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LAWRENCE J. HANLEYInternational President

ROBERT H. BAKER International Executive Vice President

OSCAR OWENSInternational Secretary-Treasurer

INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTSLARRY R. KINNEAR

Ashburn, ON – [email protected]

JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR.Kansas City, MO – [email protected]

RICHARD M. MURPHYNewburyport, MA – [email protected]

BOB M. HYKAWAYCalgary, AB – [email protected]

WILLIAM G. McLEANReno, NV – [email protected]

JANIS M. BORCHARDTMadison, WI – [email protected]

PAUL BOWENCanton, MI – [email protected]

KENNETH R. KIRK Lancaster, TX – [email protected]

GARY RAUENClayton, NC – [email protected]

MARCELLUS BARNESFlossmore, IL – [email protected]

RAY RIVERA Lilburn, GA – [email protected]

YVETTE SALAZAR Thornton, CO – [email protected]

GARY JOHNSON, SR. Cleveland, OH – [email protected]

ROBIN WEST Halifax, NS – [email protected]

JOHN COSTA Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected]

CHUCK WATSON Syracuse, NY – [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVESANTHONY WITHINGTON

Sebastopol, CA – [email protected]

DENNIS ANTONELLIS Spokane, WA – [email protected]

CLAUDIA HUDSON Oakland, CA – [email protected]

STEPHAN MACDOUGALL Boston, MA – [email protected]

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NEWSBRIEFS

INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUSInternational President Jim La Sala, ret.

International President Warren George, ret.

International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret. International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret.

NJ Transit installs safety shields. Thanks to the hard work of the ATU NJ State Council, NJ Transit has installed

safety shields on 70 buses, and an estimated 1100 more non-full service buses will receive them as well. The barriers protect drivers from attacks but allow them to communicate with and collect fares from passengers. ATU members will be installing the shields over the next two years.

Toronto local: Transit is “lifeblood” of the city. In an effort to prevent Toronto from contracting out maintenance work, Local 113 has begun a new campaign highlighting ATU maintenance workers, and reminding the public that transit is the “lifeblood” of the city: “What is the lifeblood of a city? It’s what keeps it moving, because if a city can’t move, it can’t grow. If a city can’t move, it can’t thrive.” The campaign website and video can be viewed at: http://www.ProtectingWhatMatters.ca/

Palm Beach paratransit leaving passengers stranded. Seniors and persons with disabilities in Palm Beach, FL, have not

been happy with Palm Tran Connections since Local 1577 members, who drove for the paratransit service, were replaced by inexperienced, unqualified taxi drivers working for the agency’s new contract management company. Complaints ranging from frequent lateness to missed pick-ups have increased from 100 to 400 per week. “We question whether these cab drivers are prepared and legally qualified,” says Local President Dwight Mattingly.


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Vol. 121, No. 5

2 International Officers & General Executive Board

NEWS Briefs

3 Index Page

4 Unions Necessary to Rebuild Our Middle-Class

5 International President’s Message: Will Unions Survive?

6 International Executive Vice President’s Message: Now It’s In Your Hands

7 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message: Don’t Be Misled

9 Hillary Clinton Lauds ATU, In Transit Magazine

Transit Ridership Up, Congress Asleep at the Wheel

14 We Rocked It! Photo Collage

18 New Poll: Americans Support Investment to Increase Transportation Choices

Today’s Bus ‘Not Your Father’s Bus’

19 Business, Right-Wing Target State Court Elections

20 Indiana Demands School Bus Drivers Pay Back Summer Unemployment Benefits

FMSCA Issues Tire Pressure Warning After Two More Deadly Discount Operator Accidents

21 Milwaukee Drivers Say Paper Transfers Lead to Fare Disputes, Assaults

Boston’s MBTA Uses Old Tunnel for First Responder Training

22 New Presidents, Financial Secretaries Receive Leadership Training

23 Where Have All the Pensions Gone?

24 The ATU 2012-2013 Scholarship Competition In Memory of Gunter Bruckner

25 WV Local: MOVTA Squanders Taxpayer Dollars on Endless, Frivolous Lawsuits

Lynx Loses Long-standing Litigation with Orlando Local

26 Transit Labor ‘Amalgamated’ Into New Union 120 Years Ago

27 Translations (French & Spanish)

30 In Memoriam

31 We Rocked It! Photo Collage (continued)

32 CARTOON: What You Can Do

8 LEGISLATIVE REPORT: JOE’S STORY

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FIRED UP! READY TO GO! UNION SENDS ACTIVISTS OUT TO ‘ROCK THE TRANSIT’ WORLD

16 OBAMA | BIDEN: GOOD FOR TRANSIT

19 GOP HOLDS MIDDLE-CLASS HOSTAGE

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Unions necessary to rebuild our middle-class

New figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show that the middle class received the smallest

share of the nation’s income since these data were first reported. The middle 60 percent of households received only 45.7 percent of the nation’s income in 2011, down from the historical peak of 53.2 percent in 1968.

There are many reasons for the decline: stagnant wages, more wealth and income going to the richest among us, globalization, the Great Recession and more.

“There is another often overlooked dynamic: the decline of labor unions… Over the past several decades, the decline in the unionization rate tracks almost perfectly with the decline in the share of income going to the middle class,” says the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

The Fund’s report “Unions Are Necessary to Rebuild the Middle Class,” says that by advancing the interests of the middle class in the workplace and in our democracy, unions help build and strengthen the middle class.”

