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 measly strike fund, saying “friends” in Sacramento are sponsoring a bill to give striking workers unemployment. But union-backed Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed that bill last year! Republicans do the same!
For President and VP:
- Claudia de la Cruz & Karina Garcia, Peace & Freedom Party—votesocialist2024.com
For US Congress, LA District 37
- Our ATU 1277 union brother Juan Rey, Independent—workingclassfight.com