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.

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New York Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler is emerging as the engine powering an increase in transit funding.  The UTU is working closely with Nadler and others in Congress who recognize how essential public transit is to America’s working families.

Nadler’s Brooklyn and lower Manhattan district is one of the most densely populated in America, and as [...]

The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization will join laid off Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 workers and Operation Push

in marching for transit jobs.

WHEN:  Wednesday, April 7, 2010,  12:00 Noon

WHERE:  CTA, 567 W Lake St, Chicago

MARCH to Thompson Center, Clark and Randolph.

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 [...]