Workers who join together in unions are able to negotiate on a more equal footing with their employers. Unionization not only helps increase wages and benefits for union members but also can set a standard for employers who aren’t working with unions to follow when union density is sufficiently high.

The report says a 10 percentage point increase in union membership would translate into an extra $1,479 per year for the average middle-class household, whether or not that household includes union members–about the same effect as boosting college graduation rates by the same margin.

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LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

Will Unions Survive? Many asking that question.

Shortly after you read this magazine a big question about the future of unions will be decided at the polls

in the United States. I am aware that a small group of our members will vote for Republican leadership in the White House and Congress.

Like any democratic institution we have differing opinions. But one thing is clear: those of us who understand the connection between strong unions and regular people having a chance in the economy will be voting for Barack Obama.

President Obama is human and he differs with us on some issues. However, on the important questions of the right we have to a contract, a living wage, pensions and health care (you know, the things that make our lives livable) the only choice is Obama/Biden. So too with Congress – working people will suffer if the GOP wins.

Two years ago this Union changed. After a tumultuous Convention, the delegates voted for a serious course correction. Since then we have sown the seeds that will transform our work for a long time to come. The core of our change is recognizing the importance of the world around us.

Change only comes from outside DC

Our emphasis is on getting our passengers to vote. I believe that today, the question of transit labor’s survival is answered in our willingness and ability to see the common interest we have with the people who ride our buses and trains.

President Obama recognized this truth recently when he admitted:

“The fact that we haven’t been able to change the tone in Washington is disappointing…. The most important lesson I’ve learned is you can’t change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.”

Our local officers are doing just that. In New York City, Local 1181 is organizing parents of school children to fight for better service, while Locals 689 and 1764 in Washington, DC, are organizing a whole city to fight privatization and new forms of segregation on public transit. In New Brunswick, Local 1229 is kicking the doors of the provincial government down and Moncton Local 1290 is engaging riders in the struggle for a fair contract.

In Toronto, Local 113 continues to do exceptional work in getting the public on our side. In Washington state, Memphis, Columbia, SC, and other cities our locals are working to get ballot initiatives passed to raise money for transit.

This International Union is nurturing the idea that we must be an extroverted union. We must have allies to win. Our local unions are changing and building coalitions for that purpose.

In Denver and Cleveland – our two anchor cities in this election – our members and officers are talking to riders at bus stops about why every vote counts. All over America ATU members are volunteering their time to save the Union, the country and their way of life – not just for themselves, but for generations to come.

These are the calisthenics of rebuilding the body of our threatened movement; Building the muscle we need to repel the billionaire bullies of the 21st century. And, yes we will survive and be stronger than ever.

Are you IN? Sign up to join the campaign at your local union office today.


BOB BAKER, INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Now, it’s in your hands

For several months we’ve been telling you about how a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote to make the rich

richer at the expense of the middle class. We’ve warned you that a vote for the former Massachusetts governor is a vote against unions – a vote against keeping your own job.

In short, a vote for Romney is a vote for someone who is mainly concerned about the wellbeing of the people he knows in his own class, and not the rest of us.

Never in my wildest dreams, however, did I think that the Republican nominee would make the case far better than we ever could. His now famous comments in the video in which he spoke about the 47 percent “who pay no income tax” say it all.

‘My job is not to worry about those people’

Romney characterized Obama voters as people who think of themselves as “victims” – who believe they are entitled to the support of the government in every area of their lives.

“My job is not to worry about those people,” Romney says, “I’ll never convince them to take personal responsibility or care for their lives.”

Romney backtracked as quickly as possible from the quotation that so damaged him; saying that he wants to be president for 100 percent of Americans. But, he’s said so many contradictory things that I don’t think it matters what he says anymore.

What matters

What matters is the attitude toward half of all Americans he could so easily put on display for some

of the largest contributors to his campaign. It tells me that he is more concerned about pleasing them than he is about our welfare.

We know that his backers not only want to pay lower taxes than they do now, but that they also want to make even more by eliminating unions.

So now it’s in your hands. Vote as if your future and the future of your family depended on it – because it really does.

In Solidarity,

Bob Baker

This just in…

By the way, for anyone who has forgotten Mitt Romney’s position on unions, I offer this recent item that appeared in the Washington Post on October 9:

Romney has endorsed a national “right to work” law, which would make it illegal to require workers to join unions across the country, an issue popular with the Republican base but anathema to unions. And just last week, he included references to “card check” legislation into stump speeches in Denver and Fishersville, VA – the first time in months that he’d mentioned his opposition to the pro-union legislation…

– Washington Post, October 9, 2012


OSCAR OWENS, INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

DON’T BE MISLED

Conservatives in the United States and Canada often criticize progressives by saying they have

no “core values.” By that I suppose they mean that people who strongly believe in the U.S. Bill of Rights or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, have no strong, guiding beliefs themselves.

But nothing could be further from the truth. Those of us in the labor movement, for instance, couldn’t be more passionate about the principles we stand for – moral principles, if you will – that motivate everything we do.

Nevertheless, a lot of well-intentioned people vote against good candidates because they’ve been told that those office-seekers would lead us down the “garden path” to an amoral society. That misimpression threatens everything they hold dear and undermines, they believe, their efforts to instill values in their children.

Who can blame them?

