The Transport Workers Union, Amalgamated Transit Union and the Reverend Jesse Jackson have formed Save Our Ride, a coalition representing more than 300,000 transit employees across the country, community groups and environmentalists. Save Our Ride aims to raise public awareness about the transit crisis plaguing major American cities from coast to coast by rallying for [...]

In the second of a series of rallies held across the country to ask for flexibility in federal stimulus funds for transit, the TWU, ATU and Reverend Jesse Jackson addressed a crowd of transit workers, the riding public and community groups in Birmingham, Al. on May 12. The rally was held at Linn Park, where [...]

by Bill Stamps, KUHF News
Civil rights leader Reverend Jessie Jackson was in Houston this afternoon speaking on behalf of mass transit workers. Jackson and union leaders are asking Congress to change the rules regarding how federal transportation dollars can be used. Bill Stamps explains.
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Jessie Jackson and labor leaders are on a nationwide tour they’re [...]

By Hunter Mulich –  SF Appeal
A crowd of bus drivers, riders, union leaders and members rallied near the doors of the Federal building earlier today in order to show their support for legislation they believe will turn around the Bay Area’s public transportation crisis.
The rally was part of a nationwide tour organized by the Transport Workers [...]