Act, which permitted individual states to influence of our northern members enact right-to-work legislation that allowed workers to bear on Parliamentary legislation to refuse to join and pay dues to unions at workplaces and the decisions of the federal where a majority of the employees elect a union as their government. collective bargaining representative. The Union’s legislative program would prove crucial in Ten years later, in 1957, ATU joined other labor protecting ATU interests from attacks by the Reagan and unions and the AFL-CIO, in moving its international Bush administrations during the 12 years prior to the headquarters to Washington, DC, where it could have election of Bill Clinton in 1992 – our centennial year. more immediate influence on national legislation. The change of venue proved prescient as major transit and labor It had been practically a daily battle against the GOP and laws were passed in the 1960s that remain important to big business to preserve what the Union had fought for and transit workers today. won over the preceding century.

16 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 16 IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 17 International President James La Our wages are the highest in the industry, and are Sala summed up the challenges steadily increasing. Our benefits are among the of the previous three years in highest of all unions. preparation for the Centennial Convention in the May-June 1992 “The Canadian Council has successfully acquired In Transit: the funds to do a forward-looking study of the Canadian transit industry in order to find out the “We have had a very difficult facts for successful negotiating there. three years since we last gathered in 1989. The Greyhound strike has sapped our resources and “We have beaten back most of the efforts to tested our morale. And, the renewed RICO suit has privatize local transit and erode our collective threatened our solvency. bargaining rights in the U.S. We are making inroads in negotiating maternity leave and flexible hours. “We have been the subject of unprincipled raids We have immeasurably improved our grievance and libelous attacks on our Locals in Canada. The arbitration, pension management, and leadership U.S. Congress has tried to scapegoat the transit skills with our education programs. industry for America’s drug problems by mandating demeaning random drug and alcohol testing. “Our COPE, legislative, and legal programs are stronger, and are accomplishing more than ever before. “In Canada and the U.S. there has been a campaign to submit transit contracts to competitive bidding “In short, against all odds, we have succeeded and which would have the effect of pressuring current prospered. We have accomplished a lot, and we have wage and benefit levels down. a lot to be proud of.” “We have had to fight to retain our Section 13(c) bargaining rights in the U.S. Local strikes, particularly in Canada, have caused much hardship. ISTEA ATU’s U.S. legislative department working in concert with a “We have had to endure truly bad-faith bargaining coalition of pro-transit groups and bipartisan congressional such as in the recent strike in Pittsburgh, where after committees successfully passed the Intermodal Surface negotiating an agreement the employer reneged, and Transportation Efficiency Actin 1991 (ISTEA) which then, as required by law, the dispute was submitted significantly expanded federal funding of mass transit and to a fact-finder. highway programs and provided enhanced flexibility to “The fact-finder’s proposal was accepted by an state and local governments to transfer funds between those overwhelming majority of the Local’s membership, programs as determined by local need. but the management rejected that proposal, and left Transit funding was doubled to $31.5 billion over the six- us no choice but to strike. year period covered by the bill. On an average annual basis “We’ve had to fight simply to retain health benefits in America, and basic legislation restoring civil rights and providing for the care of our babies and sick family members has been denied. “Canadian transit interests have worked hard to stop our Council there from developing a safe operator’s seat. And, after working hard to pass landmark legislation authorizing record funding for transit in the U.S., the president is trying to gut the act with this year’s appropriation bill.

“We have been challenged, and assaulted from every side, but we have fought back and we have prevailed. President Bush signed ISTEA at Dallas / Fort Worth Airport

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 17 that represented a 64 percent increase over Fiscal Year 1991 Federico Peña, and Democratic Party Chair David transit funding levels. Wilhelm, as they focused, not only on the changing political landscape, but also on ATU’s new goals for the 1990s. Operating assistance was maintained for all cities regardless of size, with a new cost-of-living increase formula based on the lesser of the increase in the consumer price index or the percentage of the increase of the total “Section 9” funds made available in the preceding year. Section 13(c) was maintained with continued application to all parts of transit grant program, including demonstration and privatization projects. Limitations were imposed on the Secretary of Transportation’s authority to review transit grant recipients’ and metropolitan planning organizations’ (MPOs) criteria and policies established for considering privatization projects as part of their transit plans and programs. Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña, left, answers questions at The Bush administration attempted to undercut ISTEA the Legislative Conference, as International President Jim La Sala listens at right. with a 1993 transportation appropriations bill that provided less than what was appropriated for 1992. The Clinton administration and Congress would correct Peña, in his first major address to a transit labor group, that mistake over the next six years, opening the way for described the Clinton Administration’s new economic significant expansion of public transit and the growth of stimulus and long-term investment programs, which ATU membership in the 1990s. included increased spending for public transit as part of the stimulus program. The secretary pledged to continue working as an advocate for increased mass transportation Legislative Conferences spending.

