Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
Tag:
ATU Local 757
Labor History
What’s it like to strike?
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
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
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
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?
With a new general manager at TriMet, an era of antagonism between the transit agency and its union may have come to a close.
Collective bargaining
Transit union reaches deal with TriMet
As contract arbitration neared, TriMet management dropped its proposal to eliminate its apprenticeship program for bus mechanics.
Workers Rights
ATU fights to save apprenticeship, and win back the right to strike
SB 690, a bill introduced by Oregon State Senator Chris Gorsek, would restore the right to strike for public transit workers like bus drivers.
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.
