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Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757

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TriMet uses its public email list to score points against union

A government agency emails the public to say its employee compensation is out-of-line.
Collective bargaining

Bus drivers at Portland Public Schools ratify deal at First Student

PPS drivers win temporary labor peace, but struggles continue at other units of First Student.
Collective bargaining

TriMet Lift workers authorize strike

First Transit and ATU Local 757 will meet again Nov. 21.
Labor History

Union spy finds kidnap ring in second mystery novel

Union attorney Susan Stoner has published the second in her series of historical mystery novels.
Collective bargaining

ATU dispute with TriMet persists; conciliator called in

Before leaving office, Gov. Kulongoski asked a state conciliator to help resolve the dispute.
Labor History

PSU students help preserve Transit Union Local 757’s history

Several Portland State University students conducted oral history interviews with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 retirees Paul Headley and Ken Richins.
Workers Rights

Bend Area Transit terminates union leader

The top union officer at Bend Area Transit has been fired for what he says are pretextual causes, after months of stepped-up scrutiny from management.
Collective bargaining

Transit Union pickets TriMet board meeting

Members of ATU Local 757 held an informational picket at a Nov. 10 TriMet board of directors meeting. ATU is trying to raise public awareness of a contract dispute it has with the transit agency.
Collective bargaining

Transit Union 757 pushes back

TriMet board members got some heat Oct. 28 over the transit agency’s decision to impose terms on union members while it waits for an arbitrator to pick between union and management final contract offers.
Union democracy

ATU convention picks Hanley over Oregonian Ron Heintzman

At a Sept. 27-30 convention in Orlando, delegates chose Larry Hanley over Ron Heintzman as international president of Amalgamated Transit Union. Heintzman, former president of Portland-based ATU Local 757, had been international president since July 1, and was backed by former president Warren George as a successor.
Collective bargaining

ATU balks at Tri-Met plan to impose contract

While ATU Local 757 officers were away attending the convention of their international union, TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane announced a wage freeze and a requirement that employees contribute to health insurance premiums — without the agreement of the union.
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