Labor Express Radio Show: Labor Express for 3-8-2019, Erek Slater of ATU Local 241 on Chicago transit worker contract negotiations and NNU on Coronavirus.
This is the full 3-8-2019 episode of the Labor Express Radio program.
Erek Slater, Chicago public transit bus driver, elected shop steward and executive board member, of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Local 241, discusses both the recent elections for leadership of both ATU Local 241 and 308 and more importantly the contract negotiations for both locals with CTA management. Their contracts expired on Dec. 31st, 2019 and there has been little progress on a new contracts for either local so far. Erek offers his personal perspective of what he thinks it will take for transit workers to win major improvements in their new contracts, based on the experience of the last contract settled just two years ago and how such a strategy could unite transit employees and transit users in a fight to improve public transit for all. PLUS National Nurses United (NNU) issues an important statement on the Coronavirus crisis.
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