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Transit union president talks contract disputes with The Rapid

John Rothwell interviews union president RiChard Jackson about issues ATU 836 members are facing.
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It has been over two years that members of the Amalgamated Transit Union local 836 in Grand Rapids, Michigan have been working without a contract. John Rothwell sat down with union president RiChard Jackson to discuss the issues that ATU 836 members are dealing with in the last week of September, 2017.

 

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