ATU Local 757 Archives | nwLaborPress

Transit: Ridership plummets, but no workers are facing layoff, and cleaners are working overtime

Mar 25, 2020

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

Support your transit workers!

Mar 18, 2020

Local 757 says TriMet plans to eliminate mechanic apprenticeship programs and privatize bus service for the benefit of big companies like Amazon and FedEx.

Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle to TriMet: Don’t eliminate apprenticeships!

Dec 18, 2019

TriMet has been proposing in union contract bargaining to scrap its bus and light rail maintenance mechanic training programs.

TriMet talks off to rough start

Oct 30, 2019

TriMet wants to get rid of its bus and light rail maintenance mechanic training programs. And maybe contract out maintenance of the electric and hybrid buses it wants to buy.

ATU Local 757 picnic raffle raises $965 for Labor’s Community Services Agency

Sep 4, 2019

The money was raised in a 50/50 drawing the union held at its annual picnic at Blue Lake Park last month.

C-TRAN named North American mid-sized ’Transit System of the Year’

Aug 1, 2019

The honor was conferred by the American Public Transportation Association.

A life-saving school bus driver

Jul 3, 2019

The focus and reflexes of a member of Local 757 may have saved lives in a near-miss last month.

Charter bus firm would rather give up contract than operate union

Jan 2, 2019

When drivers voted to unionize, MTR Western terminated its contract to run Columbia County’s CC Rider transit service.

Transit union cries foul as TriMet contracts out shuttle service for its own drivers

Jan 2, 2019

Is Oregon’s largest transit agency incapable of operating a single shuttle bus? You might think so given a recent TriMet board action.

New TriMet Lift contracts raise wages up to $3.91 an hour

Oct 31, 2018

Problems with bathroom breaks and rider wait times are still unresolved.

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