One of the most important yearly events that took place Peña acknowledged the importance of Section 13(c) during the La Sala and George administrations was the employee protection, and indicated that the new Legislative Conference which brought together legislative administration would no longer seek to influence local activists from Locals across the United States to learn about transit decisions regarding private sector contracting. the issues that ATU would be working on in the coming In addition, he pledged to work closely with ATU as year, to plan what the Union would do to achieve its pending drug and alcohol testing regulations were legislative goals, and to lobby Congress. finalized.

Those legislative gatherings took on a different character Conference participants also discussed pending federal after the election of Bill Clinton in 1992. The Union had legislative initiatives and ongoing activities at the state been fighting an uphill battle during the previous 12 years and local level. Special focus was given to privatization of Republican administrations. Now, with a Democrat in bills pending in California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, the White House, the headline on the May-June 1993 cover New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah and other states. of In Transit blared: “Finally, Working With the Government – for a change!” Maintaining federal transit operating assistance, limiting privatization, implementing the new alcohol and drug The conference was held in Washington, DC, from March testing requirements and enacting comprehensive 3-7, as local union officers and conference board chairs from health care reform were the dominant issues at the over 25 states convened to discuss the 1992 elections, and 1994 Legislative Conference. Over five days, conference President Clinton’s new agenda for America. participants reviewed the progress of the 103rd Conference participants heard from senators and house Congress in enacting President Clinton’s “New Agenda members, the newly-appointed Secretary of Transportation, for America.”

18 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 19 The ‘Contract with America’ Transit Advocacy Workshops Republicans won control of both houses of Congress in As a result, ATU inaugurated a series of Transit Advocacy 1994, in an election campaign that was dominated by Workshops which began as part of all of the Union’s Georgia House Republican Newt Gingerich’s “Contract regularly scheduled conferences and seminars. with America.” All of the hopes that were raised in 1992, The workshops which instructed local participants in began to fade as a new, more conservative majority took the art of grassroots lobbying to maintain our transit charge. The question was “Why did so many working funding were expected to grow into separate one-day families turn their back on the party they voted for just events held around the U.S. and Canada as part of a new two years earlier?” ATU Transit Advocacy Program. The Canadian Program Writing in the May-June would focus on similar budget-cutting challenges in 1995 In Transit, International that country. Secretary-Treasurer Oliver Green Plans to develop and implement the Transit Advocacy commented: Program dominated the discussions at the 1995 U.S. “The 1994 elections produced Legislative Conference. The four-day program held in dramatic change in the U.S. Washington, DC, from March 11-15, involved over Congress. For the first time in 70 ATU members from some 40 states, along with 10 40 years, both houses of Congress are controlled representatives from the Transport Workers Union. by Republicans. In addition, over 30 states now Conference participants analyzed the impact of the have Republican governors. And in 20 states, GOP’s historic congressional takeover, and the effect both the upper and lower houses are controlled by the so-called “Contract with America” would have on the GOP. ATU members’ jobs, collective bargaining rights, transit “Clearly those of you who voted, wanted change. funding, safety, and health care. But is this the change you voted for? Rep. Nick Rahall, D-WV, in a ringing address, indicated that there would be “blood on the floor” of the House “Post-election data reveal that less than 50 percent of Representatives if the GOP leaders chose to attack of those eligible actually voted, and out of those, less our Section 13(c) rights as part of their efforts to enact than 25 percent knew anything about the ‘Contract the National Highway System Bill that year. with America,’ let alone supported its provisions.

“Unfortunately, I think most of our members voted like their neighbors. And, those votes were not cast in favor of measures which would contribute to financial stability and job opportunities within transit, but, rather, on a wide range of social issues such as gun control, school prayer, welfare, affirmative action, and other ‘hot-button’ issues…”

This was not the first, and it certainly would not be the last time that a political party would appeal to fear and resentment to win an election. Bill Clinton, however, would prove to be a wily adversary of the Republican Rahall tells participants that if the Republicans try to touch Section leadership. Jim La Sala, knowing full well what the 13(c) that there will be “blood on the floor.” Republicans would attempt in the next Congress, gathered the General Executive Board and ATU international vice presidents together 10 days after the November 8 elections to plan a strategy to respond to the probable threat to federal support for public transit.

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 19 LABOR/MANAGEMENT COOPERATION

Labor Secretary Robert Reich headlined the National Transit Industry Labor/Management Cooperation Conference organized by the Union the following week. Reich addressed the gathering March 16, saying, “Management’s and Labor’s partnership with each other is important,” and that this is “a message that successful companies take to heart.” Cornell Professor Ron Seeber Seeber elaborated on his belief that “the ways [labor and management] have ‘grown up’ dealing with each other were now inadequate.” Seeber believed that collective bargaining should be producing better results than it then provided, and posed a question to both camps: “How can you get a bigger piece of the pie when the pie is shrinking?”

‘Ill will, stubbornness, and distrust’ The Cornell professor asserted that collective bargaining, as it was then practiced, “promotes ill will, stubbornness, Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich, right, addresses the Transit and distrust,” and “discouraged inventive and creative Labor/Management Conference as Transit Workers Union solutions” to the real problems in the transit industry. International President Sonny Hall, left, and ATU International President Jim La Sala, center, listen. Seeber called upon the transit industry to “redefine negotiations as working together for ‘true success,’” rather than each trying to get as much as possible – a process He said he was “proud to be at the first transit labor known as “mutual gains” bargaining. management conference.” And to the doubters he said, “I have seen it work. There is a `win-win partnership’ While Seeber’s remarks were favorably received there that is developing in this country,” and he offered his were some in the audience who had encountered some “congratulations to the ATU and APTA” for coming difficulties with the process, and expressed concerns based on those experiences in the question-and-answer period. together for this purpose. One workshop featured the principals from two protracted The conference was opened up by International President sets of negotiations: the Greyhound and the Las Vegas and Conference Chair Jim La Sala who introduced ATC/Vancom experiences. IEVP Warren George, IST Oliver Green, APTA Executive Vice President Jack Gilstrap, and Transport Perhaps, because of the amount of bitterness that both Workers Union International President Sonny Hall. of these experiences engendered, this session produced Opening remarks were given by APTA President some of the most intriguing insights of the conference. Richard Simonetta. Greyhound CEO Craig Lentzsch asserted that both Labor and management were “critically important” at Greyhound. The first address to the entire gathering was delivered “We can’t operate busses without drivers,” he said, adding, by Professor Ron Seeber, associate dean of the Cornell “Drivers have every bit as much ability to ‘problem-solve’ University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, on as senior managers.” the Fundamentals of Labor/Management Cooperation and Mutual Gains Negotiations. Acting Greyhound Local 1700 President Charles Flanagan

20 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 21 offered his “take” on the 39-month Greyhound strike saying “Perseverance does not consist of getting through one long race; but, rather, many short ones.”

At that same session, International Vice President Don Hansen, one of the principals in the Las Vegas negotiations, spoke about the Local’s experience there; coming to an understanding of the business side of the transit business, and Las Vegas ATC/Vancom Manager Steve Thomas expressed his opinion that the “adversarial process” in negotiations was disappearing.

ATC/Vancom CEO Terry Van der Aa spoke about the FMCS Director John C. Wells transformation of his company from a six-bus family operation owned by his father (where labor/management it is, because I’ve done it myself. But, I believe in Labor/ problems were solved around a kitchen table) to the large management cooperation, because, it just works better.” business it was then. He said that they tried to maintain the small family business feeling, and they thought that Wells asserted that the FMCS “wants to provide leadership they “just could not do that with a union.” for the future.”

But, Van der Aa described his conversion process on this Wells closed by stating that in his experience there had explaining, “We have too many common enemies to spend been two models of Labor/management relations: the our time fighting each other.” conflict partnership, and its opposite, the collaborative partnership. Wells suggested that a new model, the “conflictive partnership” be adopted. ‘Conflictive partnership’ “Conflict,” he said, “is part of the human condition. The On the final day of the conference John C. Wells, the trick is to manage that conflict so that it is constructive, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, not destructive, and work together to improve the entire gave a spirited description of his Labor/management operation.” v philosophy saying, “I’m a realist, I understand how difficult STAY CONNECTED WITH THE ATU APP

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IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 21 Largest North American bus maker to develop electric, autonomous technology

