Submitted by solidarity on Fri, 09/13/2013 - 09:40
DC ATU 689 Metro union workers protest discriminatory anti-labor background checks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2013/09/12/metro-unio...
Metro union workers protest
By Dana Hedgpeth, Published: September 12 at 6:32 pm
Members of Local 689 protest outside of Metro headquarters about what they call unfair policies in the transit agency’s hiring process. (Dana Hedgpeth/The Washington Post)
Submitted by solidarity on Mon, 08/12/2013 - 13:43
DC Metro ATU 689 union aims to block D.C. plan to privatize buses
By Dana Hedgpeth,July 19, 2013
Metro’s biggest union is trying to rally support from pro-union groups and local community organizations to stop the District from privatizing some of its bus routes now run by the transit agency.
The District’s Department of Transportation is seeking a private contractor to take over about two dozen bus routes that Metro runs for the city and the popular D.C. Circulator bus system.
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