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ATU Local 757

In Memoriam

Wally Feist, 1949-2020

A former financial secretary-treasurer and briefly president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, he worked at TriMet from 1977 to 2011.
Collective bargaining

TriMet declares impasse in contract bargaining

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

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

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

Support your transit workers!

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

TriMet stuck on ending apprenticeship

Months of pushback from Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 has so far failed to persuade TriMet management to put the brakes on a plan to end its apprenticeship programs for bus and light rail mechanics.
Collective bargaining

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

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

TriMet talks off to rough start

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.
Building our communities

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

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

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

The honor was conferred by the American Public Transportation Association.
People

A life-saving school bus driver

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

Charter bus firm would rather give up contract than operate union

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

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

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

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

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

Union nemesis retires at TriMet

“I wished him well … and told him to stay away from ATU,” said union president Shirley Block.
Union Organizing

Bus drivers unionize at Columbia County’s CC Rider

Low pay is the biggest issue for drivers who provide bus service between Clatskanie, Rainier, St. Helens, Scappoose, and Vernonia.
Union Organizing

North coast bus drivers unionize

A group of 20 underpaid drivers and mechanics in Astoria and Warrenton Oregon have joined ATU Local 757.
Collective bargaining

Special ed bus drivers ratify long-delayed contract with Portland Public Schools

The new agreement raises starting pay to $18.50 an hour — up from $16.25 currently.
Jobs

Union-backed coalition pushes bold vision for Broadway corridor project

Redevelopment of the 32-acre downtown site will set the tone for what kind of city Portland will be.
Collective bargaining

Columbia Area Transit in Hood River signs first union contract with ATU Local 757

The agreement provides an immediate 10 percent raise followed by three annual raises totaling 8.7 percent over the life of the four-year agreement.
Union democracy

Incumbent slate re-elected at ATU Local 757

At the top of the slate, Shirley Block was re-elected with 55 percent of the vote, outpolling four challengers.
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