Canadian bus manufacturer New Flyer, the largest motor coach builder Gainesville Local weighs in in North America, is expanding its Anniston, AL, campus to include a on coming driverless shuttle “Vehicle Innovation Center” dedicated to developing new transit technology, including autonomous driving and Autonomous (driverless) public transit is coming in April to Gainesville, FL’s electric systems. Regional Transit System (RTS) whose employees, represented by Local 1579, New Flyer says the Innovation Center’s have some obvious concerns. objectives will be to: “The Gainesville Autonomous Transit Shuttle, or GAToRS, is the first of its kind in the country, and it is being introduced as part of the city’s new ‘Smart • “Explore and advance bus and City’ policies,” says Dan Hoffman, the city’s assistant manager. coach technology through sustainable research and development, innovation, and progressive manufacturing; Concerned for future transit workers • “Foster dialogue through Local President Zefnia Durham says the autonomous shuttles should be a discussion, education, and concern for all of America, not just the transit industry. While he believes training on the latest zero- current bus drivers will be protected under their contracts, he’s still concerned emission and autonomous about how these shuttles will affect future employees. driving vehicle technologies; Jesus Gomez, RTS’s transit director, says, if successful, the autonomous shuttles would not replace RTS, but will be an additional transportation alternative • “Spark energy and commitment that creates new jobs. to clean air quality, safety, and economic benefits for people, communities, and business; and

Cities are growing • “Harness the power of collaboration, environmental “Our cities are growing, so we need to make sure our transit industry is also stewardship, and social change growing to support these changes,” says Durham. “I would prefer the industry on manufacturing the way grows with human labor as opposed to autonomous labor.” v we move.”

22 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 23 Twin Cities Local ratifies contract, avert Super Bowl strike

Averting a potential Super Bowl strike, Local 1005-Mpls./ speaking calmly to agitated customers while addressing the St. Paul, MN, members ratified a strong contract addressing issue, not the person. But in no surprise to the Local, neither demands to improve safety for operators as assaults on strategy has worked. them continue and other areas of concern to members. The “The main issue that was most meaningful to drivers is the contract covers about 2,500 bus drivers, light rail operators, security issue. We’ve been talking throughout this period rail technicians and other Metro Transit workers. with Metro Transit about installation of security doors on “We feel that they’ve come to the table with a fair offer the inside of the bus that would protect bus drivers from and our members agreed, overwhelmingly approving the being assaulted,” Lawson said about the pilot program to test contract,” said then Local President Mark Lawson. “We’ll bus driver shields. be able to focus on providing the service to the community Under the new contract a joint safety barrier evaluation and to guests of our city during the Super Bowl, without the committee will be established to regularly discuss the barriers distractions hanging over our heads.” and other possible protective measures. The subcommittee, comprised of operators and management, will function Pilot program for bus driver barriers under the Transit Safety and Security Committee. “I just appreciate … that this has become a concern, that The three-year contract includes a pilot program to install something’s being done about it,” said one Metro Transit barriers on some buses. It also raises wages by 2.5 percent bus driver, who’s been assaulted multiple times in her 17 per year for three years, allows a more extensive tool list for years as a driver. “There’s drivers assaulted all the time … technicians, and assures the formation of committees to and it needs to stop.” deal with safety and other on-the-job issues like access to restrooms for bus drivers. In November, Local members had overwhelmingly voted to reject Metro Transit’s contract offer, and authorized its This year alone there have been 73 assaults, 41 threats, and 34 officers to take them out on strike during the festivities instances of disorderly conduct - including physical attacks, surrounding the Super Bowl which will be in Minneapolis spitting, verbal harassment and threats on bus drivers and on February 4. They had been working without a contract light rail operators - and many more that go unreported. since the end of July. v Last year, 162 assaults were reported. Metro Transit had installed security cameras on buses, and trained drivers on all sorts of “de-escalation tactics,” such as

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 23 Local strikes deal for labor peace for streetcar workers

Ensuring Milwaukee streetcar workers can have a voice in it means a reliable system run by a quality workforce.” the workplace, Local 998-Milwaukee, WI, reached a labor He added, “This agreement demonstrates how employers peace agreement with Transdev – the company contracted and Labor can and should collaborate for the public to run the city’s new streetcar system. interest and the common good.”

