 | |  | ATU Local 587 is the largest ATU local union on the West Coast. |
Local 587 is an association of men and women organized to maintain our rights and improve our wages, hours and working conditions primarily through collective bargaining with our employers.
Local 587 is part of the Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO. We are the largest ATU local on the West Coast with about 4000 active and 300 retired members in King, Clallam and Jefferson counties. Although the majority of our members are transit operators, we have approximately 800 members working in over 80 craft occupations.
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Support Transit Workers, Agencies in Crisis
Mass transit ridership has never been higher. But the dire economy has caused huge shortfalls in state and local budgets. As a result, transit agencies across the country are considering cutting services, increasing fares and laying off workers. For example, St. Louis’s Metro just laid off 550 workers, Cleveland’s RTA is planning to cut 300, and thousands of workers are at risk in California. New York City’s MTA just raised fares by 25%, cut service to more than 35 bus routes, and will eliminate 1,100 jobs. We must allow public transit agencies to use federal dollars for operating assistance.
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Protect the Rights of Employees to Freely Choose Union Representation
ATU Supports:
Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would protect the rights of employees to freely choose union representation.
More working people than ever - some 57 million - say they would join a union if they had a chance, according to a survey from Peter D. Hart Research Associates. But employers routinely harass, intimidate and coerce workers who try to exercise their right to form a union at work.
The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would strengthen protections for workers' freedom to choose by: (1) providing for majority verification (commonly known as card-check) as a means by which workers can freely express their choice whether or not to form a union, limiting interference from the employer; (2) creating meaningful penalties, including treble back-pay awards and civil fines of up to $20,000, for employer violations of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA); and (3) providing for first-contract mediation and arbitration supervised by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services (FMCS).
Please visit the following links for additional information on the Employee Free Choice Act.
http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/
For the text of the EFCA visit:
http://atu.bluestatedigital.com/content/pages/efca
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