Bus Riders United
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Bus Riders United is a coalition group that the Labor Education Center helped form with the Community Economic Development Center and the two unions of bus drivers and bus maintenance workers in Fall River and New Bedford (Amalgamated Transit Union Locals 174 and 1037). Ultimately the bus riders organized, with organizational supporters, and spoke with a united voice.
Bus Riders United represents hundreds of bus riders in the Fall River, Dartmouth, and New Bedford area.
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Siggy Meilus, former UMass Dartmouth student leader and began this work as an intern of the Labor Education Center.
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Brian Pastori of Bus Riders United advocates for better service at Fall River Government Center, with former Mayor Flanagan of Fall River on the left and Gary Pires and Tony Sousa of the Amalgamated Transit Union, New Bedford Local 1037 on the right.