In
1892,
railway workers in
Indianapolis formed the first national street railway
labor union, the
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees of America. Today that union is called the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU).
The ATU is the largest labor organization representing
transit workers in the
United States and
Canada. Since its founding, the ATU today has grown to over 170,000 members in 270
local unions spread across 46
states and nine
provinces.
The ATU is comprised of
bus,
van,
subway, and
light rail operators,
clerks,
baggage handlers, and
maintenance employees in
urban transit, over-the-road and
school bus industries, as well as
paramedical personnel,
ambulance operators, clerical personnel, and
municipal workers.
The ATU can be found in most major cities of the United States and Canada.
ATU is affiliated with the AFL-CIO
Most information in this write up is from http://www.atu.org