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Union Plus has awarded $150,000 in scholarships to 130 students representing 43 unions, including three children of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) members, in the 2011 Union Plus Scholarship Program.

"They've walked away from the table; they've walked out of the talks," Carr said late last night. "We've been working, trying to get a fair settlement for all parties - for the union, the company and the public."

Local transit workers, bus riders and supporters will "Rally and March for Better Public Transit" on Thursday, when they will ask Escambia County commissioners to fire ECAT's private management company.

Take a quick look around while on Muni, BART, or AC Transit, and you’ll notice that a lot of the people who depend on public transit are seniors. But not all seniors are that comfortable navigating the system.

Amalgamated Transit Union 757, which represents the private drivers employed by First Transit Inc., said it has reached an impasse after nearly two years of negotiations.

With just about 15 minutes into the meeting, negotiations between LYNX management and representatives of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) broke down Tuesday, after the two sides failed to reach agreement on a new wage contract.

A national transit workers union is calling on prosecutors to press for attempted murder charges against the Newark man accused of stabbing a city bus driver seven times last weekend.

Passenger assaults on bus drivers are up 20% this year - with seven attacks on average every month, according to MTA statistics.

The Phoenix-area bus drivers’ union and the Valley's biggest bus contractor, Veolia Transportation, Services are attempting again to work out terms of employee pay and benefits for drivers in Phoenix and Tempe.

House Republicans are pitching a six-year transportation construction plan as a major jobs bill that can win bipartisan approval before next year's election, a key GOP lawmaker said Monday.