OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION|AFL-CIO/CLC JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2017 ONE ATU! INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS LAWRENCE J. HANLEY International President JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR. International Executive Vice President NEWSBRIEFS OSCAR OWENS International Secretary-Treasurer INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS RICHARD M. MURPHY Newburyport, MA –
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[email protected] ATU International would like to thank Local 589-Boston, MA for generously donating the above JOHN COSTA plaque of Tommy Douglas. It is displayed in the lobby of the Tommy Douglas Conference Kenilworth, NJ –
[email protected] Center. Next time you are at the Center be sure to take a few minutes to check out the plaque. CHUCK WATSON Syracuse, NY –
[email protected] CLAUDIA HUDSON Local 591-Hull, QC members picket as Oakland, CA –
[email protected] negotiations founder BRUCE HAMILTON New York, NY –
[email protected] Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO) workers have been MICHELLE SOMMERS working-to-rule, refusing overtime hours and reporting buses for Brooklyn Park, MN –
[email protected] repairs as contract talks have stalled. Local 591-Hull, QC, has been JAMES LINDSAY working without a contract since December 2014. The outstanding Santa Clarita, CA –
[email protected] issues are overtime and retirement pay. Both sides are in the midst EMANUELE (MANNY) SFORZA of a series of negotiations under a federally appointed mediator.