The Alliance for Good Jobs – the organization responsible for the landmark community benefits agreement for the new Bucks arena and surrounding development zone – assisted the Local in securing the labor peace agreement. The Alliance’s President Peter Rickman says, “We can transform Milwaukee through a new community standard for living wages, worker’s rights, and innovative workforce development in service sector employment. This agreement provides another example of how we can make labor markets work for both workers and employers to, strengthen the economy and raise living standards” v

The private agreement ensures that the streetcar workers can join the Local and negotiate a contract without threats, coercion, or intimidation while preventing adversarial labor relations between the union and the company from causing pickets, boycotts, or strikes that might negatively impact the system. Organizing Win in Milwaukee

‘Transit jobs should be good, union jobs’ 110 paratransit workers employed by the National Express in Milwaukee, WI, have voted to join ATU. The workers Local President James Macon says, “Whether on buses or had reached their limit with poverty wages, miserable streetcars, transit jobs should be good, union jobs. This benefits, and lack of respect on the job and contacted ATU agreement means that transit workers in Milwaukee can about organizing. unite to protect and raise living standards.” Just across town members of Local 998-Milwaukee, WI, Macon noted that while final negotiations of an agreement perform identical work for a different contract company took longer than expected, the parties never doubted the and earn a whopping $3.65 cents per more, with outcome. “Transdev and our union negotiated an agreement seniority and additional benefits unknown to the National looking out for the best interests of transit riders, transit Express workforce. workers, and city residents because the company, the union, and the city all want the streetcar to work for Milwaukee.” The struggle to organize met fanatic resistance by the company with a stream of anti-union meetings, leaflets, and posters slandering ATU and union representation. National Employers, Labor collaborate for Express, infamous for their anti-union attacks, have refused common good to respect the election results by filing a list of bogus objections with the NLRB, and have illegally fired a union Milwaukee Common Council member and chair of the supporter just days after the vote to join ATU. city’s public works committee, Bob Bauman, congratulated the union and the company. “Labor peace on the streetcar The fight for justice in Milwaukee with National Express means good, union jobs for transit workers; and for riders will continue. v

24 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 25 Winnipeg Local: Use smaller buses or Uber-like apps instead of cutting service

Local 1505-Winnipeg, MB, is urging the city of Winnipeg to consider using smaller buses, devising flexible routes and moving to service on demand in some areas instead of just cutting back on service along routes with lower ridership.

Facing a budget crisis, the city is considering less frequent bus service on up to 23 Winnipeg Transit routes, but many people in outlying areas who rely on public transit will be left stranded.

“Cutting service on those routes, in the evenings and weekends, you’re going to frustrate people. People are already waiting for service as it is, and if you cut the service, instead of waiting 20 minutes, you’re waiting an “It’s super-frustrating. You’re standing there waiting for the hour,” says Local President Aleem Chaudhary. “You’re bus. It sucks to be passed over,” said Ben Collins, a graduate pissed off, here comes the next bus and who are you student at the University of Manitoba. He said it doesn’t going to take it out on? The first person you see. Who is make sense to cut back on transit service while the city that? The bus driver.” invests in transit infrastructure such as bus corridors. A transportation expert and University of Manitoba Students frustrated with poor professor Barry Prentice said simply reducing service in outlying areas is no solution for people who rely on some bus service form of public transit. “I don’t know of anybody who’s Students who rely on Winnipeg Transit are already ever shrunk their way to greatness,” Prentice said. “Maybe frustrated with poor service. More passengers are stranded they should be focusing more on really good service for the at the start of the fall and winter university semesters. people who will use the transit.” v

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IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 25 Mississauga Local pushing to ‘Keep Transit Public’ with LRT

The Mississauga campaign is part of the province-wide “Keep Transit Public” campaign by ATU Locals from Brampton, Hamilton, Toronto and Mississauga.

City is short-sighted Concerned about the impending operating costs of the LRT, Jackson accused the city of being short-sighted when it comes to how much this project will have to be subsidized by taxpayers.

“They are so focused on the carrot that the province is Local 1572-Mississauga, ON, representing 992 transit dangling in front of them — the $1.4 billion in capital operators, is pushing for the province to delegate control funding. But they’re not telling the municipalities all the of the 20-kilometre Hurontario LRT to MiWay transit negative that’s going to come with this funding,” he said. workers who are already running Mississauga’s existing transportation network. Jackson argues the system would better reflect the needs of transit users if it was run by MiWay instead of a third “We believe that our involvement is not just beneficial for party. “I think they forget we move thousands of people on us — the members — but for the actual public, because a daily basis,” he said. v it’s a system that will be run and maintained by the people who have been running it for decades,” said Local President Jack Jackson.

ATU condemns NYC Port Authority bombing, mass transit security critical

“The bombing at the NYC Port Authority is the latest “Transit stations like the NYC Port Authority are big example of a vicious, senseless attack on innocent open spaces that are difficult to secure. I urge our transit people that is becoming much too common. This terrorist agencies, operators and passengers to continue to be attack serves as a reminder of how vulnerable mass vigilant and watchful for anything of a suspicious nature transit systems are and the critical importance of security on our systems, as we work together to defeat terrorism in on our transit systems,” said International President the United States, Canada and the world.” v Larry Hanley.