And who can blame them? They have been assaulted over and over again with Right-Wing propaganda that mischaracterizes and demonizes the aims and goals of progressives. And they are continually exposed to wild tales that predict a frightening, dystopian future if anyone but a true conservative is elected.

In this way good people are often manipulated into voting for politicians who work to improve the lives of rich donors at the expense of their constituents.

Education

Education is the only effective weapon we have against these dishonest tactics, and you may be the only one among those you know who can be the educator.

So don’t accept the misleading statements you hear about any candidate without, first, finding out the truth. And don’t let your friends and neighbors be misled either.

And finally, don’t let anyone tell you that you have no values because of your political beliefs. Our values are the reason we do what we do.

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Joe drove a bus for a living and loved his job. He had two cars, a nice house, and spent his weekends fishing

on the lake. Joe had voted Democratic his entire life, but now that he was well off, he wanted to pay less in taxes. Time to give the other side a try at fixing this lousy economy, he thought.

So, in 2012, Joe decided to vote for Mitt Romney and the Republicans. In one of the closest elections ever, the GOP won control of all levels of government.

Transportation funding cut off

One of the Republicans’ first acts was to cut off funding for public transportation. Joe’ transit system went broke, so they decided to privatize bus service. Joe’s salary got cut in half and his pension was eliminated.

Joe’s union thought about going to local politicians for help, but the Republicans passed a new “paycheck protection” law which prohibited labor organizations from using dues for political contributions, so the union lost its power.

Obamacare repealed

One of Joe’s kids had to drop out of college after his sophomore year because Joe couldn’t pay for tuition anymore. His other grown child was diagnosed with a rare disease and Joe had to pay for her treatments out of pocket because the Republicans repealed Obamacare, which had allowed young adults to stay on their parents’ health plan.

Joe, his wife Mary, and their two kids moved into the basement of Mary’s parents’ home. The television in the basement is twenty years old and only gets one channel, so they all get together on the couch for three hours each evening to watch continuous episodes of Barney and Friends. Mary’s Dad loves that purple dinosaur!

Joe still spends his weekends fishing, but now it’s because he really needs to put food on the table. He and his family are getting quite tired of Spam and alfalfa sprouts.

Don’t wind up watching reruns of Barney on the couch in the basement of your in-laws’ house eating Spam and alfalfa sprouts.

In 2012, vote for Barack Obama and the Democrats!

* with apologies to the DirectTV ad campaign

Joe’s Story *

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L E G I S L AT I V E R E P O R T


International President Larry Hanley recently received a letter from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thanking him for forwarding a copy of the July-August issue of In Transit featuring Rosa Parks on the cover. It’s clear that the secretary appreciates the work of the ATU as well as the In Transit:

HILLARY CLINTON

LAUDS ATU, IN TRANSIT MAGAZINE

Transit ridership up, Congress asleep at the wheel

“What will it take?” That’s the question asked by

International President Larry Hanley in response to a report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) showing that ridership increased in all forms of transit for the sixth straight quarter, April – June 2012, on American systems.

“This APTA report and Natural Resources Defense Council poll – saying Americans support investment to increase transportation choices – are just the latest of many reports showing that the vast majority of Americans want more public transportation and are willing to pay for it.

“Transit ridership in the U.S. is the highest it’s been in decades and even more people would use it if they could,” Hanley continued. “Despite what most people think Americans are not in love with their cars, they are frustrated with the lack of options for adequate, reliable public transportation. Taxpayers are willing to put their money where their mouth is – backing increased spending to make better public transportation a reality.”



FIRED UP! READY TO GO!

One of 20,000 RTA riders who were very happy to see the ATU leafleting in order to save public transit.



Fired Up! Ready to Go! That was the cry most often heard echoing about the ATU’s “Rocking

the Transit World” conferences held September 28 – October 3, in Cleveland and Denver. ATU activists from all over the United States responded to the call of International President Larry Hanley to gather in those cities to launch the next phase of a national movement to make mass transit an issue in the coming election and beyond.

Participants from both conferences were joined, September 30, in a first-of-its-kind, international webcast seen live by tens of thousands of members in the U.S. and Canada. From New York City to Petaluma (CA) to Toronto to Wichita, countless viewing parties took place in homes and union halls in which groups of members watched the program together.

The video event was the most ambitious technical feat ever attempted by the 120-year old Union. Broadcast jointly from cities two time zones apart, the occasion was greeted with wildly enthusiastic cheers by the members who participated onsite.

‘We are going to change this country’

Labor songstress Ann Feeney warmed up the crowd in both cities before the international president welcomed the internet audience to the program with a virtual keynote address.

“Why are we fired up?” Hanley asked, “What’s it all about?

“Transit workers and transit riders have been beaten up every way possible for the past few years in this country. Ever since the Republicans took over Congress, we have not had any opportunities to have service restored after all the severe cuts with this economy.

“Congress not only turned their backs on the possibility of more funding; they tried to reduce it. And the president stood firm and fought back. But, unfortunately it was not enough. We have a Tea Party Congress that we have to change this year.

“So we’re fired up, all over the country. The ATU officers and members who are tuning in tonight are getting ready for an effort we have never had in our history. Over the next five weeks we are going to change this country.”

Also among those appearing on the webcast from Cleveland were International Executive Vice President Bob Baker, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, formerly laid-off Pittsburgh member Liz Miller, Ohio State Senator Nina Turner, who gave an impassioned speech, and Americans for Transit Director Andrew Austin.

