Amalgamated Transit Union Local Division #1549 Records 1996-2006

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Amalgamated Transit Union Local Division #1549 Records 1996-2006

The collection documents the activities of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local Division #1549 and its relationship with the management of the University of Texas at Austin shuttle bus system.

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Gaven, Glenn.

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Amalgamated Transit Union Local Division #1549

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The University of Texas shuttle bus service was started by Transportation Enterprises, Inc. (TEI) in 1969. The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local Division 1549 was formed in 1972 when University of Texas shuttle bus drivers came together to demand that TEI bargain with them over work assignments, safety and pay. The new contract gave the drivers the right to have a grievance and arbitration procedure, the right to bid for a regular day shift and the right to refuse to drive a bus...

Gamez, Dan.

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Gomez, Thelma.

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Amalgamated Transit Union Local Division # 1549.

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University of Texas at Austin.

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The University of Texas at Austin (UT) opened in 1883 with eight professors, four assistants, a proctor, and 221 male and female students. The first set of graduates, consisting of thirteen law students, attended UT commencement on June 14, 1884. By World War I, enrollment rose to 2,254 and by World War II to over 11,000. African Americans were admitted in 1950, and by 1966, there were 27,345 students. Over the next 40 years, the university continued to expand. In 2009 e...

Laidlaw Transit Services

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Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Austin, Tex.)

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