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DESCRIPTION:SF Forum/Video The War on Transit Workers Lessons of Bay Area Transit 
 Worker Battles\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2014/2014schedule.htm#26\nJuly 26 
 (Saturday) 7:00 PM (Free) 518 Valencia - near 16th St., SF\nThe War on 
 Transit Workers\nLessons of Bay Area Transit Worker Battles\nLast year, a 
 major contract battle took place at BART and AC Transit as management and 
 their respective elected boards took back even more worker benefits despite 
 years of wage and benefit freezes. Management ordered these cuts as part of 
 their scheme to make workers pay for upgrades in the transit system 
 including new trains at BART.\nLabor and their unions were in a one-sided 
 war launched by management and the boards when the BART management hired 
 Thomas Hock, VP of the international company, Veolia Transportation. They 
 led a poisonous corporate media campaign of disinformation with the aide of 
 the Bay Area Council which represents the billionaires.\nSEIU and ATU which 
 have over 100,000 members in the bay area had no mass mobilization of their 
 entire membership in this crucial battle. This lack of preparation also 
 resulted in a failure to successfully counter the anti-labor union busting 
 campaign by mangement, the transit boards and politicians who demanded that 
 transit workers take concessions and be banned from striking.\nBART bosses 
 and the board also sought to run the trains to break the strike by hiring 
 scabs. This move directly resulted in the deaths of two strike-breakers. 
 The National Transportation Safety Board, state legislators and Cal-OSHA 
 all pointed to BART management being responsible for these deaths. The 
 deaths finally led management and the board to agree to a contract while 
 still pushing for concessions.\nThis film screening and forum will discuss 
 the lessons of these critical transit struggles and the role of the 
 international struggle against Veolia Transportation.\nSpeakers from BART 
 ATU Local 1555, ATU 192, MTA Muni TWU 250A and other unions will be 
 present.\nSponsored by the Transport Workers Solidarity 
 Committee\nwww.transportworkers.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/07/16/18758702.php
SUMMARY:SF Forum/Video The War on Transit Workers Lessons of Bay Area Transit Worker Battles
LOCATION:518 Valencia St./16th St.\nSan Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/07/16/18758702.php
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