Among those appearing from Denver were International Secretary Treasurer Oscar Owens, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department President Ed Wytkind, and California Nurses/Nurses United Director of Public Policy Michael Lighty.

Appearing on the webcast by video with inspiring messages to ATU members were former President Bill Clinton, former Governor of New Mexico Bill

Union sends activists out to ‘rock the transit world’


Richardson, Rep. John Lewis, D-GA, and Rep. Earl Blumenaur, D-OR.

Anyone who missed the webcast can view it now on online at: http://bit.ly/RQUcF9

‘Not your father’s political organizing’

As unique as it was, the internet event wasn’t the only innovation introduced at the conference. International President Hanley made good on his promise that this would not be “your father’s political organizing meeting” by sending attendees out to engage members and the riding public in both cities to give them real “hands-on” experience

they could take home with them. The goal was to teach members how to establish pro-transit coalitions with riders and like-minded groups in their local areas and mobilize for this critical election.

The principle instructor in Denver was Nick Unger, a seasoned union communications consultant, who put the conferees through their paces, teaching them how to approach fellow trade unionists and riders alike. Lead instructors in Cleveland were ATU Consultant Bob Muehlenkamp and Labor Educator Paul McCarthy.

‘Define the argument’

If there was one thing that Unger and Muehlenkamp wanted participants in Denver and Cleveland to learn it was the simple axiom: “The one who defines the argument wins!” Both showed their audiences how success in any political endeavor depends on setting the terms of the debate.

But defining the argument was not the only thing the students learned. They now know how important it is to listen and learn what is of concern to members and riders rather than bombarding them with union issues. They must initiate a conversation with their members, and that conversation must be about the individual members – not the union leaders – if they want to be successful.

Conference-goers were pushed into working harder than in any previous training conference. It was an eye-opening experience for many ATU leaders that they will bring back to their members with a renewed vigor.

Attendees put the skills and knowledge they learned to use right away. During the week they engaged fellow members and riders at garages and street corners about the campaign, and held debriefing sessions afterward during which they shared what they had experienced and learned.

The result was that the group became as prepared as possible so they could hit the ground running when they went back to their locals.

Participants in the Cleveland Rocking the Transit World conference were briefed on the issues facing mass transit

before the 7 pm webcast to U.S. and Canadian members on Sunday, September 30.

Union Communications Consultant Nick Unger leads a debriefing session with members who had returned from

leafletting and discussing the mass transit crisis with fellow transit workers and college students on Monday October 1.


Rider involvement sought

Integral to the process were the ATU international vice presidents who conducted separate sessions with the local representatives from different parts of the country. The groups reviewed the resources available to them and made plans specific to their geographic area. The IVPs will continue to work with all of the U.S. locals in the weeks leading up the election.

Riders are the most important target of the campaign. Over the last two years ATU has been building up to this moment to give the millions of people who use mass transit a voice in Washington, DC.

Members enlist in campaign

Another goal of the conference was the recruitment of other ATU members to volunteer their time for the upcoming election. The action was a success with hundreds signing up for the drive in both cities.

The ATU trainees will continue to enlist members in the effort and mobilize for the November 6 election all over the United States, making this a truly nation movement.

Rallies

The conferences widened the reach of the pro-transit vision to the general public with rallies held in Market Square in Denver, and the Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland.

The race for the White House and Congressional seats formed the backdrop for the dual city event. While the Union has endorsed President Obama and Vice President Biden for re-election, the broader purpose of the pro-transit coalition is geared toward generating greater support for mass transit that will continue to grow long after the election.

International Vice Presidents and conference-goers spoke to many members in Denver garages early on

Monday, October 1.

Retiree Richard Smith, 268-Cleveland, OH, left, at the polls with International President Hanley, casting one of the first

ballots in the State of Ohio on Tuesday, October 2.

Craig Robinson, brother of the first lady, joined ATU for rallies at the Ohio Board of Elections and the Greater Abyssinia Baptist

Church in Cleveland on Tuesday, October 2.



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“… I want everybody here to know, as long as I’m in the White House I’m going to stand up for collective bargaining.”

— President Barack Obama, Labor Day, 2011, Detroit, MI

Employment surge reflected in record transit ridership

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that the U.S. unemployment rate dropped below 8% (to 7.8%) for the first time since President Obama took office in 2009.

International President Larry Hanley responded to the news, asserting, “It’s no coincidence that U.S. employment is surging as transit ridership is soaring to some of the highest levels in history. This provides further evidence that greater federal support for mass transit is needed to keep this economic recovery rolling.”

Obama policies spur more transit jobs

Edward Wytkind, president of the AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, lauded the Obama administration, saying, “Transportation

workers are seeing their ranks grow steadily under job-creating policies put forth by the president. The latest jobs report included a 17.1% increase in ‘transportation and warehousing jobs’ from August.

“For the transit and ground passenger transportation sector alone, 9,200 jobs were created just in the last month – a 9.2% increase over the previous month.

“This jobs report is another clear reminder of the choice in this election for transit workers. It is a choice between a president who has made modernizing and expanding our transportation system a centerpiece of his economic agenda, and his opponent whose plan for America would cut half a million transportation jobs in his first year in office through reckless budget-slashing.”

