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Election Results

davidmstiggers — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:16:03 +0000

Contract Negotiation Update

davidmstiggers — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:30:31 +0000

Contract Update

davidmstiggers — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:44:36 +0000

NOTICE

davidmstiggers — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 22:08:53 +0000

ATU Picnic 2023

davidmstiggers — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:51:45 +0000

Come join your ATU 1005 brothers and sisters
at the annual ATU 1005 Picnic as we celebrate 90 years of
service to our members. Enjoy food, family, camaraderie, and solidarity
as we push forward to a bigger and brighter future for our members.
Feel free to bring a delicious dish to share with your fellow members.

Metro Transit bus driver helped save lost child during storm

davidmstiggers — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:24:06 +0000

Bus driver Ambrose Younge, a Transit Control Center supervisor and a Metro Transit officer all helped the boy get home safe during a storm in Minneapolis last month.

MINNEAPOLIS — A Metro Transit bus driver is being celebrated for going above and beyond to help a child during a recent Twin Cities snowstorm.

Gen Z is the Most Pro-Union Generation

davidmstiggers — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 20:04:46 +0000

Gen Z is the most pro-union generation

Mitchell Hartman and Richard Cunningham

ATU Local 1587 - Toronto, ON - Ends Four Day Strike

davidmstiggers — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 22:05:38 +0000

Toronto, ON - After a unified and strong four-day strike, ATU Local 1587-Toronto, ON, reached a strong tentative contract agreement with Metrolinx that addresses the Union’s safety concerns and contracting out issues. GO Transit bus service will resume on Saturday.

The more than 2,200 station attendants, bus operators, maintenance workers, transit safety officers, and office professionals. who walked off the job on November 6 after months of intense negotiations are expected to vote to ratify the contract in the coming days.

Raphael Valle elected Interim EM Maintenance Board Member

davidmstiggers — Tue, 10 May 2022 19:09:34 +0000

Raphael Valle is elected to the Interim position of East Metro Maintenance Board Member position by one vote, 26 to 25.

Southwest light rail: Work halted near Minneapolis condo tower to probe cracks

davidmstiggers — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:46:28 +0000

SouthWest Station in Eden Prairie, Minn., would be one stop on the Southwest Light Rail Transit line.

Peter Cox | MPR News 2015

Cracks in a building next to the Southwest Corridor light rail project have dealt another blow to the beleaguered transit line.

Residents of the Cedar Isles condominiums in Minneapolis say cracks have appeared on eight separate floors of the building, right beside the construction site where crews are building a tunnel to accommodate the trains planned to run 14 ½ miles from downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie.