The following is reprinted from Speak Out Now’s workplace newsletter at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Everyone knows you have to be alert when you are working in the system at BART – whether it’s on the trains, in the stations, the shops or on the trackway. ...
The Omicron surge has caused COVID infections to skyrocket at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. Infections are at all-time highs, but management is doing much less than they were at the beginning of the pandemic. Their attitude is that with 97% of workers...
Throughout last December, a series of deadly tornadoes whipped through much of the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. On December 10th, tornadoes of up to 190 miles per hour rampaged through five states, creating a path of destruction, with an estimated 93...
Today we are sharing an episode of This American Life: “Essential.” In it we hear from a range of workers in the service industry who were deemed essential and had to keep working during the first wave of the pandemic. We hear New York MTA station agents talk...
Part 1: Presentations by frontline workers in healthcare, transit, utilities, and education. Part 2:...