OBAMA | BIDENGOOD FOR TRANSIT

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Clean fuel technological advances in public transit vehicles have led the way in helping to introduce

clean fuel improvements in personal automobiles, according to a new study, “Transit on the Cutting Edge of Clean Technology,” released by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). These innovations have been implemented through a wide array of federal, state and local policies aimed at reducing the nation’s carbon footprint and increasing its vehicle energy efficiency.

In fact, today’s public transit vehicles are significantly more advanced than automobiles in their ability to run on clean fuels. For instance, buses on the road powered by alternative fuels rose from 2 percent in 1992 to 36 percent in 2011. That compares to the percentage of cars

capable of being powered by alternative fuels which was only 3.2 percent in 2011.

“Today’s bus is not your father’s bus,” said APTA President/CEO Michael Melaniphy. “Today’s environmentally friendly buses are up to 40 percent more fuel efficient than conventional diesel buses. These energy efficient buses and trains reduce our dependency on foreign oil and give individuals affordable energy-efficient choices.”

The industry has accomplished these strong gains by employing key technologies such as electric vehicles, new advances in battery technologies, diesel-electric hybrids, regenerative braking and energy storage, biofuels, natural gas vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.

Three out of four Americans are frustrated with the lack of transportation options that forces them

to drive more than they would prefer, according to a new nationwide public opinion survey released, by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

According to the poll results, two out of three support government investment to expand and improve public transportation and twice as many people favor new transit – buses, trains and light rail – rather than new highways as the best way to solve America’s traffic woes.

“Transit ridership in the U.S. is at an all-time high and even more would use it if they could. Many believe Americans are in love with their cars, but most are frustrated with the lack of options for adequate, reliable public transit service,” says International President Larry Hanley.

Americans broadly agree that the current transportation system is in need of major change:

• 59 percent feel the transportation system is “outdated, unreliable and inefficient”

• 55 percent prefer to drive less, but 74 percent say they have no choice

• 58 percent would like to use public transportation more often, but it is not convenient or available

• 59 percent would like more transportation op-tions so they have the freedom to travel other than by driving

Americans over-estimate how much of their state’s transportation budget is spent on public transportation, estimating that it is an average of 16 percent – and still they favor spending an average of 28 percent (state plus federal funding actually averages only 6.55 percent per state).

“This poll clearly shows that taxpayers are willing to put their money where their mouth is – backing increased spending to make better public transportation a reality,” concludes Hanley.

New poll: Americans support investment to increase transportation choices

Today’s bus ‘not your father’s bus’



Not content with controlling state legislatures and governors – and huge influence in Congress –

business and its Right-Wing allies are targeting the states’ supreme courts for takeover, too, two new reports and two state judges say.

Key to their drive will be the outcome of three referendums on this November’s ballot, including one in Missouri. And their method is to overwhelm foes with vicious, money-fueled campaigns, criticizing justices for upholding defendants’ rights.

“If people can throw enough dollars into judicial races,”

the judges who are elected “will project the same ideology or special-interest philosophy” of their corporate sponsors, says Montana Supreme Court Justice James Nelson, whom age limits will push off the bench at the end of this year.

The business campaign to control state courts is important to workers because a vast majority of all cases they – and their bosses – are involved in are decided in those tribunals. The reports show workers have already suffered some notable losses.

Business, Right-Wing target state court elections

The Republican Party, and especially its Right Wing, is holding workers and the economy “hostage” to

their demands for continuing and permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of the U.S. population, the AFL-CIO executive council says.

The hostage taking began after the 2010 elections as the GOP-run House, passed a bill to extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich for another year along with some tax cuts for the middle class. It had rejected the Democratic alternative, which extended only cuts for individuals making $200,000 and families earning $250,000 or less yearly.

“Republicans are holding the middle class hostage to their demands on behalf of the richest 2%,” the AFL-

CIO said. “There can be no excuse for giving in to their demands to extend tax cuts for the 2%, cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits, tax workers’ health benefits or sacrifice middle-class jobs.

“The labor movement is therefore grateful to” Democratic President Barack Obama “and Senate Democrats for making clear the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% – families that make five times the median family income – must end.” The Democratic-run Senate had also rejected the GOP tax plan a week before.

“The Republican position is that if the richest 2% cannot get their tax breaks, then middle-class Americans should get nothing,” the leaders said. That’s “indefensible.”

GOP holds middle class hostage for tax cuts for rich



Deadly over-the-road (OTR) bus crashes are becoming so commonplace that they barely make

the news anymore. But the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is watching and has issued a warning about the tire pressure and weight limits of intercity buses.

The warning comes in the wake of two more Megabus accidents. The first took place in August in Litchfield, IL, when a double-decker Megabus crashed into an overpass, killing one passenger and injuring dozens more.

Remarkably, no one was hurt in a second accident when a Megabus caught fire on Interstate 85 near Lavonia, GA.

Authorities are blaming tire blowouts for both accidents that involved heavily loaded buses on extremely hot days – two factors that can put a great deal of stress on tires.

Megabus is a nonunion, discount, OTR bus service that operates from street corners and has no scales.

“A tire on a motorcoach loaded beyond its weight rating and operated at highway speeds for a significant period of time is more likely to overheat and fail, potentially placing the safety of passengers and other motorists at risk,” says the FMCSA.

