Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - The Washington Informer

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - The Washington Informer

Jackie Jeter (left), president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, speaks with reporters during a Sept. 1 press conference at the Minnesota Avenue Metro station in northeast D.C. The union requests Metro leadership increase police presence on the X2 bus line after a woman threw urine at a bus driver. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Metro Union Calls for More Police After Urine Assault on Bus Driver

by William J. FordSeptember 1, 2017October 31, 2020

Metro's board of directors holds its weekly meeting at the transit agency's headquarters in northwest D.C. on July 27, along with two new members appointed by the Trump administration. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Union Warns New Metro Board Members: Don’t Harm Agency

by William J. FordJuly 27, 2017October 31, 2020

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld discusses the agency's absenteeism policy with the media at the transit agency's headquarters in D.C. on April 27. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Metro Revises Absenteeism Policy After Worker Outcry

by William J. FordJune 2, 2017October 30, 2020

Tracy Smith (at podium), a shop steward and executive board member with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, discusses lack of safety on Metro buses during a May 18 press conference outside the Shepherd Parkway Metrobus Division in southwest D.C. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Union Demands Accountability, Safety for D.C. Bus Service

by William J. FordMay 19, 2017October 30, 2020

Community, Photo Galleries

ATU Local 689 Officials Speak to Reporters about Metro’s Sick Leave Policy

by WI WebstaffApril 29, 2017October 30, 2020

Richard Binder (right), a professor of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth and Georgetown universities, speaks about Metro's sick-leave policy outside the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Metro Union Rails Against Agency’s Sick-Leave Policy

by William J. FordApril 28, 2017October 30, 2020

Jampsea Campbell, a Metro bus operator for 14 years, speaks at the transit agency's April 27 board meeting as Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld (left) listens. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Metro Workers Converge on Board Meeting, Demand Fair Contract: ‘We Move This City’

by William J. FordApril 27, 2017October 30, 2020

Jackie Jeter

Metro, Union At Odds Over Leave Policy as ‘Sick-Out’ Looms

by William J. FordApril 27, 2017October 30, 2020

Paul Wiedefeld

Community, Featured

Metro GM: Must Change Business Model to Survive

by William J. FordApril 26, 2017October 30, 2020

Riders arrive at the Prince George's Plaza Metro station on April 21. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Feds Warn Metro: Clean Up Act or Risk Funding

by William J. FordApril 25, 2017October 30, 2020