TRANSIT UNION HOSTS TOWN HALL TONIGHT

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)If you have questions for Metro workers or their union, here’s your chance. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, which represents over 10,000 front-line employees of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), is hosting a public Town Hall discussion tonight at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC (9th and G Streets, NW) from 6-8p. The Town Hall will give the riding public an opportunity to meet with union officers and members, giving riders and union members the opportunity to get to know one another and to dispel any myths or misunderstandings. The Town Hall’s goal is to improve relations between riders and WMATA employees, so that the two groups can work together to continue to improve the transit system and ensure that it works well for everyone. The discussion will focus on safety, customer relations, and funding/fare issues and members of the public will be able to ask questions of union officers, as well as rank-and-file union members who work in a variety of capacities, including bus and rail operators, station managers, and mechanics. Askia Muhammad, news director for WPFW, will serve as moderator.