“Our hearts and prayers go out to those injured and their families, as well as our praise for the first responders who treated the injured with their quick actions.

26 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 27 Punched, spit on, hit with objects: Edmonton Bus drivers regularly face violence on the job

On a sunny afternoon last February, a young man “We’re getting a lot of people, young operators, that are boarded an Edmonton bus and got into an argument starting the job and they try it for a year and get assaulted or with a transit operator who told the rider he had boarded spit on, sworn at and they say, ‘No, this isn’t for me,’” said with an expired transfer. When the operator called transit Local 569 President Mark Tetterington. “You get a lot of control to advise them of the issue, the man became people who quit. There’s got to be more that we can do to aggressive, punching the driver in the face and biting him protect those operators.” on the arm.

Early driver shields created glare, heat 193 attacks on transit operators Edmonton transit tested driver shields in 2010, to mostly This was one of the 193 documented cases of violence against negative reviews. But operators said the early model a transit operator in Edmonton since 2014. shields rattled, created glare and made drivers feel isolated. The biggest issue was the heat — in the summer, the shields These attacks including the death of a Winnipeg bus driver turned the driver’s seat into a sauna. in February have renewed debate over the “disturbing” level of violence against transit operators and how to protect operators. The debate began eight years ago when a vicious attack left Local 569-Edmonton, AB, bus operator Tom Bregg seriously injured.

The Bregg attack lead to the House of Commons introducing Bregg’s Law, a private member’s bill in 2011, that allows for steeper penalties in assaults where the victim is a transit worker. However, it took until 2015 for The House of Commons to finally pass Bregg’s Law.

That could change as Edmonton upgrades its buses. The city is buying around 55 new buses that will have air-conditioning and is considering newer bus operator shields. v

Mark Tetterington, President of Local 569

But the bill obviously hasn’t deterred attacks as evidenced by data showing 2,000 assaults on bus operators every year in Canada and many more incidents including verbal abuse and spitting on drivers that goes unreported.

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 27 « Notre survie dépend de déroule à une table, l’autre table paie la note. Nous n’avons pas de temps pour les « Je te l’avais dit ». Ce notre solidarité... ou pas » sera le moment de rassembler toutes nos forces. Au cours des six prochains mois, il y aura contre notre syndicat des À l’aube de 2018, le SUT se remémore une année attaques directes, conçues par les mêmes personnes qui mouvementée. Des campagnes importantes ont été et ont conçu la réglementation fiscale. continuent d’être menées dans nos deux pays. Au Canada, Ils veulent réduire votre capacité à survivre au sein d’un nous poursuivons notre campagne anti-privatisation syndicat. Ils vont attaquer la structure du syndicat, y partout en Ontario. Aux États-Unis, nous luttons de compris nos finances. toutes les façons possibles contre la privatisation, pour la Le loup est non seulement à la porte, il est dans toutes les sécurité au travail et nous survivons à un gouvernement pièces de la maison. dévoué à la baisse des salaires. Notre survie dépend de notre solidarité... ou pas. À vous Le masque de l’Administration Trump est tombé et il de décider. est clair que ce que vous obtenez N’EST PAS ce qui vous a été promis. Difficile de ne pas arriver à la conclusion que beaucoup de travailleurs ont été poussés à voter Qui dirige le SUT ? pour cela. Chaque section locale du SUT doit tenir des réunions 2018 s’attaquera aux « droits ». Les droits sont des syndicales mensuelles. Chaque membre devrait y assister. prestations comme la sécurité sociale et l’assurance C’est lors de ces réunions que les activités de votre maladie qui sont en réalité gagnés par les travailleurs. section locale sont décidées. Les votes s’y déroulent. Les plans y sont approuvés. Les contrats et les avantages y Les États-Unis ont choisi de ne pas payer leurs factures. sont discutés. Nous pourrions le faire, si nous n’avions pas la plus grande Si vous n’êtes pas présents, vous confiez votre participation, armée du monde. Les travailleurs paient pour cette armée votre voix, votre vote à ceux qui le sont. Songez à donner même si, en fait, elle existe surtout pour protéger les une heure par mois pour faire entendre votre voix et milliardaires et leurs entreprises. participer à la conversation syndicale. Elle garde le pétrole à flot et les voies d’expédition ouvertes. Nous avons des bases militaires et des troupes dans plus de 100 pays, mais nous avons été incapables de Qui ne devrait pas diriger le SUT ? sauver Porto Rico de plusieurs mois de conditions de vie De temps en temps, nous entendons des histoires terribles inhumaines après une tempête. au sujet des avocats des sections locales qui franchissent les limites. Nos avocats sont embauchés pour nous donner des conseils juridiques, non pour diriger une stratégie Traîtres milliardaires syndicale, décider de ce qu’est un bon contrat ou nous dire comment stopper un politicien. Alors les traîtres milliardaires utilisent notre argent pour protéger leurs entreprises. Mais, ils conservent leur propre Beaucoup d’avocats avec qui j’ai travaillé sont des gens argent à l’étranger pour éviter de payer des impôts. formidables. Certains ont accompli des choses héroïques pour le mouvement ouvrier. Puis le Congrès leur accorde docilement une amnistie d’impôts, les suppliant de « rapatrier » leur argent. Malheureusement, il arrive souvent que de bons avocats Rapatrier... Ensuite, les républicains empruntent soient incapables de rester dans leur voie et limiter leur 1,5 trillion de dollars pour donner encore plus d’argent contribution à ce qu’ils comprennent le mieux – la loi. à ces non-patriotes, en utilisant l’argent des travailleurs Nous devrions leur accorder le respect qu’ils méritent en pour payer la facture. tant qu’avocats syndicaux. 2018 : l’addition est sur la table. Sauf que dans ce jeu, Mais ils doivent également nous accorder le respect que ceux qui ont fait la fête ne paient jamais. Le repas se nous méritons en tant qu’adultes capables de prendre

