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MARTA employees to receive proposed $3,500 COVID-19 bonus
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ATLANTA - Atlanta s public transit system is proposing a one-time payment of $3,500 to its frontline and represented employees as thanks for the hard work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement, MARTA officials say the payment would go to all bus and rail operators, mechanics, supervisors, and members of the MARTA Police Department with a rank of major or lower. In total, three-fourths of MARTA’s staff will receive the payment.
The payment proposal will be voted on at MARTA s monthly meeting on May 13. I am extremely grateful to our frontline employees who have carried us through this pandemic, MARTA General Manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker said in a statement. These are people who could not work from home, who showed up every day to keep the buses and trains running and protect our customers, all while considering the health risks to themselves and their familie
Posted: Apr 28, 2021 3:37 PM ET | Last Updated: April 28
Zaheer Mahmood, 61, died after he contracted COVID-19 while away in Pakistan.(Submitted by ATU Local 113)
A 61-year-old TTC bus driver died early Wednesday morning after contracting COVID-19 while away in Pakistan. It is with great sadness and heavy hearts we share that Zaheer Mahmood, a dedicated ATU Local 113 member and bus operator from Wilson Division, passed away this morning from COVID-19 while away in Pakistan, wrote Carlos Santos, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113.
According to the union, Mahmood worked at the TTC since 2013.
ATU Local 113, which represents 12,000 public transit workers throughout Toronto and York Region, said he will be missed by all those who knew and worked with him, including his colleagues from Wilson Division in North York.
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As public transit agencies electrify their bus fleets and other vehicles, they must ensure a just transition to protect workers who may be put out of work by the new technologies, transportation labor groups warned Monday.
In a joint policy statement, leaders of two unions that represent transportation workers the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU), alongside the Transportation Trades Department of
the AFL-CIO (TTD) said transit agencies should be required to show the workforce impacts of buying electric vehicles (EVs), establish a national workforce training center to train current employees on those systems and guarantee that workers will be represented on task forces and committees around climate change and technology.