FMSCA issues tire pressure warning after two more deadly discount operator accidents

Indiana is cracking down on a scheme in which some school bus contractors in the U.S. use taxpayer-

funded unemployment benefits to pay their workers during summer and holiday vacations when much less service is needed. At least one university bus system as a matter of course helps laid-off drivers fill out their unemployment paperwork.

Indiana passed a law last year denying unemployment to workers who are laid off due to planned reductions in service. So, now Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) is demanding that Indianapolis public school bus operators employed by private contractor Durham School Services pay back any unemployment benefits they received since the law passed on July 1, 2011.

Durham and the drivers’ union strongly disagree that the unemployment benefits received by these employees are barred by the new law, and are considering legal action. The union believes their laid-off bus operators qualify for unemployment because some operators continue to drive during the summer months.

DWD places at least part of the blame for the problem on Durham who they say failed to notify their employees of the new law. Durham School Services employs ATU members in Davenport, IA; Raleigh, NC; and Providence, RI.

Indiana demands school bus drivers pay back summer unemployment benefits



Members of Local 998 working for the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) are lobbying for the

agency to use part of an anticipated $2.9 million surplus to address what they believe is a frequent cause of violent confrontations – paper transfers.

Drivers complain that arguments that arise from attempts to use invalid or expired transfers often lead to assault. The operators add that the transfers are extensively swapped, sold, and stolen at great cost to the MCTS.

Operators like 29-year veteran Vickie Clay, has had her transfers stolen and has even had a knife pulled on her during a transfer robbery.

The $2.9 million surplus could be tapped to cover the cost of eliminating paper transfers, says Local President Al Simonis.

The agency is working on installing a smart card fare system that could eliminate the paper transfers late in 2013, but drivers say that’s not soon enough.

Milwaukee drivers say paper transfers lead to fare disputes, assaults

Boston’s MBTA uses old tunnel for first responder training

The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority is putting an old,

abandoned, South Boston subway station and tunnel to good use by turning it into a training facility for first responders. Now local personnel will be able to learn how to bring emergency help to victims of train derailments, tunnel fires, and other disasters without shutting down a portion of the actual transit system.

Transit Police Chief Paul MacMillan says, “This will allow us to conduct drills and exercises throughout the week, with all first responders. As you can see, it replicates pretty much the subway environment that those first responders will come in to.”

The facility, funded by federal Homeland Security, is scheduled for completion by spring 2013.



New local presidents and financial secretaries pose attending the ATU Leadership Training Conference at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Lithicum, MD, pose here, August 15, in front of international headquarters in Washington, DC.

new presidents, financial secretaries

receive leadership training



Where have all the pensions gone?Gone to rich guys, every one

A total of 84,350 pension plans have vanished since 1985. This figure shocked Pulitzer Prize-winning

authors Donald L. Barlett and James W. Steele, who just released their latest book, “The Betrayal of the American Dream.” Their chapter on retirement chronicles the heist of the American Dream’s secure retirement by the financial elite.

Steele says there is another number we should pay attention to: $17,686. That’s the median value of 401(k) accounts in 2011. For most working people, the amount in their 401(k) account would pay them less than $80 a month for life.

“What’s happening with retirement is almost parallel to what you see happening in other parts of the economy,” says Steele.

The elite agenda

The elite has its agenda to eliminate pensions with the shift to 401(k)s, which cost companies less. Now, there’s a revenue stream for Wall Street and an obligation to shift to people with little or no understanding of how to deal with their own retirement issues. This is typical of all the other things the economic elite has been doing for decades with deregulation, unrestricted free trade and tax cuts. These things are all related.

“In the ’50s,’60s and ’70s the number of workers with access to pensions was significantly rising,” says Steele.

“We fully underestimated the speed in which the downturn would occur, and how Congress went along and encouraged it.”

Barlett and Steele write that the shift from defined-benefit pension plans to 401(k)s began in the 1980s. Companies realized 401(k)s would substantially reduce corporate costs. Workers were told that pensions no longer made sense and were outdated since people moved around from job to job. The 401(k) was marketed as more “portable.”

Steele says 401(k)s were originally engineered by corporations as another way for the wealthy executives to set aside money. They were never intended to be a principal retirement plan, only a supplement.

“Once corporate America got on to this, the idea took root,” says Steele. “The entire obligation shifted to the employees.”

Congress ignored the concerns raised by trade unions and other pension rights organizations. And the consequences are dire for middle- and lower-income workers.

You can purchase ”The Betrayal of the American Dream,” on Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com.


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Gunter Bruckner, retired member of the ATU General Executive Board, co-founder of the Canadian Council, and former financial secretary/business agent of Local

583-Calglary, AB, passed away in April 2012.

A German immigrant, Bruckner started as a cleaner, and became a serviceman and trolley repairman in 1957. He was elected to Local 583’s executive board, and became a shop steward in 1969. In 1971, Bruckner was elected Recording Secretary. He went on to serve ATU as financial-secretary/business agent of Local 583, co-founder of the Canadian Council, and Canadian representative on the ATU General Executive Board.

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Charging the Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority (MOVTA) with wasting taxpayer money with

endless, frivolous lawsuits to challenge workers’ rights, Local 1724 leafleted in Parkersburg, WV to protest the agency’s new appeal of a 2002 ruling recognizing their union.

The appeal is just the latest litigation MOVTA has instigated in a decade-long effort to avoid bargaining with the local. MOVTA has lost every single time this issue has come before a court over the last 10 years.

