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Rail and Airport Workers in Germany Flex Their Muscles in Fight for Higher Wages
Rail workers organized in the Railway and Transport Union (EVG) in Germany have engaged in …
Transportation
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Safety Meetings: Everything BUT Safety
Note: This article comes from the most recent edition of Speak Out Now’s BART Newsletter. BART …
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BART’s Ridership and Funding Problems
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) management is warning that without additional funding, BART will start …
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Will Public Transportation Survive the Pandemic?
Before COVID-19, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority served 8 million people daily. Since COVID-19, it’s losing $200 million per week and suddenly has a predicted deficit of $16 billion over four years …
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New Jersey Public Transit: It Should be Free!
As August began in New Jersey, we were once again forced to pay for transit. …
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Public Transit in Crisis
Public transit, like the rest of our society is in an extraordinary crisis …
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New York Essential Workers on Night Shift – How Long is the Ride Home?
Starting May 6, New York City’s subway system is shuttered every night between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. for cleaning and disinfecting during the pandemic. …
Frontlines
BART – Safety is Up to the Workers
BART is operating as if it is business as usual, endangering the lives of workers and riders. …
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Blood Money at New York’s MTA
Over 10,000 people have died in New York City from the coronavirus. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if governments had taken the pandemic seriously …
Frontlines
Hazard Work – But No Hazard Pay?
Public transit workers are on the front lines and need to be valued as such. …
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The Destruction of Public Transportation
Across the country, in every major city, our public transportation systems are under attack at …
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AC Transit, BART, MUNI: Going After Workers, Punishing Riders
The key components to any public transit system are well-maintained buses or trains, convenient scheduling, …
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Having a Future Depends on Public Transit
Our systems of transportation impact our lives in many ways. In most of the U.S. …