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  • Elliot for E-Board

    Elliot for E-Board

    ATU 1277 Executive Board Member at Large, Seat 2

    Unions are facing headwinds. While gas and housing costs rise, the government spends more and more on war. No contract can protect us from coming budget cuts. We cannot stick our heads in the sand and assume we will be spared. We must build up our defenses now!

    As a member of the E-Board, I will advocate and vote to:

    • Defend all gains, for every member! No loss in pay from Commerical Drivers License revocation! Fight to reclaim 23-and-out pensions for all! No to outsourcing and automation!
    • Combat divisions to strengthen the union! Down with union probation! End tiers and steps—equal pay for equal work at the highest rate! Fight to end segregation!
    • Rely on union power not the bosses! Democrats and Republicans work for the bosses—no more union money for their parties! Increase the strike fund instead and kill the no-strike clause! Coordinate action among transit unions—united we are stronger!

    Vote for me for E-Board Member at Large, Seat 2! I seek a part-time position where I will continue working on the floor at my current wage. I pledge to earmark the extra earnings that come with the office—non-payment of dues and the extra payments for meeting attendance—for uses beneficial to union members and the union movement. All extra earnings and receipts will be tracked transparently on my website.

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    Endorsed by: Committee for One Fighting Transit Union

  • Vote One Fighting Union

    Vote One Fighting Union

    Vote for Elliot Brown, ATU Conference Delegate, Seat 6

    I’m running for ATU Conference Delegate on a program to fight back against the company’s attacks! It’s time we stop negotiating—pleading—with our backs against the wall. We can stop the trains and buses on a dime. We need to consolidate that power and use it for once!

    Here’s how:

    • Demand wages high enough so we can live where we work! We should have voted down the contract and fought for higher raises to win back what we’ve lost to inflation and giveback contracts, plus full cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) against inflation. We shouldn’t have to work tons of overtime and endure long commutes just to afford rent or mortgage!
    • Unleash union power! Down with union probation and the no-strike clause! Increase the strike fund now! Coordinate actions in and be- tween the unions!
    • Fight against all divisions that drive down our wages and benefits!
      Abolish tiers and steps! Equal pay for equal work! Defend immi-
      grants with union action, not sanctuary state and city scams! Fight to end segregation on and off the job! For one seniority list, with shift and weekend pay differential and massive hiring so no one gets bumped!
    • Merge ATU, TCU and SMART into one fighting union! United we are stronger!
    • Oppose the Democrats and Republicans! Let’s build a party that puts workers in charge from top to bottom! Trump will make workers’ lives miserable, but the Democrats paved the way! The union brass tells us to vote for Democrats, but you can’t fight the bosses if you’re in bed with their political parties. There was a working-class alternative in the national elections: Claudia De la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation for President and ATU 1277 brother Juan Rey for US Congress.

    Vote for me for ATU Conference Delegate, Seat 6!

    Endorsed by: Committee for One Fighting Transit Union

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