Week of Actions & Next Meet

There's a busy week coming up of work for the OC Transit Riders' Union as we fight to get an accessible transit system in Ottawa. We are still facing constant fare hikes, service cuts, and unchallenged racist, sexist and abilist harassment on buses. This must stop.

#1: ACTION ITEM

We need people this week for an action at major transit stations. From Tues June 22 - Thurs June 24 we will be on the ground promoting the Union and talking with riders. This will take place in the evenings (starting 6-8pm).
Email octransitridersunion@gmail.com to sign up and volunteer.

#2: NEXT MEET

Friday June 25, 5-7pm in the St. Laurent area (by routes #5 and #7).

RSVP for address: octransitridersunion@gmail.com

We are currently not releasing new information to the media or are available for comments and interviews. We appreciate the publicity we received from CFRA.

We also ask that political candidates do not inquire to attend our meetings. The OC TRU is currently non-partisan.

Thank you everyone for building up the movement thusfar, and now it is time to get to work!

Connect to the OC Transit Riders' Union:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001099795218
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111875435524243
http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCTranspo-Transit-Riders-Union/126399507373047
http://twitter.com/OC_TRU
http://OCTranspoTRU.livejournal.com/
http://OCtransitridersunion.wordpress.com
http://OCtransitridersunion.blogspot.com
http://groups.google.ca/group/oc-transpo-transit-riders-union

OC Transit Riders' Union next meet

The next OC Transit Riders' Union meet is on Thursday, June 17 from 5-7pm at a downtown location. Email octransitridersunion@gmail.com to RSVP and get the address.

Meeting minutes are now in circulation! Email octransitridersunion@gmail.com for these documents!

New connections: octransitridersunion@gmail.com not octranspo.transitridersunion@gmail.com and http://twitter.com/OC_TRU not OCTranspoTRU. We are flushing out "OC Transpo" from the name to separate ourselves from OC Transpo management and to include STO and other transit riders in the Ottawa regions.

Connect to The Transit Riders' Union:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001099795218
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111875435524243
http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCTranspo-Transit-Riders-Union/126399507373047
http://twitter.com/OC_TRU
http://OCTranspoTRU.livejournal.com/
http://OCTransitRidersUnion.wordpress.com
http://OCTranspoTransitRidersUnion.blogspot.com
http://groups.google.ca/group/oc-transpo-transit-riders-union

Transit Riders' Union meet #2 callout

The second formal OC Transit Riders' Union meet will be held on Tuesday, June 8th from 5-7pm in the Centretown-Chinatown-Little Italy area. This meet will build up activities amongst new membership, update the membership on where we are, and continue brainstorming.

There will be time to air transit greviances and develop action plans for taking on those greviances.

When: Tues. June 8. 5-7pm
Where: RSVP for details
Email: octranspo.transitridersunion@gmail.com

We accept input via email, which we can bring up in your absence!

Connect with us online:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001099795218
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111875435524243
http://www.facebook.com/pages/OCTranspo-Transit-Riders-Union/126399507373047
http://twitter.com/OCTranspoTRU
http://OCTranspoTRU.livejournal.com/
http://octranspotransitridersunion.wordpress.com/
http://octranspotru.blogspot.com/
http://groups.google.ca/group/oc-transpo-transit-riders-union

Riders' Union committee meeting callout

On Monday May 31st, the OCTranspo Transit Riders' Union will be holding a meeting for people interested in the committee work of the Union. The meeting is open to Transit Riders. Please come prepared with your schedules and availability for further meetings.

Currently, we are a group of riders who oppose service cuts and fare hikes, and we are going to collective respond to these.

OCTranspo TRU meeting:

Mon. May 31st
5pm to 7pm
Location: inquire

contact: octranspo.transitridersunion@gmail.com for more information, RSVP, or submitting your talking points.

The Union

YOU are the Union!