By human rights | Sat, 04/16/2011 - 15:18
Get on the Bus: Transit Union Looks to Ally with Riders
Paul McLennan
| April 13, 2011
Responding to the near-universal threat of budget cuts and privatization, transit workers and transit riders are learning how to work together, like these Toronto activists did. Photo: ATU Local 113.
More than 100 transit activists met in Washington, D.C. in mid-March for the Amalgamated Transit Union’s “boot camp,” learning how to build coalitions between transit workers and transit riders.
By human rights | Thu, 03/31/2011 - 12:41
MARTA MOBILITY
Riders and Workers United!
Concerned Transit Riders for Equal Access &
Atlanta Public Sector Alliance
To learn from each other
Discuss strategies for working together
SATURDAY, APRIL 8th
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Shepherd Clinic
2020 Peachtree Rd. NE - Atlanta
6th Floor - Marcus Building
Classroom C
By human rights | Fri, 03/11/2011 - 10:54
Who Are Those "Greedy" Public Workers? Blacks and Women
New America Media, News Report, Nina Martin, Posted: Mar 01, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO—GOP attacks on public-sector jobs and unions will disproportionately affect blacks and women, according to a new analysis of employment data by a labor-policy specialist from the University of California, Berkeley.
By human rights | Thu, 02/17/2011 - 13:12
Atlanta Public Sector Alliance
542 Moreland Ave. SE ▪ Atlanta, Ga. 30316
Phone: 404-401-8817, Fax: 404-627-5016, email: terencecourtney@yahoo.com
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information, contact:
February 17, 2011 Terence Courtney, 404-401-8817
Wisconsin & The Current Crisis in the Public Sector
By human rights | Tue, 01/18/2011 - 10:26
Atlanta Public Sector Alliance
542 Moreland Ave. SE ▪ Atlanta, Ga. 30316
Phone: 404-401-8817, Fax: 404-627-5016, email: terencecourtney@yahoo.com
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For information, contact:
January 12, 2011 Terence Courtney, 404-401-8817
New Report Finds Conservative Policies Worsen Racial Economic Gap,
Hit Black And Latino Communities the Hardest
State of the Dream 2011: Austerity for Whom?
By human rights | Mon, 11/15/2010 - 09:21
"We have to understand that transportation is more than just a way to
get from point A to point B. It is a basic human right."
Dr. Robert Bullard
Environmental Justice Resource Center
The Atlanta Transit Riders' Union is a grassroots organization of transit riders and their supporters. Unlike those attacking MARTA, our leaders and members use the system. We believe the people who ride transit every day should have a strong voice in decisions about MARTA and regional transit.
By human rights | Mon, 11/15/2010 - 09:10
November 5, 2010, Geneva – US activists in Geneva observing the government’s first-ever review by the UN’s top human rights body said the government failed to convince the world of its positive human rights record.
“If the US government delegation’s objective was to reclaim the mantel of global human rights leadership, it failed miserably in that effort,” said Ajamu Baraka, Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN), immediately after observing the US review.
By admin | Thu, 11/04/2010 - 15:12
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