Utah transit workers picket International Bus Roadeo demanding strong contract

Salt Lake City, UT – On Sunday, May 17, over 50 members of ATU 382 formed a picket line for a decent contract in downtown Salt Lake City. Working under an expired contract for six months, transit workers and community supporters demonstrated in front of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) International Bus Roadeo, demanding Utah Transit Authority (UTA) address worker safety, outsourcing, and pressing economic demands.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/utah-transit-workers-picket-international-bus-roadeo-demanding-strong-contract

🌍 PRO-Coast in Ireland! 🇮🇪

Our ATU Sligo team presented at the Environ 2026 Conference – Ireland's big environmental science gathering! 🏛️

They shared:
📊 Irish case study research
🔗 PRO-Coast survey (Wave 2)
🛠️ The CHUI platform – a tool to balance nature & people

Great to connect with researchers across Ireland! 🤝💚

Big thanks to the ATU team! 🙌

#PROCoast #ATU #Environ2026 #CHUI #CoastalResearch #Ireland #HorizonEU

Minneapolis: Trade unions march for immigrant rights

Minneapolis, MN – Over 1000 union members, immigrant rights activists and supporters marched through Minneapolis’ Whittier neighborhood on Monday, February 16, to demand an end to ICE’s occupation of the city and for the defense of immigrant rights.

Marchers held dozens of banners with slogans like “ICE our now,” “Legalization for all,” and “Killer ICE off our streets.” The march began at Stewart Park, crossed a highway where the supportive honks of passing traffic temporarily drowned out the marchers’ chants, and ended at the intersection of Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street, where Alex Pretti was murdered.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/minneapolis-trade-unions-march-for-immigrant-rights

#TwinCities Unions Planning ‘Largest US #RentStrike in 100+ Years’ as #ICEOccupation Drives #EvictionCrisis

“Tenants in #Minnesota are in a crisis,” said #Minneapolis City Council Member #AishaChughtai. “The federal invasion forced many of our neighbors to stay home and devastated our #LocalEconomy.”

Stephen Prager, Feb 17, 2026

"Tenant and labor unions in Minneapolis and St. Paul have announced plans to carry out what they said would be the 'largest rent strike in the United States in the last 100 years.'

"Beginning on #March1, if Democratic Minnesota Gov. #TimWalz does not meet their urgent demands for an #EvictionMoratorium and #RentRelief, a coalition of nearly 26,000 workers has pledged to withhold rent, which they said could create a massive economic disruption.

"The plans were announced on Tuesday by the tenants union #TwinCitiesTenants, which is joined by five labor unions: Service Employees International Union (#SEIU) Local 26, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota/Iowa, UNITE HERE Local 17, the Amalgamated Transit Union (#ATU) 1005, and Communication Workers of America (#CWA) 7250.

"They argued that a freeze on rents is desperately needed after 'nearly three months of federal occupation' under President Donald #Trump’s '#OperationMetroSurge,' which sent nearly 3,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and other immigration agents to the area, resulting in multiple fatal shootings and a wave of #CivilRights violations, including explicit #RacialProfiling."

Read more / listen:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/minnesota-rent-strike-ice

#USPol #AbolishICE #AbolishDHS #ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #Strike

Investing in transit operations is not only an investment in infrastructure but it’s an investment in health. If we are able to operate high functioning transportation, that makes life easy by supporting Canadians to get from where they are to where they need to be — folks will be able to live more active and healtheir lives and that will reduce pressure on our health care system.

The #ATU knows what we need in Canada and how to get there and we should listen.

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)