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Transit Justice — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:01:17 +0000

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 [...]

Transit Action Meeting-Blogging

alinares — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:52:53 +0000

July 9, 2010 meeting. LVEJO Transit organizer, Mike Pitula, assisted 3 people set up a blog. ^ people were able to attend the meeting.

The LVEJO transit meeting overviewed:

-LVEJO’s participation in the US Social Forum

-Saw the article on the rally for next week (July 14, 2010 at 10:00am at CTA Headquarters Building 567 W. Lake.

For more info [...]

PUSH Rally: Bus, rail unions rally for more U.S. transit funding

Transit Justice — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:00:16 +0000

Bus, rail unions rally for more U.S. transit funding March 29, 2010 - SUN-TIMES STAFF Transit unions representing bus and rail workers are organizing rallies around the country in the next few weeks to push for more federal funding for public transit. Operation PUSH hosted a rally for more than [...]

RALLY / TRANSIT SUMMIT FOR FUNDING!!

Transit Justice — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:57:59 +0000

RALLY / TRANSIT SUMMIT FOR FUNDING!!

Funding is the only SOLUTION!

lnternational President Warren George.

ATU Local 308 President Robert Kelly and ATU Local 241 P resident Darrell Jefferson and others will be in attendance

ATU Representatives will be there from around the country

When: March 27th

Where: Rainbow Push Goalition Headquarters

930 E. 50th Street [...]

Labor Beat: Stop CTA Service Cuts

king1028skwirl — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:15:38 +0000

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 [...]