28 November/December 2017 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 29 des décisions sans être rabaissés. Si les avocats syndicaux Les partenariats public-privé permettent aux disent aux membres qu’ils sont « trop stupides pour gouvernements d’avoir l’air d’investir dans l’infrastructure comprendre le contrat » ou qu’ils menacent que les et les services sans augmenter leur endettement. En fait, membres en disant qu’ils « feraient mieux d’accepter un les coûts totaux sont souvent plus élevés, mais les PPP accord sinon... », ils ont besoin de se faire rappeler à qui créent une illusion d’économies en répartissant les coûts ce syndicat appartient. sur une plus longue période. Si votre section locale fait face à de sérieuses menaces extérieures, surtout depuis que les tribunaux sont en train d’être pris en charge par les partisans de la droite, Coûts réels dissimulés ne comptez pas sur les avocats ou les tribunaux pour Les gouvernements utilisent les PPP pour pouvoir faire vous sauver. Ce syndicat a été bâti par des travailleurs état de budgets équilibrés avant les élections, les véritables du transport en commun – pas des consultants. Vous ne coûts étant cachés jusqu’à ce que les dirigeants au pouvoir pouvez pas poursuivre ou arbitrer votre chemin vers le soient retraités de la fonction publique depuis longtemps. pouvoir. Les entreprises sont impatientes de s’engager dans des Le pouvoir est ce dont vous avez besoin pour gagner. PPP pour gagner de l’argent sur des projets publics pour Les membres, une fois informés et organisés, sont des le rendement garanti sur leur investissement, avec des bâtisseurs de pouvoir. Près de 100 % des défis auxquels marges bénéficiaires garanties souvent stipulées dans nous faisons face sont des points de ralliement potentiels leur contrat. Si ces bénéfices ne sont pas réalisés, les pour nos usagers. Nous comptons 100 usagers pour entreprises privées demandent souvent ‒ et reçoivent ‒ chaque membre actif. Pensez-y. des subventions supplémentaires. Mettez votre confiance dans vos membres et vos usagers – En fin de compte, les entreprises privées qui soumissionnent pas quelques avocats et un juge. v pour des projets de transport sont intéressées par une chose : générer un profit. Après que les contribuables les aient payés pour leurs services, ils maximisent leurs profits en réduisant les salaires et les avantages sociaux, ou en augmentant les tarifs et en réduisant les services (souvent les deux). Avec le transport privé, nos membres Le SUT se mobilise pour et le public sont lésés. garder le transport « public » Puisque le gouvernement de l’Ontario utilise ce modèle en Ontario partout dans la province, les dirigeants des sections locales du SUT en Ontario ont lancé une campagne appelée « Keep Transit Public » (Gardez public le transport Les sections locales du SUT en Ontario unissent leurs en commun). forces pour garder public le transport en commun avec sa campagne « Keep Transit Public ». Le gouvernement provincial de l’Ontario, dirigé par le Parti libéral, injecte Une campagne à grande échelle des milliards de dollars dans l’infrastructure de transport en commun et dans l’expansion des services de l’agence Avec le soutien des sections locales voisines, SUT Canada, de transport régional, Metrolinx. l’International et la section locale 107 Hamilton (Ontario) ont lancé une campagne à grande échelle en juin. La ville Malheureusement, bon nombre de ces expansions de de Hamilton a reçu un financement de 1 milliard de dollars services sont réalisées dans le cadre de partenariats public- pour un nouveau projet de train léger sur rail (TLR) en privé, ou PPP, qui utilisent des entreprises privées pour tant que P3 FDBOM. financer, dessiner, bâtir, opérer et maintenir (FDBOM) de nouveaux transports en commun. Le modèle P3 de La section locale 107 savait dès le départ que pour Metrolinx exclut les organismes de transport en commun maintenir le transport public, elle devait s’associer avec les de ces nouveaux projets, transformant des systèmes usagers. Mais comment une section locale de 700 membres intégrés de transport en commun en sociétés privées. peut-elle mettre sur pied une coalition et une campagne

