WASHINGTON, June 17 - The Amalgamated Transit Union Executive Board Has Unanimously Voted to Endorse Sen. Barack Obama for President, the Union Announced.

"Senator Obama has shown through this historic campaign that he has a vision for a better America; a stronger, safer, more secure nation, where all will prosper and none will be left behind," said ATU President Warren S. George.

Members vote 74% to 26% to merge driver seniority rosters.

The time has come to vote on the proposed merger of the seniority rosters. Polls are now open. Polls close at 9:00 pm on Tuesday, June 3, 2008.

Solidarity with Carolina, Vermont and TNM&O drivers

The news that Greyhound plans to integrate routes previously operated by subsidiaries Carolina Trailways, Vermont Transit, and Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma Coaches (TNM&O) is good. A merger would add dozens of routes to Greyhound’s skeleton system and bring us new strength.

Oliver GreenRetired International Secretary-Treasurer Oliver Green, 77, passed away on May 18. The first African-American to hold an ATU executive office, Green served as International Secretary-Treasurer from 1989 until his retirement in 2000.

Synergies from the Laidlaw acquisition add a better than expected $150 million a year, up from an original forecast of $70 million.  The Greyhound business is now growing revenues.

This story appeared in today's Sunday Herald of Glasgow. It speculates that FirstGroup will dispose of Greyhound Lines in a "matter of months."

The prospective merging of the work of Carolina, Vermont and TNM&O has the potential for making us a stronger, more unified union.

There has been a lot going on this year – including a lot of things we hadn’t planned on. The union has worked hard to make the unanticipated changes we’re going through beneficial to Local 1700 members.

Local 1700 mourns the loss of our co-worker and great union leader, Charles Jackson, Chief Shop Steward of Nashville.