Atlanta Forward: Transportation

Amalgamated Transit Union workers at MARTA are protesting stalled contract negotiations with the transit agency and MARTA’s move to privatize certain operations, such as paratransit. Today, the local union president says MARTA is following a faulty road map on its way to outsourcing jobs, and its well-paid leaders are betraying thousands of middle-class workers who deserve better. In turn, MARTA’s Board of Directors lays out its plans to achieve financial solvency while insisting it has no intention of leaving their workers behind.