ATU Local 757 Archives - nwLaborPress

Bus operator Cindy Kassab, a member of ATU Local 747, heads into retirement with honors after a record 47 years driving for TriMet.

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

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

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

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

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.