Posts Tagged ‘Amalgamated Transit Union’
Part-Time Financial Secretary for ATU Union Embezzles $117,000 from Union Coffers
Angel Luis Garcia, former financial secretary of ATU Local 1614 has pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling from the union.
Read MoreMetro Union Bosses Accused of Ignoring Janus Rights, Still Forcing Dues in Nation’s Capital
It’s been more than four months since Right to Work staff attorney Bill Messenger led a legal team and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Illinois civil servant Mark Janus. Yet, just at the curb of the U.S. Supreme Court, it appears that the Justices’ Janus v. AFSCME decision is being brazenly…
Read MoreUnion Officials Forced to End Month-Long Strike
Unable to live on the strike pay they were drawing, rank and file union members withdrew their support from their union bosses. Thisforced Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181’s bosses to call off the month-long strike that deprived tens of thousands of special needs students from their education and support programs. Rumor has it that even…
Read MoreTaste of the Future
John Podhoretz puts a new angle on the New York City bus strike, predicting other cities will experience the same sort of trouble as public sector union bosses lose more and more power. Here’s the story in the New York Post. There’s a major labor action going on in New York City, as the…
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