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Proposed Referendum Could Save King County, W A OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION | AFL-CIO/CLC JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2014 PROPOSED REFERENDUM COULD SAVE KING COUNTY, WA, JOBS - SEE PAGE 17 - INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS LAWRENCE J. HANLEY International President JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR. NEWSBRIEFS International Executive Vice President OSCAR OWENS DebtLife Stadium International Secretary-Treasurer Peyton Manning and his Broncos lost the Super Bowl in New Jersey, INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS but the real losers are New Jersey taxpayers. Why? The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which operates MetLife Stadium LARRY R. KINNEAR Ashburn, ON – [email protected] is more than $800 million in debt from unwise spending, projects way over budget and politicians who used it as a giant patronage RICHARD M. MURPHY Newburyport, MA – [email protected] mill. And it’s the citizens of New Jersey who will be paying for BOB M. HYKAWAY decades for this big fat political fumble. Calgary, AB – [email protected] WILLIAM G. McLEAN Reno, NV – [email protected] First Student memo exposes worker rewards JANIS M. BORCHARDT for cutting corners Madison, WI – [email protected] PAUL BOWEN A “secret” corporate memo which told First Student managers in Canton, MI – [email protected] St. Louis that if they cut corners and reduced costs, they would KENNETH R. KIRK receive a payout or bonus was exposed by school bus drivers Lancaster, TX – [email protected] during a news investigation. Concerned about student safety, GARY RAUEN Clayton, NC – [email protected] drivers said the memo was at “the root of all the dangerous problems” including breakdowns and bad brakes. “It’s clear MARCELLUS BARNES Flossmore, IL – [email protected] profits come before safety at First Student,” says ATU International President Larry Hanley. “It RAY RIVERA also raises significant questions about the impact of all the cost cutting that is happening in this Lilburn, GA – [email protected] safety sensitive industry. What exactly are we saving as we demand discount public services?” YVETTE SALAZAR Thornton, CO – [email protected] GARY JOHNSON, SR. Route cuts to blame for declining Cleveland, OH – [email protected] Ottawa ridership ROBIN WEST Halifax, NS – [email protected] Sweeping cuts and changes to OC Transpo from a couple of years JOHN COSTA ago are finally catching up and resulting in lower ridership levels. In Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected] 2011, the “route optimization,” as OC Transpo called it, saw routes CHUCK WATSON reduced, merged with others and longer walks to bus stops as part Syracuse, NY – [email protected] of a plan to save upwards of $20 million a year. The result was CLAUDIA HUDSON less ridership with 97.8 million passenger trips in 2013, down from Oakland, CA – [email protected] 103 million in 2011. Local 279-Ottawa, ON, has said the city should not be surprised ridership went BRUCE HAMILTON down because of the economic decisions made by the city. New York, NY – [email protected] MICHELLE SOMMERS Brooklyn Park, MN – [email protected] INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUS INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ANTHONY WITHINGTON International President Jim La Sala, ret. Sebastopol, CA – [email protected] International President Warren George, ret. DENNIS ANTONELLIS Spokane, WA – [email protected] International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret. International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret. STEPHAN MACDOUGALL Boston, MA – [email protected] ANTHONY GARLAND Subscription: USA and Canada, $5 a year. Single copy: 50 cents. All others: $10 a year. Published bimonthly by the Washington, DC – [email protected] Amalgamated Transit Union, Editor: Shawn Perry, Designer: Paul A. Fitzgerald.Editorial Office: 5025 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016-4139. Tel: 1-202-537-1645. Please send all requests for address changes to the ATU Registry Dept. ISSN: 0019-3291. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 40033361.RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES CANADIAN DIRECTOR TO:APC Postal Logistics, LLC, PO Box 503, RPO, West Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill ON L4B 4R6. MICHAEL MAHAR Rexdale, ON - [email protected] IN TRANSIT | January/February 2014 3 LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT 20 million riders cannot be ignored You should start feeling it in bus depots and garages all volunteer in a campaign to pass a transit referendum over the U.S. and Canada – we are moving, fighting on the ballot in April. There the issue of raising taxes back, and saying, “Hey, we’re here, and we have something for transit will determine the job security of 500 important to say!” members and service security of tens of thousands of riders. We are moving local members to action in every corner of the Union, and the members involved love it. Trainings have started or been planned everywhere from False sense of security New England