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ATU265PBA

@ATU265PBA

President and Business Agent ATU Local 265

 San Jose, CA
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Joined February 2016
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A transportation union president felt "relief" at mask mandate decision

A transportation union president felt "relief" at mask mandate decision

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to John Courtney, president of a transit workers' union in California, about the court decision striking down the federal mask mandate on public transportation.

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On site testing for VTA employees has been available for over a year and is now available twice a week. Also, to require Operators be vaccinated and not the riders is in no way going to keep anyone safe. VTA is not being honest! #VTA
ATU265 has overwhelming ratified a new contract with ! @monicamallon @VTA @SupCindyChavez @MrEugeneBradley @ATUComm – at Los Gatos, CA
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I'm Listening 2021 omny.fm/shows/kcbsam-on-dema…
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John made the front page of the Merc. I think the story really shows how his strength and compassion at the same time. Full story: mercurynews.com/2021/07/18/s…
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Today In #SanJose, CA, ATU Int. Pres. John Costa and @ATU265PBA-San Jose, CA Pres. John Courtney took part in a solemn memorial for our nine fallen Local 265 brothers killed in the tragic San Jose shooting. youtu.be/0dXPY2rzyD0 #HonoringOurNine
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By day 1, I literally mean day 1. Some VTA operators starting wearing masks and setting in February 2020 and educated people like me that didn’t think it would get bad. True heroes of the pandemic 🙌
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sanjoseinside.com/news/trans… – at Campbell, CA

Transit Advocates are Pushing MTC to Release $1.7 Billion in Federal Funding to Grow Services

The MTC adopted austerity budgets through July 1, but advocates say they are fed up with waiting for service increases.

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Still in awe and feeling so inspired by the unions, riders and organizers we worked alongside to make this rally for transit recovery possible. So we wanted to share this more in-depth appreciation post!
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– at Campbell, CA
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ktvu.com/news/vta-employee-m… – at Cambrian Park, CA
VTA employee, member of Sikh community, recovering after being pierced by an arrow

VTA employee, member of Sikh community, recovering after being pierced by an arrow

A Valley Transportation Authority bus driver is recovering from a near-brush with death. While at work recently in San Jose, he was shot in the back with an arrow.

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btw also watch the MTC – the org that allocates the federal transit relief to Bay Area agencies. they have another $1.67billion for transit agencies in the pipeline but haven't committed to giving any of it to transit agencies in time to plan their next years' budgets
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Today, International President John Costa kicked off the ATU’s first innovative Battery Electric Bus(BEB)/ Zero Emissions Bus(ZEB) two-day zoom training for more than 60 Local business agents from across our union.
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Over 1,000 transit riders are being left behind every day because VTA isn’t running enough service. Join us at the VTA Budget workshop on Friday 4/16 @ 10:30am and urge VTA to restore service ASAP & save transit ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/events/sav…

SAVE VTA TRANSIT - April 16th Budget Workshop

On April 16th, the VTA Board will be having a workshop to discuss their budget. If the VTA board fails to prioritize transit, severe transit cuts will be made. Join us and urge the VTA board to...

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“This has been a horror story. Nobody saw this coming, and we had to deal with it day by day and figure it out.” - ATU President John Costa laborpress.org/covid-19-pand… @ATU_1624 @ATU265PBA #frontlineworkers #COVID19
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Today, we reiterate our call to prioritize transit workers for the COVID-19 vaccine. Read our joint op-ed with ATU Conference Board of California @ATUComm @mpimentel88 @Capitol_Weekly #TransitIsEssential capitolweekly.net/prioritizi…
Prioritizing vaccines? Think of public transit workers - Capitol Weekly

Prioritizing vaccines? Think of public transit workers - Capitol Weekly

These workers have kept other essential workers moving -- transporting them to their jobs in health care, education and elsewhere..

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Prioritizing vaccines? Think of public transit workers - Capitol Weekly | Capitol Weekly | Capitol Weekly: The Newspaper of California State Government and Politics. capitolweekly.net/prioritizi…
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