ATU Local 1555

03/04/2016

Do you have questions about your union? Do you have concerns? Want to know what the Executive Board discusses at their meetings? Want to know what motions have been made? Attend your union meeting. The next meeting takes place on Wednesday, March 9 at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., 132 9th St., Oakland (across the street from Lake Merritt Station). Hope to see you at one of the meetings.

03/03/2016

Good job, Station Agent and Station Agent Representative Luther McGill.
http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2016/news20160302

02/29/2016

Bulletin #16-010 AB109/Protected Sick Leave

02/18/2016

TBT: 1979 National Transportation Safety Board Conference
(L-R): ?, President/Business Agent Jim Danzy, Int'l VP,
Henry Miranda, Joe Jaquiy and ___ Williams.

02/11/2016

TBT: World Trade Organization Protest, December 1999
L-R: Kevin Alexander, James Ball, Doris Collier, Gena Alexander, Ron Coleman, Linda Callihan, Paulette Johnson, Evelyn Drew and Barbara McCarthy

02/09/2016

BART to install new cameras amid public safety concerns about decoy cameras.

http://www.dailycal.org/2016/02/08/bart-to-install-new-cameras-amid-public-safety-concerns-about-decoy-cameras/

After BART’s widespread use of decoy cameras became public knowledge last month, BART announced plans last week to install functioning cameras in all 669 train cars in its current fleet.Read More…

02/09/2016

Union Meeting
February 10, 2016
10 a.m., 4 p.m., 8 p.m.
Union Office
132 9th St., Suite 100
Oakland (across the street from the Lake Merritt Station)

02/08/2016

We Move the Bay Area! Good job ATU 1555 members!!
http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29490938/bart-sets-ridership-record-weekend-day-saturday

BART set a record Saturday for ridership on a weekend day by carrying 419,162 passengers or about 100,000 more than the previous record, BART officials announced Sunday.

02/05/2016

http://www.metro-magazine.com/rail/article/411761/bart-silicon-valley-extension-takes-shape?utm_campaign=topnews-20160205&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter

Completion of this 16-mile initial phase will link the population and jobs centers of Silicon Valley to the high-frequency, 104-mile BART system, which already serves San Francisco, the northern Peninsula and the East Bay.

02/05/2016

http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_29470563/glazer-rework-bart-union-contracts-before-3-billion

Thirty elected officials from the East Bay join with Orinda senator in calling for "less extravagant" contract that doesn't allow for crippling strikes such the one in 2013.

02/04/2016

TBT a couple of hours early. Keeping you on your toes.
1982
Back row: Alex Maldonado, Everett Riehl, Fred Robinson, Mary-Louise Ruth, Willie Kirk, Shirley Melton
Front row: Joyce Lum-Emmons, Jean Machlik, Joe Romero, Sadie Geli-Williams

02/04/2016

Elected Officials to Oppose New Multi-Million Dollar BART Bond proposal:http://abc7news.com/news/elected-officials-to-voice-opposition-to-bart-bond-proposal/1184748/