“Enough is enough. It’s time for MOVTA to stop these frivolous lawsuits and waste of taxpayer money,” says Local 1724 President Dave Sayre. “They say that doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity, but for MOVTA it’s an insane way to spend taxpayer money.”

Local 1724 is asking citizens to contact MOVTA General Manager Tim Thomas and the Board of Directors of MOVTA at to tell them to stop wasting their money and abide by the decision handed down by Wood County Circuit Court a decade ago.

WV local: MOVTA squanders taxpayer dollars on endless, frivolous lawsuits

Local President Norm Audet, 1596-Orlando, FL, is pleased. A special magistrate ruled in favor of

the local in every one of the five issues it brought to a special magistrate in a long-standing contract dispute with their employer, Lynx. The magistrate ruled that Lynx did not prove that it could not afford the local’s demands concerning pay, pension benefits, and uniform and tool allowances.

“They can’t say we weren’t bargaining in good faith,” Audet says. “That has to say something about what they [Lynx management] were trying to do.”

Lynx drivers and mechanics have worked without a raise since 2008, and without a contract since 2009, which has frozen them out of seniority-based promotions.

Lynx loses long-standing litigation with Orlando local


Transit labor ‘amalgamated’ into new union 120 years ago

120 YEARS AGO

The Amalgamated Transit Union celebrated its 120th anniversary in September.

Approximately 52 delegates gathered at the request of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), in Indianapolis, IN, on September 12, 1892. Some 2,400 transit workers were actually represented by the delegates.

Consideration of the proposed Constitution went smoothly until the morning of the third day when the first discussion of per capita taxes took place.

Two per capita taxes were proposed: a 5-cent membership tax and a 10-cent tax to support members when they were on strike. A motion was made to reduce the striker support tax to 5-cents.

Gompers, who just happened to be on the floor, was asked his opinion. Gompers replied that, “cheap unions usually had cheap results.” No one could expect something from nothing, he said, adding that it was not merely a mistake, it was a crime to start with low dues. The motion failed.

The ‘Amalgamated’

The Convention chose to name the new organization the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes* of America, otherwise known simply as the “Amalgamated.”

After a great deal of procedural wrangling the delegates elected William J. Law from Detroit as their first president, and J.C. Manuel, a native Canadian working in Detroit, as their first secretary-treasurer.

The first year was rocky and eventually it seems Law simply abandoned his responsibilities. At the second Convention a year later, the barely functioning Union elected a strapping young man from Columbus, OH, as its president. William D. Mahon took over the reigns of the fledgling organization at the tender age of 32.

With the addition of the first Canadian local in 1893, Mahon became the Union’s first international president.

He would serve the Union in that office until his death 56 years later having built the Amalgamated into the largest and most successful transit worker union in North America.

* ‘Employes’ is an alternate spelling.


¿Sobrevivirán los sindicatos? Muchas personas se están haciendo esa pregunta.

Muy pronto, después de que lea esta revista, una gran pregunta con respecto al futuro de los sindicatos se decidirá en las elecciones de los Estados Unidos. Soy consciente de que un pequeño grupo de nuestros miembros votarán por el liderazgo Republicano en la Casa Blanca y el Congreso.

Como cualquier otra institución democrática, tenemos diferencias de opiniones. Pero una cosa es clara: aquellos de nosotros quienes sabemos de la conexión entre los sólidos sindicatos y la gente común y corriente teniendo una oportunidad de la economía, votaremos por Barack Obama.

El presidente Obama también es humano y difiere de nosotros en algunos temas. Sin embargo, en las cuestiones importantes de los derechos que tenemos a un contrato, a un salario, pensiones y servicio médico (ya saben, aquello que hacen nuestras vidas viables) la única opción es Obama/Biden. De igual manera con el Congreso, la gente trabajadora sufrirá si el partido republicano (Grand Old Party, GOP) gana.

Hace dos años este sindicato cambió. Después de una tumultuosa convención, los delegados votaron por un muy serio camino de cambio. Desde entonces hemos, mostrado las semillas que transformarán nuestro trabajo por venir a largo plazo. El principio de nuestro cambio está en el reconocimiento de la importancia del mundo que nos rodea.

El cambio sólo puede venir desde el exterior, Washington D.C.

Nuestro énfasis está en hacer que nuestros pasajeros voten. Personalmente considero que hoy en día, el asunto de la supervivencia laboral se responde en nuestra voluntad y habilidad de ver los intereses en común que tenemos con la gente que viaja en nuestros autobuses y trenes.

El presidente Obama recientemente reconoce esta verdad cuando admite:

“El hecho de que no hemos logrado cambiar el tono

en Washington es decepcionante... la lección más importante que ha aprendido es que no puedes cambiar a Washington desde el interior. Sólo puedes cambiarlo desde el exterior.”

Nuestros representantes locales están haciendo justo eso. La representación local de la ciudad de New York 1181 está organizando una escuela para padres de familia para que éstos luchen por un mejor servicio, mientras que las representaciones locales 689 y 1764 en la ciudad de Washington D. C. están organizando toda la ciudad para que luche por la privatización y nuevas formas de segregación del tránsito público. En New Brunswick la representación local 1229 se está pateando a las puertas de la alcaldía y en la representación local 1290 de Moncton se están comprometiendo a los viajeros en la lucha por un mejor contrato.