to Seattle, and from Ontario to the Bay Area All over our two countries the attacks keep coming. In of California. some places there is a false sense of security where members think, “It can’t happen here.” Trust me, bad things do Current campaigns happen to good people and good communities. Across the U.S. and Canada transit riders and workers We do this while we also have ten major campaigns at have been the “Rodney Dangerfields” of public service. We some level of development, which include: don’t get no respect – no respect at all. • 1287 We are working with Local to fight privatization Here’s your chance to change that. We have declared May in Kansas City, MO, and we continue to struggle 2014 International Transit Month: against privatization with Local 732, in Atlanta, as well. We are asking every member to join in events in your town or city during the month of May. We will be reaching out • We pushed back and won a reprieve from privatization to the riders – our natural allies – to stand with us for 1145 with Local , in Binghamton, NY. better transit. • 689 1764 Washington, DC, Locals and get it, and We will send a message that 20 million riders can’t be are building a campaign to get big community ignored. support for a fair transit system. Our voices must be raised in all our cities. Are you IN? v • In New York City, Local 1181 is hammering away every day to get 2,000 members back to work after Please visit www.atu.org for more information and the former Mayor Bloomberg gutted their contracts and latest ATU news. job security. Despite success in court, we have not yet gotten corrective action from the new progressive mayor, Bill de Blasio. • As you read this thousands of ATU members in Local 587 in Seattle are being trained and called upon to IN TRANSIT | January/February 2014 3 JAN/FEB 2014 CONTENT Vol. 123, No. 1 15 ATU, Residents Assail Possible Outsourcing in Binghamton, NY Marketing Strategy for Privatizer National Express: Cut Driver Wages 16 Lack of Milwaukee Public Transit Highlights Nation’s Jobs Issues US DOT Secretary: ‘Buses Provide Access to Jobs’ 17 Proposed Referendum Could Save King County, WA Jobs ATU KICKS OFF ‘SPRING TRAINING’ 10 18 Driving a Bus Is Hazardous to Your Health Justice, Safety for Women Transport Workers 2 International Officers & General Executive Board Goal of New Global Campaign 19 Above and Beyond: Less Fortunate have hero NEWS Briefs in Camden local’s ‘Momma G’ 3 International President’s Message: ATU ‘Angel’: Unidentified Winnipeg Member Saves 20 Million Riders Cannot Be Ignored Woman from Dangerous Cold Weather 4 Index Page 20 New Transit Construction Booming, While 5 International Executive Vice President’s Systems Face Budget Woes Message: Consider, if you will, the following... 21 ATU Hero: Alert Boston Service Agent Helps Save Commuter’s Life 6 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message: Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 Bad Streetcars are Bad Transit Needed to Preserve the Right to Vote 22 Greyhound Driver Viciously Attacked 7 Canadian Agenda: NDP Transport Critic Suspect in Brutal Beating of Tri-Met Driver Olivia Chow Backs Driver Fatigue Legislation Released Pending Trial 8 Ontario Liberal Government Under Fire 23 Hanley Joins National, Minnesota Leaders to Push for Transit Equity Proposed Cuts to AB Public Sector Pensions Called ‘Unjustified, Reckless, Unfair’ Vancouver Members Fight Back Against Driver Assault 9 Letter to the Editor: Plymouth Pres Reveals Little-Known Fact About US Pro Sports Leagues 24 85 People Own As Much As Entire Bottom Half of World Little-Publicized NTSB Report Backs ATU Driver Reward Offered in Reopened Murder Case of Fatigue Warnings Retired Norfolk, VA Local President 11 Kansas City, MO Transit Workers Fight Outsourcing Gainesville, FL Members Declare Impasse Transit Workers, Riders Applaud Bill to Modernize 25 Bible saves Dayton bus driver in disturbing gang Voting Rights Act initiation shooting 12 Rochester, MN Transit Workers Ratify International Mourns Death of Retired IVP Joe Welch Strong Contract 26 Thunder Bay Transit Workers Ratify Deal, ATU Scores Organizing Wins Avert Strike 13 Report Reveals Bloomberg School Bus Plan Toronto Transit Sick Note Policy Challenged Would Cost NYC Millions 27 Translations (Spanish) 14 ‘Poor Mouth’ Portland Agency Gives Managers 30 In Memoriam Big Raises 31 Edmonton, AB: Transit Priorities Found in the Portland President ‘disheartened’ by ‘Eye of the Beholder’ Tri-Met Audit Report Halifax Drivers Worried About Tires in Winter Weather Former US Transportation Secretary Urges 10¢ Gas Tax Increase 32 It’s Only Fair... 4 January/February 2014 | IN TRANSIT IN TRANSIT | January/February 2014 5 JAVIER PEREZ, JR., INTERNATIONAL EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT Consider, if you will, the following… bus operator pulls into the company parking lot. An control system. A infrared beam scans the license plate and compares it to a computerized list of authorized vehicles. The pre- From this point on the operator’s only responsibility is to assigned parking space registers that he has parked in the drive the bus on route and on time.
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