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Written By: Transit Justice on August 6, 2010 No Comment
Chicago Clean Air & Water Show

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Cosponsors – Little Village Environmental Justice Organization – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 – EcoJustice Collaborative – IWW GMB OC -  Nuclear Energy Information Service – Pilsen [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on July 23, 2010 No Comment
Busy Building Buslines

LVEJO’s efforts to improve public transit Published in Institutions & Infrastructures on April 15, 2010 by Mackel Garrison

Public transit is basic urban infrastructure, though not every community in Chicago enjoys adequate services.  Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) works to better understand the transportation needs of our community.  Our work around public transit began back in [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on July 2, 2010 No Comment

Friday, July 9, 5:00-7:00p.m.

Update from US Social Forum

Summer action plans.

Call Mike at 773-762-6991 for more info.

Written By: Transit Justice on May 4, 2010 No Comment
ORGANIZER’S NOTEBOOK – MAY 4, 2010

May 4, 2010

Welcome to a new feature that I’m trying out.  It is the Organizer’s Notebook.

I hope to provide brief updates on the campaign through this column.

Starting the month, we will be making a greater effort to keep the blog up to date with the latest information.

We encourage you to signup for the blog [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on March 24, 2010 No Comment

A rally against mass transit service cuts in Chicago took place on Dec. 9, 2009. Carlos Acevedo, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, told a large protest crowd in front of CTA headquarters: “It seems the riding public gets numb to it because it seems not to happen, they get bailed [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on March 14, 2010 No Comment
Labor Beat:  Rally for Mass Transit

A two-part show

On CAN TV Chicago cable tv Channel 19:

Thurs.,  Feb. 18, 9:30 pm
Fri., Feb. 19, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Feb. 25, 9:30 pm
Fri., Feb. 26, 4:30 pm

On Evanston Cable Channel 6:

Mon., March 1, 5:30 pm
Wed., March 3, 9:00 pm
Sat., March 6, 12:30 am
Mon., March 8, 5:30 pm
Wed. March 10, 9:00 pm
Sat., March 13, 12:30 am

1. Rally [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on February 25, 2010 No Comment

We’ve had a couple updates from riders on how the Doomsday is affecting them.  So far here is what we’ve heard:

One rider from the Art Institute to Little Village told us a one train, one bus trip that normally takes 40 minutes took an hour.  There was a longer wait on both [...]

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Written By: Transit Justice on January 15, 2010 No Comment

Download the MLK Rally Flyer

Join us in celebrating Dr. King’s legacy of struggling for social justice and defending workers’ needs.

CTA management is threatening to lay off over 1,000 bus drivers and maintenance workers on Feb 7th. This means fewer and more crowded buses and trains.

Chicago Public Schools plan to close another 25 to 30 [...]

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