Amalgamated Transit Union
Founded in 1892, the ATU works to promote transit issues and fights for the interests of its over 200,000 hard-working members in the U.S. and Canada.
- Here’s what you missed at yesterday’s Save RIPTA press conference and report briefing! ⤵️ 🚌 100+ attendees packed the State House Library for the event. Save RIPTA released a 14 page report detailing the impacts on service in the months following the largest cuts to service in the agency’s history.
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View full thread@holyspokes.bsky.social intro’d the transit package: 🚌$5M to reverse the 2025 cuts 🔼Increase RIPTA’s share of funding from the Highway Maintenance Acct. 🚘Redirect sales tax revenue from Uber/Lyft rides 🧳Req. large employers (500+ workers) to provide transit benefits. The full package of bills ⤵️
- 🚌Jorge Alves a 13-year RIPTA Driver and member of @atucomms.bsky.social confirmed that conditions for operators are worsening due to the service cuts. “It’s become very stressful to work,” Alves said. “The pressure’s always on you to go faster and get more done in the same amount of time.”
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- The UFW and dozens of supporters rally in Brooklyn NY to demand the release of farm workers detained by ICE in upstate NY earlier this month.
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- This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
- If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help
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- 💌 @afacwa.org President Sara Nelson 💌 AFGE VP Ottis Johnson 💌 National Association of Postal Supervisors President Ivan Butts 💌 @atucomms.bsky.social President John Costa (🧵4/4)
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- Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?
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