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03/09/2010 - 11:47pm

Local 1700 members will be voting beginning next week on ratification of the new contract.  Members can log in and read a Summary of major provisions of the new agreement as well as the complete text of all contract language modifications. 


03/01/2010 - 10:57pm

We're still working on a few unresolved issues on the new contract.  We won't put any tentative agreement out for a vote until we are sure we have it right.


02/22/2010 - 3:50am

Your Bargaining Committee has come very close to getting a Tentative Agreement on a new contract.


02/18/2010 - 10:45am

The Local 1700 Executive Board is meeting again tomorrow in another attempt to negotiate a new contract for Greyhound drivers, mechanics, and service workers.

 


02/14/2010 - 6:02am

As contract talks drag on, there are positive accomplishments but big dissapointments.


02/13/2010 - 8:33am

The Union continues to meet with Company negotiators through this Valentine's Day weekend.


02/06/2010 - 11:36pm

Local 1700 Vice President Karen Miller has been appointed as an ATU International Representative.

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Photo of the Week

Local 1700 members travel to Boron, NV
Local 1700 members travel to Boron, NV

4 of our members traveled to a rally after in Boron, about 90 miles outside of Las Vegas to participate in a rally in support of the locked-out miners.

Top Stories

Last updated 02/24/2010 - 9:43am
03/04/2010 - 4:34pm

BULLHEAD CITY, AZ – Greyhound bus lines opened a ticket sales office in Bullhead City on Monday.

For years the city has had either limited interstate bus service or sporadic openings of ticket sales offices.
 


03/04/2010 - 4:33pm

Greyhound Lines Inc. may leave its Butte Street station in downtown Redding for the RABA terminal a few blocks away.


03/04/2010 - 4:31pm

HOUSTON - A driver safely escapes a passenger bus after it catches fire at a busy station in downtown Houston.

Firefighters arrived at approximately 11:30 p.m. Monday to the Greyhound Lines, Inc. bus station on Main Street near Gray Street and found a bus on fire.


01/25/2010 - 2:36pm

Using WiFi routers and audio/video technology, charter coach and private bus companies can now provide broadband Internet connectivity solutions for passengers in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and South America.


01/25/2010 - 2:35pm

Student Advantage LLC, a subsidiary of The CBORD Group, has just sweetened the deal for its traveling student cardholders by improving its already existent partnership with Greyhound Lines.

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Solidarity Road: the ATU1700 Newsletter

06/10/2009 - 3:07pm

 

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Local 1700 members recently marched across Los Angeles for the Employee Free Choice Act, and President Obama introduces Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.

Working Americans are welcome again in Washington. Union members mobilize across the county for the Employee Free Choice Act.

On April 24, nearly 1,000 union members jammed Los Angeles' train hub for a Town Hall meeting with Hilda Solis. The Union Station event was an opportunity for President Barack Obama's new U.S. Labor Secretary to hear about the problems military veterans are having returning to the workforce and civilian life, especially during the current economic crisis.


05/27/2009 - 3:32pm

Union action will be key for political, contract progress

ATU Local 1700 members deserve a big pat on the back for helping to elect Barack Obama. Even so, I don't expect the disgraced supporters of George Bush to give us any credit. With hours of Obama's inauguration, Big Business and the "Wing Nuts" that run the Republican party made it clear that they want the new president to fail. The 30-minute honeymoon is over.

We took a big step toward putting America back on track last November. Now we must defend and expand that victory every day. This is the fight of our lives. The Obama Administration needs our active support to succeed. Without union members exercising our organized strength in the streets, not even a Democratic White House and Congress can restore the middle class.

We won more progressive legislation under Richard Nixon than during the Clinton Administration because the labor movement was more powerful in the 1970s than the 1990s. Without union support, Obama will not be able to overcome the powerful special interests standing in the way of health care reform, a healthy environment, or ending senseless wars.

If our political momentum stalls, you can kiss the right to organize a union or to a decent retirement goodbye, along with putting an end to unpaid work time for bus drivers, adopting reasonable regulations for all of public transportation, and reforming FMCSA hours of service regulations.

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Charter City Meeting

Charter City membership meetings are held on the second Monday of each month. The March meeting will be held March 8, from 3 - 5 pm at the Port Authority.  For updates during contract talks, check the Announcements section of this site, or call 1-888-ROADKILL.  For subcharter meetings, contact your region's Vice President.

In Memoriam

CIGNA Newsletter

CIGNA HealthCare Newsletter As part of the Workplace Partners for Wellness & Good Health program, CIGNA HealthCare produces a monthly newsletter featuring information on relevant health topics for Local 1700 members.

Click Here to download the latest issue.

ATU COPE

ATU Cope

As the largest transit worker political action committee (PAC) in the United States, the Amalgamated Transit Union Committee on Political Education (ATU-COPE) is the voice of transit workers, school bus employees and over-the-road bus workers at all levels of government.

Click Here for more information.