En Toronto, la representación local 113 continúa siendo un trabajo excepcional intentando poner de nuestro lado al público. En el estado de Washington, Memphis, Columbia, SC, y otras ciudades, nuestros representantes están trabajando para que se vote por iniciativas que recauden más dinero para el transporte.

Este Sindicato Internacional está nutriendo la idea de que debemos de ser un sindicato extrovertido. Debemos de tener aliados para ganar. Nuestros sindicatos locales están cambiando y construyendo coaliciones para ese propósito.

En Denver y Cleveland, nuestras dos ciudades anclas en esta elección; nuestros miembros y oficiales están hablando con los viajeros en las paradas de autobús del porque cada voto cuenta. Por todos los Estados Unidos, los miembros de la ATU están trabajando como voluntarios poniendo su tiempo para salvar el sindicato, el país y su modo de vida; no sólo para ellos, sino para las generaciones por venir.

Este es el tiempo de calentamiento para la reconstrucción de nuestro amenazado movimiento. Fortaleciendo la musculatura que necesitamos para repeler las billonarias intimidaciones del siglo XXI. Y efectivamente, sobreviviremos y seremos más fuertes que nunca antes.

Firma hoy en la oficina de tu representación local para unirte a la campaña. ¿Estás dentro?


Ahora, esta en tus manos

Durante varios meses te hemos estado diciendo acerca del porque votar por Mitt Romney, es un voto para hacer a los ricos más ricos a expensas de la clase media. Te hemos advertido que un voto por el ex-gobernador de Massachusetts es un voto en contra de los sindicatos, un voto en contra de que puedas mantener tu propio empleo.

Para simplificarlo, un voto por Romney es un voto por alguien quien se preocupa principalmente por el bienestar de la gente que conoce y que es de su propia clase, y no del resto de nosotros.

Nunca me hubiera imaginado, ni en mis mejores sueños, que un candidato republicano no nos hubiese dado la razón, mucho mejor de lo que nosotros podríamos haberlo hecho alguna vez. Sus ahora famosos comentarios en el vídeo en el cual habla acerca del 47 por ciento “quienes no pagan impuestos” lo dicen todo.

Romney: ‘Mi trabajo no es preocuparme acerca de esa gente’

Romney describió a los votantes de Obama como personas que se consideran a sí mismas como “víctimas”, y quienes se sienten con el derecho de que su gobernador las apoye directamente en cada una de las áreas de su vida.

“Mi trabajo no es preocuparme acerca de esa gente”, dice Romney, “Nunca las convences de que se hagan responsables de sus propias vidas”.

Romney se retractó tan rápido como fue posible de esta declaración que lo dañaba, diciendo que él quiere ser el presidente del 100 por ciento de los norteamericanos. Pero dijo tantas cosas tan contradictorias, que no importa que pueda decir al respecto.

Que es lo que importa

Lo que importa es la actitud hacia la mitad de todos los norteamericanos que podría fácilmente exhibirlo para

algunos de los mayores contribuyentes a su campaña. Eso me dice que está mucho más preocupado en complacerlos que a nuestro bienestar.

Sabemos que sus promotores no solamente desean pagar menos impuestos de lo que actualmente pagan, sino que además desean eliminar los sindicatos.

Así que ahora está en tus manos. Vota como si el futuro tuyo y de tu familia dependerán de ello, porque realmente así es.

En solidaridad, Bob Baker

No te dejes engañar

Los conservadores en Estados Unidos y Canadá frecuentemente critican a los progresistas diciendo “Que no tienen valores fundamentales”. Con eso pienso que lo que ellos quieren decir es que las personas quienes firmemente creen en la declaración de derechos de los Estados Unidos o la carta de los derechos y las libertades de Canadá, no tienen fortalezas ni convicciones que los guíen por sí mismos.

Pero nada de eso puede estar más lejos de la verdad. Aquellos de nosotros en el movimiento laboral por ejemplo, no podremos ser más apasionados con respecto de los principios que representamos; principios morales, si a eso nos referimos; que es lo que motiva todo lo que hacemos.

Sin embargo, mucha gente bien intencionada vota en contra de candidatos de buena fe, ya que se les ha dicho que esos buscapuestos nos llevarían directamente “al engaño” de una sociedad amoral.Esa idea pone en peligro todo lo que estas personas aprecian y desacredita sus convicciones, así como los valores que ellos desean inculcarles a sus hijos.

¿Quién puede culparlos?

¿Y quién puede culparles entonces? Ellos han sido atacados una y otra vez con la propaganda derechista


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que lo sataniza y les impide realizar sus deseos y metas de progreso. Y están continuamente expuestos a cuentos turbios que predicen un futuro aterrador, empañando el futuro sino es elegido un verdadero conservador.

Es en esta manera como la gente de buena voluntad es manipulada para votar por aquellos políticos que sólo buscan mejorar sus vidas y las de sus patrocinadores a expensas de los constituyentes.

Educación

La educación es la única arma efectiva que tenemos en contra de estas prácticas deshonestas, y tú podría estar entre uno de esos que saben que podría ser el educador.

Así que no aceptes las falsas declaraciones que escuches de cualquier candidato, no sin antes primero encontrar la verdad. Y no permitas que tus amigos y vecinos tampoco sean engañados.

Finalmente, no permitas que nadie te diga que no tienes valores por tus convicciones políticas. Nuestros valores son la razón de lo que hacemos.


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