<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just spoke with Ken Price the ATU president and they are keen to meet with us to discuss the service cuts, driver shortage etc. He said we can do it as a hybird in person / zoom meeting from their office in Tukwila.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ken said we should suggest a few windows of time next week. <a href="https://www.when2meet.com/?17078408-BQjTL" class="">Here’s a scheduling poll.</a> I’m pretty sure they will prefer a daytime meeting but I included times up through 7pm just in case. If you want to join, <b class="">please fill this out ASAP so I can get back to him with times.</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">He also mentioned they are planning a rally probably for next Thursday about wages and working conditions for Access drivers. I said we could promote it, I’ll share details when they’ve got that figured out.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Katie</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">p.s. Laura, I’m including you here to keep you in the loop since you’re one of the instigators of this conversation, but no pressure at all to join the meeting, I know you’re taking time off!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">
<meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">Katie Wilson</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#666666" class="">General Secretary</font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#666666" class="">Transit Riders Union</font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#666666" class=""><a href="https://transitriders.org" class="">https://transitriders.org</a></font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class=""><font color="#666666" class="">206-781-7204</font></span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font color="#999999" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and poor </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">people, including students, seniors, and people with disabilities, taking control over our own lives, and building up the power we </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">need to change society for the good of humanity and of the planet. We will </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">fight to preserve, expand, and improve the public transportation system in </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">Seattle and beyond, so that every human being has access to safe, </font></i><i class=""><font color="#999999" class="">affordable, and reliable public transit.</font></i></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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