Members of three area ATU locals -- 689, 1300 and 1764 -- joined together on Friday to stand in solidarity with the paratransit workers at First Transit/Metro Access. “First Transit has been refusing to give their workers 40 hours a week, they have been firing their workers over the phone to avoid confrontation with union representatives, and they have had a 100% turnover rate since this time last year,” reports ATU 689. 
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