Transport Workers Solidarity Committee

Stand With Us—We Stand With You

Solidarity Will Defeat Concessions

This flyer is being distributed by the Transport Workers Solidarity Committee. Our members include BART, longshore, ferry, and AC transit workers, as well as other union and community activists. We initiated the August 1 rally and march of over 1,000 BART workers and supporters in downtown Oakland.

ATU 192 AC Transit Workers Reject Concession Contract For Second Time Pushed By Union Tops And ATU International
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/east-bay-transit-woes-mount-ac-trans...
Posted: 8:33 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
East Bay transit woes mount; AC Transit workers reject offer

How to prevent a BART strike-Republicans Want Anti-Strike Legislation Along With Some Democrats
http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/How-to-prevent-a-BART-st...
Bob Huff and Connie Conway
Published 5:23 pm, Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Jacob Appelsmith (center) oversees the August hearing in Oakland on the contract dispute between BART and labor. As the governor's "cooling-off period" winds down, a strike threat looms. Photo: Jason Henry, New York Times

Japan Gov't looks to replace executives of trouble-plagued JR Hokkaido
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131001p2a00m0na0080...
Following the discovery that safety problems such as warped tracks went ignored under the jurisdiction of the Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido), the government on Sept. 30 started talks on replacing the company's executive board.

Good Life As BART Workers Union Buster
Ohio transit attorney for union busting Veolia Transportaton eating through BART tab for ongoing labor negotiations
http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/ohio-transit-attorney-eating-thro...
October 01, 2013
Ohio transit attorney eating through BART tab for ongoing labor negotiations
By Chris Roberts