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DESCRIPTION:Rally to Defend ATU Local 1555 BART Workers And All Public Workers. Stop 
 the Concessions and Union Busting Now\n \nRally to Defend ATU Local 1555 
 BART Workers And All Public Workers. Stop the Concessions and Union Busting 
 Now.\nAmalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1555, BART Train Operators and 
 Station Agents (plus others) are working hard to defend the existence of 
 their union. The call by BART spokesman Linton Johnson and the press and 
 media for the public to “confront” ATU 1555 members individually has 
 resulted in BART workers being shot at by BBs and verbally harassed and 
 attacked on the job by people who are buying this anti-worker 
 propaganda.\nOn 8/14/09, ATU 1555 members voted down a contract proposal, 
 by a 2 to 1 margin, in which 2/3 of the local’s over 800 members voted 
 and then prepared to go on strike. This union destroying contract proposal 
 was supported by the incompetent, inexperienced, unprepared, cowardly, 
 betraying leadership of President/Business Agent Jesse Hunt, Vice President 
 Colleen McCann and union lawyer/negotiator Vicky Chin. All 3 spoke at the 
 contract vote to support the rotten contract proposal. 4 of the 10 other 
 negotiating committee members opposed the 8/14/09 contract proposal. On 
 this Tuesday, 8/25/09 (10AM, 1PM & 4PM)), ATU 1555  members are voting on 
 essentially the same offer, again supported by the 3 “leading” usual 
 suspects. This time, the negotiating committee members unanimously support 
 the proposal.\nThe management side of the attack has been orchestrated by 
 BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger, who made over $340,000 (plus a huge 
 benefits package) last year, the anti-labor BART board of directors who 
 voted unanimously to impose an union busting contract on ATU 1555, and by 
 BART spokesman Linton Johnson and the press and media. Governor 
 Schwarzenegger has supported this attack and the anti-labor hysteria, aimed 
 against all BART workers, but also most public workers in California.\nThe 
 governor is attacking SEIU 1000 state workers with imposed furloughs and is 
 now aiming to destroy the public pensions of all those in the State Pension 
 plans in California. In the Bay Area, Richmond United Teachers, face 
 possible strike action along with the Oakland Education Association and 
 many other workers in Northern California. The closure of the UAW NUMMI 
 Toyota plant, in Fremont, is another attack on organized labor.\nAll 1.5 
 million public transportation and public workers need to come together to 
 back each other and unite in action here in California. The working people 
 of California must act to stop public workers from being pitted against 
 other workers and to make these fights public actions.\n\nPlease support 
 public workers by coming to this rally on: August 25th (Tuesday) 2009, 7:00 
 PM, Alameda Labor Temple, 8400 Enterprise (at Hegenberger)\n\nHear from: 
 ATU 1555 BART Workers, Betty Olson-Jones - Oakland Education Association 
 President, Charles Smith - AFSCME 444 Chief Shop Steward, Jack Heyman - 
 ILWU Local 10 Executive Board Member, Diane Brown - UTR member and 
 Progressive Teachers Caucus leader, ATU 192 AC Members of Transit Workers 
 Action Caucus (TWAC), Allan Fisher, Past President AFT 2121 SF Community 
 College\n\n(Partial list) Sponsored by AFSCME 444, Transport Workers 
 Solidarity Committee -http://www.transportworkers.org, United Public 
 Workers For Action - www.upwa.info        \nEndorsed by ILWU Local 10, ILWU 
 Local 34, UCB Student Worker Action Team SWAT\n                             
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 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/08/24/18618866.php
SUMMARY:Rally to Defend ATU Local 1555 BART Workers And All Public Workers. Stop the Concessions a
LOCATION: Alameda Labor Temple, 8400 Enterprise (at Hegenberger)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/08/24/18618866.php
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