THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED THE BIG BUS RIDERS UNION PARTY AT CITY HALL, YESTERDAY, MAY 17th // GRACIAS A TODOS LOS QUE ASISTIERON A LA FIESTA DE LA UNION DE PASAJEROS DEL CAMIÓN EN EL CITY HALL, AYER, 17 DE MAYO
2 min read Special thanks to Msgr. Tom Cahalane, Dan Linhart from the Teamsters, Fred Yamashita from Pima Area Labor Federation and Dan Beckman from Rising Tide. Also, thanks to Council Members Karin Uhlich and Paul Cunningham for joining us at the party. This was a small victory in the war for transit justice! The result: the City Council did not raise the bus fares! They are gonna take more than $1 million from the transit budget at their August 9 meeting but it gives us time to work with them, especially Councilman Paul Cunningham, to make sure that bus fare increases don’t