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ATU Local 757

Collective Bargaining

ATU wants an end to forced overtime in Lane Transit District contract

Feb 2, 2023

About 225 workers are covered by the contract, including bus operators, mechanics, customer service representatives and more.

Building Community

Presents from Partners

Dec 14, 2022

The annual charity drive is a way to make holidays a little brighter for union families that find themselves in hardship.

Collective Bargaining

TriMet workers extend contract through 2024

Aug 3, 2022

Portland-area transit workers will get raises at the end of this year and next, but otherwise their union contract will remain unchanged.

Building Community

LCSA helps homeless union members get back into housing

Jun 1, 2022

Labor’s Community Service Agency, a nonprofit connected to United Way and local labor groups, is helping union members get back into housing.

Jobs

TriMet starting pay jumps 48% in a year

May 6, 2022

Amid a severe bus driver shortage, starting pay jumped from $17 to $25.24. Plus a $7,500 sign-on bonus. These are union jobs with benefits.

Labor History

What’s it like to strike?

Mar 2, 2022

Strikes, once common, are rare today. We asked Northwest Labor Press readers to share their strike stories.

Worker safety

Unsafe streets: Deteriorating public safety is impacting workers on the job

Feb 2, 2022

Attacks on parks workers. Assaults on bus drivers. Safety concerns are driving some employees to leave their jobs altogether.

Collective Bargaining

Bus drivers win raises up to $6 an hour

Nov 5, 2021

At the school bus contractor for Portland Public Schools, about 300 workers won an immediate $6 an hour increase.

Union Democracy

ATU Local 757 members elect new VP

Jun 30, 2021

Members re-elect Shirley Block and Mary Longoria, and replace longtime officer Jon Hunt with TriMet station agent Frederick Casey.

People

Labor peace at TriMet?

Jun 30, 2021

With a new general manager at TriMet, an era of antagonism between the transit agency and its union may have come to a close.

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