From the desk of the Secretary-Treasurer

Once you are officially signed up for the union you will receive a Certificate of Enrollment to the Amalgamated Transit union along with a union card from the International Office. As long as you remain a member in good standing, you will receive from the International a quarterly magazine entitled “In Transit”. The union card is to be used when voting in all union elections. It can take up to six months before all administrative work is completed. Should you not receive this information, please notify your Executive Board Member.

In addition to union representative at the terminal level and for contract negotiation, the International and the local officers a death benefit for each member in good standing and an annual scholarship program for your children.

After 50 continuous years of membership you will become a Lifetime member. Your union card will be replaced with a gold plastic membership card supporting this information. At this point, you will no longer have to pay dues. Remember once you retire you continue to pay dues.  However, the amount of dues will be greatly reduced. Presently, retires pay $5.50 per month.

It is important that the union is able to stay in touch with you. When elections are forth coming, the Local will always send an advance notice to your last known address. Elections are held for Officers and Executive Board member, Delegates for our International Convention, and for labor Contracts. At other times, when the officers need to communicate with the members, corresponding notices will be mailed to each member. For you to remain an informed member of this Local, you should make sure that the union has your most current address and phone number.

When you change your address with CTA you must submit a separate address change to the union office. Contact you Executive Board Member or call the union office at 312-782-4665.

The ATU International will be mailing a union magazine to your last known address. The magazine is called In Transit. 

ATU local 308 holds a regular Mass membership Union Meeting on the second Tuesday of each month. Our Meetings begin at 18:30 hours at I.B.E.W. Hall located at 600 West Washington.

In the event no meeting is held for lack of a quorum, all actions of the Executive Board, which would have been reported to the membership at the meeting, shall become final and binding.

Your attendance is needed and welcomed at all meetings. In order for the President/Business Agent to conduct business, we need to have 25 members present to have a quorum. An attendance book at the desk of the sergeant at arms records the attendance.

See you at our next meeting!  In Unity we stand!

marilyn d. perkins–hooker/sec-treasurer --- kim mitchell – asst. sec treas.

the benefits of belonging include:

• Wages that on average are 33% higher than non-union workers
• Vacation/ Health & Dental Insurance/ Sick Benefits/Retirements Benefits
• A grievance procedure that ensures if managements takes disciplinary action against you, they must show tat their actions are “just” and merited”
• A safe working environment
• Everyone will be treated fairly, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientations, etc