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For Democratic Unions!
Read more: For Democratic Unions!Out with the Bureaucracy! Unions are organs of workers defense, yet they are led by bureaucrats who care only for their perks and privileges. It’s for this reason the brass seek “friends” among the bosses while silencing the rank and file, avoiding the class battles necessary to defend our interests. To empower the membership, and as part of the fight for a new, class-struggle leadership, COFTU calls for: Click here view to our main demands.
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Teamsters Against ICE
Read more: Teamsters Against ICECOFTU has endorsed the petition below, initiated by Teamsters Mobilize: We, the undersigned Teamsters and supporters of the union movement, demand that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership […]
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Rally of September 25
Read more: Rally of September 25Unions: Defend Anti-ICE Bus Drivers SMART bus operators Seán Broadbent and Jaime went public in the LA Public Press in July saying that they and around 30 of their coworkers had vowed to not let unidentified, masked and armed ICE agents without a warrant onboard. As a result, they were both fired. After Seán went back to the media saying this was retaliatory, the discipline was reduced to a 60-day suspension. But this remains a threat to the rest of the workforce. So we in the Committee for One Fighting Transit Union (COFTU) joined with other Metro workers and formed the […]
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For One Fighting Transit Union
Read more: For One Fighting Transit UnionWe are divided by race, gender, craft, tier, bus vs rail and union. Who benefits? Only the bosses! Yet LA Metro unions reinforce these divisions. Why? They don’t want to make waves for the company and elected officials. This is why they only beg the company for crumbs during contract negotiations. This is why they caved and sent people back to work when requested by Democrat “friends” during our strikes in 2000 (UTU/SMART) and 2003 (ATU). All good boxers go for a knockout. But our leaders enter the ring determined not to go for a K.O. because they support the whole […]
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L.A. Metro Workers: Stand Together!
Read more: L.A. Metro Workers: Stand Together!One Enemy, One Union No worker will be immune from the tsunami of attacks unleashed by Trump as he remakes the U.S. economy for the bosses’ benefit. Gutted collective bargaining rights and mass layoffs, tariffs and trade wars, rampant inflation and deep recession—the future is anything but bright for working people. Mass transit, like many other vital social services, is on the chopping block as Trump reclaims previously allocated federal funds to reduce or redirect spending to the new priorities of the ruling class. In particular, he is shutting down green initiatives in blue states—putting L.A. Metro’s federally financed Olympics expansion […]