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News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in transport and distribution around the world.
Brighton and Hove bus named after Kropotkin
Bus 650 - Scania Omnidekka carried name since March 2005 on Metro 49.
Iranian trade unionist kidnapped
Iranian bus union leader, Mansour Osanloo, was kidnapped on his way home from work yesterday.
The following report was received this evening from the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) in London:
Israel: bus drivers strike in Tel Aviv
1,250 Dan bus drivers began an all out unannounced strike in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
The strike began as efforts failed to settle a five-year collective wage agreement and bonus payments, and drivers set no limit on the duration of the strike.
Haaretz reported that
1983: Leave the slave-driving to us - Chris Fillmer
The 1983 GreyHound BusLines employees strike.
On Dec. 19, 1983, 74% of the Greyhound BusLines employees who belong to the Amalgamated Transit Union voted to accept a contract with Greyhound that amounted to a 15% wage/benefit cut overall.
Anti-capitalist actions around mass transit in San Francisco, 1993-1995
A personal account of some actions towards encouraging a "culture of non-payment" in a big city public transit system.
In the spring of 1993, San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan launched an attack on the living standards of the city’s working class by demanding a fare increase of 25 cents per ride on MUNI. MUNI is San Francisco’s main public transit system, made up of motor coaches, trolleys, metro trains, and the world-famous cable cars, with approximately 686,000 passenger boardings every weekday.
Detroit bus drivers on wildcat strike
All of Detroit's bus drivers walked out yesterday over concerns about safety and crime.
About 800 bus drivers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 were involved in the stoppage.
Union president Henry Gaffney said that the strike grew from his members' frustration with the growing dangers on the unpatrolled buses - two drivers were assaulted in the last two days.
Belgium: Wildcat strike by bus drivers
Wildcat strike action began on Friday morning at the Haren Bus Depot which is in a suburb of Brussels, after workers learnt that a colleague had been fired.
The worker has been accused of falsifying an expenses claim by claiming payments for hours spent on union tasks from the management, resulting in his being paid twice for them.
Fare strike - San Francisco 2005
Pamphlet with first-hand accounts and analysis of the self-organised 2005 fare strike, in PDF and text format.
Fare strike in PDF format (2.14Mb)
Fare strike!
San Francisco 2005
First-Hand Accounts
INTRODUCTION
Bus drivers to strike in Norwich
Bus drivers and bosses were today locked in last-ditch talks to avert a one-day strike which could cost the city up to £1m in lost revenue.
Almost 250 bus drivers are ready to strike from 4.30am on Monday after a ballot showed 81% were in favour of taking strike action.
Norwich Evening News reported: Members of the Transport and General Workers Union said they had resorted to the action because of a row over their pay increase for last year.
China: One killed and 60 injured in riot over transport price hikes
A student was killed and at least 60 people were injured in central China when villagers armed with bricks and rocks clashed with baton-wielding police over rising bus fares.
In a follow up to our story on Monday, we can report that the demonstrations were concerned with the doubling of the ticket prices over the Chinese New Year holiday in February.
