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ATU Legislative Conference

ATU Legislative Conference. March 13-17 • Washington, DC. The U.S. Transit Crisis. and The Longest Undeclared War in U.S. History— On America ’s Middle Class and Workers. Corporate America drives down power of workers. Public. Private. The Corporate Attack on Public Workers.

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ATU Legislative Conference

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  1. ATU Legislative Conference March 13-17 • Washington, DC

  2. The U.S. Transit Crisis and The Longest Undeclared War in U.S. History—On America’s Middle Class and Workers

  3. Corporate America drives down power of workers Public Private

  4. The Corporate Attack on Public Workers Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: “We can no longer live in a society where the public employees are the haves and taxpayers who foot the bills are the have-nots.”

  5. FOX Gets it Wrong Again

  6. Legislative Attacks

  7. “Do public workers make more than private sector workers? THE WRONG QUESTION All workers wages and benefits frozen for 40 years Hourly compensation Hourly wage

  8. Household Income 116% 97% 103% 98% 85% Poorest 20% Middle 20% Second 20% Fourth 20% Richest 20% Source: Economic Policy Institute 1947-'73 1973-'04 Growing Together, Growing Apart Off the charts! 497% income rise $6 million avg. income 181% 200 Wealthiest 0.1% avg. $1.7million a year Percent Increase 150 100 64% 50 38% 23% 12% 3% 0 Top 0.1%* Top 0.01%* *1979-2001

  9. We Make It, They Take It Productivity Real median family income Source: EPI analysis of U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Income Tables, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Major Sector Productivity and Costs data.

  10. How much does Defense Spending cost your city? National Priorities Project's "Trade Offs"

  11. How have workers survived? THEY HAVEN’T! • Spouses work • Part time jobs • Borrow on credit cards • Borrow from retirement savings • Take out savings/equity in homes

  12. The Economy is NOTLike the Weather… The Economy is NOTLike the Weather…

  13. The Economy Is Not Like the Weather Neo-conservative Ideas Govern America • The market solves all problems • Anything that gets in the way of the market is bad • Get government out of the way of the market • Cut taxes • Dismantle government • De-regulate • Privatize • Unions are in the way of the market • Weaken, eliminate unions

  14. This is a story of POWER • Working families and our unions helped build a powerful American middle class. • Corporations are taking power away from workers–we are losing bargaining power at work and in our country. • This power grab is key to their corporate agenda for America.

  15. Boxing Workers Into The Corporate Agenda

  16. WHOSE Tax Cut?

  17. Stranded at the Station

  18. One Year's Mass Transit Cuts, 2009 Fare Increases Service and/or Staff Reductions

  19. Privatize: Everything for Sale Pittsburgh, PA Las Vegas, NV New Orleans, LA Jefferson Parish, LA Phoenix, AZ Dallas, TX Bridgeport, CT Rockford, IL Savannah, GA San Diego, CA Austin, TX Denver, CO Newark, NJ Union, NJ Marietta, GA Norcross, GA Charleston, SC Sacramento, CA Toronto, ON Colorado Springs, CO Plymouth, MA Brockton, MA Pensacola, FL Raleigh, NC Richmond, VA Knoxville, TN Milwaukee, WI South Bend, IN Lexington, KY Boise, ID Asheville, NC Worcester, MA √  √  √  √  √  √  √ 

  20. The Economy is NOTLike the Weather… The Economy is NOTLike the Weather…

  21. Build a Working Families Agenda Dismantle the Corporate Agenda

  22. Corporate America has a plan. What Is Our Plan?

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