IN TRANSIT | www.atu.org 29 pour s’attaquer à une agence gouvernementale massive et puissent organiser leurs passagers. Ensuite, tous ensemble, ils au parti provincial au pouvoir? utilisent leur pouvoir collectif pour amener le gouvernement à changer son modèle de prestation.

Maintenant que la campagne a réussi à forcer le conseil Un contre un municipal de Hamilton, les sections locales 1572 – Premièrement, les dirigeants syndicaux locaux et des Mississauga, 1573 – Brampton, 1587 – Toronto chez bénévoles ont engagé des membres individuellement. GO Transit et 113 – Toronto ont lancé leurs propres Ils ont discuté de l’impact que la privatisation aurait campagnes publiques Keep Transit Public pour stopper sur le travail quotidien des membres et sur leur moyen la privatisation dans leurs communautés et aider à faire de subsistance. Ensuite, nous avons offert un moyen de pression sur le gouvernement provincial pour qu’il cesse démarrer : une formation sur les enjeux et sur la façon d’utiliser les PPP. d’engager les usagers.

Des dizaines de membres du SUT se sont portés Amener le combat au prochain niveau volontaires pour assister à des formations au sujet de la campagne, dans les locaux du syndicat. Là, ils ont Au moment de l’impression de l’In Transit, le conseil pris connaissance du plan d’ensemble de Metrolinx et municipal de Hamilton a voté à 15 contre 1 en faveur d’une ont appris comment le traduire en un message auquel nouvelle résolution pour que la section locale 107 représente les usagers réagiraient. Rapidement, les membres se les travailleurs du TLR. La section locale a également sont inscrits pour discuter avec les usagers et les présenté une nouvelle déclaration des droits des passagers. membres de la communauté aux arrêts d’autobus et à Peut importe comment le dernier chapitre de Hamilton divers événements. se terminera, les sections locales du SUT amènent déjà le combat au niveau suivant. Leur travail acharné et leur dévouement ont porté fruit. Ils ont recueilli plus de 6 500 signatures de Les Ontariens iront aux urnes en juin dans le cadre des pétitions et des courriels qui ont été envoyés au conseil élections provinciales, puis de nouveau en octobre pour municipal, aux fonctionnaires provinciaux et au personnel les élections municipales. Ces échéances imminentes ont de Metrolinx. souligné l’urgence politique de cette campagne.

Ensuite, la section locale 107 a mobilisé les membres La privatisation est l’une des plus grandes menaces et les passagers pour pousser le conseil municipal de auxquelles les travailleurs du transport en commun Hamilton à adopter une motion. Elle a demandé à sont confrontés aujourd’hui ; mais les membres du SUT Metrolinx d’autoriser l’agence de transport en commun ne sont pas seuls. Avec d’autres syndicats et réseaux de local, HSR, à exploiter et à entretenir le TLR d’Hamilton. travailleurs, comme la Fédération du travail de l’Ontario, Les membres et les usagers se sont rassemblés à l’extérieur le Syndicat des employés de la fonction publique de de l’hôtel de ville en compagnie des travailleurs du l’Ontario et le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, transport en commun et des usagers d’Hamilton et de la le SUT a promis de faire de la privatisation un enjeu région du Grand Toronto – Hamilton. majeur en 2018. v

« Première du genre » Ils ont également appelé des conseillers afin de maintenir la pression. Cette manifestation de soutien public et de solidarité n’a donné d’autre choix au conseil municipal que d’adopter la résolution ‒ la première du genre ‒ exigeant que Metrolinx rende publics les opérations et l’entretien.

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