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The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) is a labor organization in the United States and Canada that represents employees in the public transit industry. Established in 1892 as the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America, the union was centered primarily in the Eastern United States; today, ATU has over 200,000 members throughout the United States and Canada.
Formerly UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees) and HERE, merged in 2004. 2024: UNITE HERE: National Postal Mail Handlers Union (NPMHU) 1912 269,204 A division of LIUNA. United States Postal Service workers other than letter carriers. 2022: NPMHU: Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 1892 190,000 Mass transit service workers ...
The foundation of the ATU dates back to 1977 when its mission was a part of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which has since been replaced by the African Union (AU). [2] The ATU was officially formed in 1999 as the successor to the Pan-African Telecommunications Union (PATU) and is headquartered in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo ...
The president of ATU Local 113 was Bob Kinnear [2] from 2003 to February 2017, Carlos Santos from January 2019 to December 2021 and Marvin Alfred since December 2021. [ 3 ] Another 500 workers (signal, electrical and communications workers) are represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2.
Amalgamated Transit Union, trade union in Canada and the US; ATU Network, a caucus group within the Amicus trade union; Autoridad de Transporte Urbano or Urban Transport Authority, Lima, Peru; Anti-Terrorist Unit (Liberia) Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit, Croatia; Asian Taekwondo Union, the official governing body for Taekwondo in Asia
The Greyhound Bus Lines Strike of 1983 in Seattle was part of a nationwide seven-week-long strike of the members of the Amalgamated Transit Union working for Greyhound Bus Lines. [1] In Seattle, 175 drivers and terminal workers who were represented by ATU locals 1384 and 1055 walked off the job at 11pm on November 2, 1983. In total, more than ...
Warren S. George is an American union activist and International President Emeritus of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), [1] one of the largest and most politically active unions in the AFL-CIO. From 2003 to 2010, George served as the International President of the ATU.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Costa began working for NJ Transit in 1981, and joined the Amalgamated Transit Union. He held various posts in his local union, before in 2001 winning election as its president. In 2008 he became chair of the union's New Jersey State Council, and then in 2010 he won election as an international vice-president of the ...