Bus Drivers Back at the Table
No one's headed to the picket lines yet, as Cap Metro negotiators have agreed to return to negotiations with the bus drivers' union
"...Bus drivers' union Amalgamated Transit Union 1091 is set to resume talks..."
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Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward
Point Austin: Hold That Bus!
New labor deal proposed for Cap Metro waits for willing riders
"...the agency's outsourcing that has undermined wages and threatened union jobs and in return create a "meet and confer"..."
April 6, 2007 News Column by Michael King
Capital Metro Strike Threat Looms
Despite citizen efforts to intervene, negotiations have not progressed
"...dispute between its largest contractor, StarTran, and Amalgamated Transit Union 1091, before the continuing standoff degenerates into an outright..."
Jan. 27, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Capital Metro's Labor Lowdown
StarTran makes its 'last, best, and final offer'
"...a week after its last bargaining session, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091 rejected Capital Metro contractor StarTran's "last, best,..."
Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Battle Lines Drawn in City-Police Dispute
The police union walks away from contract talks, leaving civilian oversight in limbo
"...last week when Austin Police Association officials announced the union was walking out of "meet and confer" labor contract..."
Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Cinematexas Schedule
"...INTERNATIONAL 1: "First Love" (6pm, Texas Union)..."
Sept. 17, 1999 Screens Feature
Friendless UT
Citizen rep quits Cactus Cafe talks, blames admin bad faith
"...of resignation, Nelson said that the attitude of the union administration is that "such issues are simply not on..."
April 2, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Bus Negotiations Headed for Collision
Strike could happen this week
"...as unproductive, the possibility that the 800-member Amalgamated Transit Union 1091 will be on strike against Capital Metro as..."
Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
What Price Labor?
Business as Usual
"...the rule, it illustrates a problem that workers and union leaders say happens virtually every day in the construction..."
Nov. 27, 1998 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Fade In
Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference & Festival
"...and The Third Man (Saturday, Oct. 4, 12:10am, Texas Union)...."
Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith
South Lamar Alamo Cinema Sees a Fight Over Unionization
Drafthouse versus Drafthouse United
"...Drafthouse chain – reached new highs last week as union organizers with Drafthouse United organized a walkout. The union..."
July 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
How to Raise Worker Wages
Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist
"...well as organizations that seek to empower workers, like unions – are bad for business, and therefore bad for..."
March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver
The Color of Fire
The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?
"...and pension packages, their interests are represented by powerful unions, and they inspire the kind of reverence cops can..."
May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
Point Austin: Nobody in Charge
For the Cap Metro chaos, blame a feckless board
"...days after the Friday night settlement between Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091, the bus drivers and mechanics union, and..."
Nov. 14, 2008 News Column by Michael King
ATU Strikes, After StarTran Rejects Compromise
Can Mike Martinez's proposal avert a bus strike?
"...desperately trying to avert a strike by Capital Metro's unionized workers...."
Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols
An Underground Effort to Recall APA's Sheffield
Anonymous cops accuse the union head of falling down on the job
"...current members" of the APA's board of directors – union members have been hosed by three-term President Mike Sheffield...."
May 28, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
The People vs. Mike Sheffield
The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?
"...Accountability, the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and other (often overlapping) activist groups -- have been..."
March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Learning the Hard Way That Police and Democratic Socialists Rarely Mix
CLEAT alum Danny Fetonte's resignation from the Austin DSA raises questions for the local chapter
"...the Sanders campaign in Texas; his 30-plus years of union and political organizing had hit a zenith, it appeared...."
Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma
AFD Hiring: Smoke or Fire?
Add the EEOC to the parties weighing in on firefighter hiring
"...by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the union is now being accused of playing a role in..."
Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Cap Metro: A Couple Years of Labor Peace?
McDonald Transit and Amalgamated Transit Union reach an agreement
"...contract agreement between major subcontractor McDonald and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1091, the drivers and mechanics union. The new..."
March 22, 2013 News Feature by Michael King
Transit Strike Looming?
Union President Wyatt: "It will happen sometime this week"
"...Metro has no role in the negotiations between the union local that represents about 600 drivers and mechanics, and..."
Nov. 14, 2012 News Post by Michael King
Prevailing Wage Doesn't Always Prevail
Carpenters union says workers are getting stiffed on state project
"...standard for that kind of job. However, a local union claims that contractors working on one Austin landmark have..."
Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Point Austin: Muffling the Monitor
Frasier's reviews send salutary ripples through the APD pond
"...see as Frasier's biting off more of the police union contract than they think she should be allowed to..."
June 10, 2011 News Column by Michael King
No Breakthrough at Cap Metro
Union disputes notion that a deal has almost been reached
"...last Saturday, their self-reflexive chant answering their own question: "Union busting!" Several labor groups, representing not only Austinites but..."
Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Fire Contract Talks in Limbo
Despite voter approval in May, still no collective bargaining
"...the voters favors collective bargaining power for city employee unions in labor contract negotiations, says Austin Association of Professional..."
Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Sour Notes For Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez runs into conflict with the Austin musicians' union over scoring his new release.
"...(primarily from the Austin Symphony) to perform the work nonunion, while promising that the next Rodriguez film -- Spy..."
Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Battle on Town Lake
"...A union-organizing battle over work in progress at the new Town..."
March 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King
Letters at 3AM
Why a sizable number of heterosexuals feel threatened by the concept of gay marriage
"...its governor has said he will sign, a "civil unions" law that gives gay couples many (though not all)..."
April 28, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura
Shaky Railing
Three former Capital Metro board members and two former employees claim that the transportation agency attempted to put Longhorn Railway, its costly freight rail operator, out of business.
"...line, is still reeling from problems caused by the Union Pacific service disruptions in 1997 and 1998. Union Pacific,..."
Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Pushing for Real Police Oversight in Contract and on the Ballot
What exactly is a G File?
"...service employees – that is, ones that don't have unions that negotiate the terms of officers' employment. Here, the..."
