Solidarity with the Crimson Ride Shuttle Drivers

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Solidarity With the Crimson Ride Shuttle Drivers

Crimson Ride shuttle drivers are currently employed by British multinational corporation FirstGroup PLC, an organization that has reportedly earned over $200 Million in profits in the past six months. Despite the prosperity of their employers, our Crimson Ride drivers only earn $9.50 per hour (which puts their earnings below the poverty line) and because they are not employed directly by the University of Alabama they are not earning any state-provided health benefits. Last year, Crimson Ride drivers voted unanimously to join Amalgamated Transit Union and joined ATU Local 1208.

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) supports the Crimson Ride Shuttle Drivers and ATU Local 1208. We are calling on all students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the UA and Tuscaloosa community and the larger community of anyone who supports labor rights and fair wages, to get involved with this campaign. Tell University of Alabama President Robert Witt that you support the Crimson Ride Drivers and ATU Local 1208. Ask him to tell FirstGroup that Crimson Ride Shuttle drivers deserve a living wage!

We, the undersigned, as members of the University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa community, and as concerned citizens and friends of the UA and Tuscaloosa community, believe that the drivers of the Crimson Ride Shuttles deserve to earn a living wage for the services they provide to the University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa. To that end we are supporting the Crimson Ride Shuttle Drivers and ATU Local 1208 as they seek to negotiate with FirstGroup PLC. We are asking Dr. Witt and the UA administration for their support and assurances that the Crimson Ride drivers will be treated with fairness and respect as they negotiate for fair wages.

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  • Jazzmin Franklin
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University Of Alabama
  • Holly Kennedy
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
  • Jonathan Seale
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35473
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Jeremy Hawkins
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
    • Comments
    • The new transportation system is a great idea, but the whole community should benefit, including those people whose labor make it function.
  • Christopher Martin
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 45440
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Daniel Dye
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35486
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Brett B.
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35486
  • Carol Vance
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35404
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Richard D Norton II
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35242
  • Lauren Choplin
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • В
    • Comments
    • В
  • Diane McNaron
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35215
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • Birmingham Peace Project
    • Comments
    • Please set an example and give the Crimson Ride drivers a fair wage.
  • Jennifer Collins
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
    • Comments
    • It is a travesty when workers do not get fair wages that are unified with other persons in their chosen field.
  • Andrew Knowles
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35175
  • Devon Morrisette
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35404
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Jami Harris
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • The University of Alabama
  • Elizabeth Kammer
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35405
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Schuyler M Howie
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • James Crowder
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • West Alabama Labor Council, AFL-CIO
    • Comments
    • Foremost, ATU Local 1208 needs a Collective Bargaining Agreement with FirstGroup. The West Alabama Labor Council will do all it can to incourage and support members of ATU Local 1208.
  • Jeff Hewitt
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35475
  • Julie K. Taylor
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35406
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • The University of Alabama
  • Keith Fine
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35205
  • Hannah Wilkes
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Tom Cotton
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 60630
    • Comments
    • In Solidarity
  • Chapin Gray
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • Students for a Democratic Society-Tuscaloosa
    • Comments
    • First Transit-- Stop Stalling!
  • Karissa Bursch
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35486
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Stacy Morgan
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35487
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • Dept. of American Studies, University of Alabama
  • David Kumbroch
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35486
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Rebecca C. Guest
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35226
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Tracy Wharton
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35405
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
    • Comments
    • Please set a good example and support a living wage and decent benefits for laborers who help keep the campus running.
  • Elizabeth Shahid
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
  • Jessica Green
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35444
  • Ashley Kelley
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35473
  • Alex Chambers
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 3723 Mayfair Drive
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Audrey Coleman
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 52241
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Iowa, University of Alabama alumnus
  • Kasey West
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35405
  • Andrea Mabry
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama
  • Gina McCaskill
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35486
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • The University of Alabama, School of Social Work
  • Kristi DiClemente
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 52245
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Iowa
  • Kerri Harding
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • Grad Student-SLIS
  • Sarah Melton
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 30033
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • Emory University
  • Sarah Wingo
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 48220
  • Leah Danger
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 11230
  • Michael Martone
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
  • Jake Altman
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 52402
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • IWW
    • Comments
    • POWER TO THE WORKERS!
  • rich megraw
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35487
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • university of alabama
    • Comments
    • Do the right thing. These people work hard and entitled to a decent means of support and level of care.
  • Joe Iosbaker
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 60647
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • SEIU Local 73
  • William Anderson
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35242
  • Yvonne Seale
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 52240
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Iowa
  • Doug Michel
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 60618
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • Chicago Students for a Democratic Society
  • Drew Brooks
    • Postal Zip Code
    • 35401
    • Affiliated Organization and/or School
    • University of Alabama