Welcome to ATU 1447. This is your union web page for drivers, maintenance, and clerks in Louisville KY
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We still need to get the vote out. Thank you for all who participated. we need your help in calling working people to GET OUT TO VOTE!! Plenty of popcorn, food, sodas, and fun. Come out and join your Brothers and Sisters as we get the word out about voting. The doors open at 10am and close at 8pm. YOU CHOSE YOUR TIME!! Come on out .We’ll be looking for you!! This is ATU’s DAY on the phones.
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Washington Post: House GOP revs up a repeal, reduce and rein-in agenda for the fall
“House Republicans are planning votes for almost every week this fall in an effort to
repeal environmental and labor requirements on business…” [8/28/2011]
You need to see this: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is set to launch an all-out assault on environmental and labor protections.
Cantor’s scheme is yet another Republican attempt to sacrifice clean air, clean water and workers’ rights at the altar of the Tea Party fringe and the GOP’s special-interest backers like the Koch Brothers.
With Congress set to re-convene next week, we must act quickly to fight back.
Details of Cantor’s memo to House Republicans were revealed in today’s Washington Post:
“House Republicans will roll out plans Monday to fight regulations from the National Labor Relations Board, pollution rules handed down by the Environmental Protection Agency and regulations that affect health plans for small businesses.”
As we’ve learned in the Wisconsin labor fight and in Republican statehouses across the country, there is no substitute for grassroots Democrats standing up and fighting right-wing interests who are desperately trying to roll back some of the most important progressive victories of the past century.
Some of the posts coming have information on safety issues that affect you, as a mass transit professional. The goal is to both educate and speak out against issues that have been imposed on you that place you and your passengers in harms way.
