Less than a month after a Winnipeg bus driver was stabbed to death, another bus driver was punched in the face while passengers and a Cleveland bus driver was shot at 10 times.
ATU Local 966 is calling on the City of Thunder Bay to develop better processes and quicker responses for dealing with assaults on bus drivers after the latest incident.— Sep 19
Local 1395-Pensacola, FL has withdrawn its lawsuit over First Amendment rights at transit stations after the County Commission passed a resolution reaffirming public forums at the Rosa Parks Transit Station.— Sep 13
In a resolution passed by ATU Local 26, Detroit transit workers are demanding the city provide improvements and immediately fix bus operator workstations. Call for an end to riders spitting and assaults on drivers and rodents, bed bugs on buses.— Sep 11
As hundreds of participants lined up to start the five-mile walk, Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss was disrupted from addressing the crowd when she was met by protesters supporting the local Amalgamated Transit Union.— Sep 6
19-year veteran driver Shalita McDaniel saved a man who collapsed in front of her bus. The Local 627-Cincinnati, OH, member stopped her bus called 911 stayed with the man who had seizures until help arrived.— Aug 30
