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It’s Time Labor Supports Labor Candidates!
Read more: It’s Time Labor Supports Labor Candidates!ATU 1277 leaders used legitimate fear of Trump’s return to push through a rotten 5-year contract. But what do LA Metro unions get by relying on the Democrats? Takeaways! 2003: ATU 1277 President Neil Silver ends a strike without a contract, pushing for arbitration with union-backed councilmember Antonio Villaraigosa and others. ATU workers start large monthly payments for healthcare, followed by UTU (SMART) and TCU! 2012: Union-backed Governor Jerry Brown enacts his “biggest rollback to public pensions” in California history, called PEPRA. All California workers hired later receive a second-class retirement! 2024: ATU 1277 leaders squash our demand to increase our […]
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Vote No!
Read more: Vote No!On the ATU and TCU contracts of 2024 Whether Trump or Biden wins in November, this country is in the express lane to hell. Despite having a 5-year (turned 7-year) contract in 2017 on practically the same terms as the current offer, inflflation turned our “raise” into a deep pay cut. Instead, we need: for the past for the present for the future Transit workers need to be prepared to fifight back collectively against the attacks of the LA Metro bosses and government, who pit us against each other and make our lives and jobs harder.