ATU Local 757 Archives - nwLaborPress

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.

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

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

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

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

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

As contract arbitration neared, TriMet management dropped its proposal to eliminate its apprenticeship program for bus mechanics.

SB 690, a bill introduced by Oregon State Senator Chris Gorsek, would restore the right to strike for public transit workers like bus drivers.

An arbitrator will decide if the transit agency can scrap its mechanic apprenticeship program.

In Eugene and Salem, bus service is now free. In Portland, new machines are disinfecting buses and trains with peroxide mist nightly.