Transportation
 Martin Jacinto, Equipment Operator Specialist; Council 76, Colorado
Transportation workers represented by AFSCME keep America moving, ensuring that people and goods travel safely throughout the country. We design, build, maintain and operate our nation's streets, highways, airports, public transport, parking facilities and ports; keep buses and rapid transit trains rolling; plow roads; inspect bridges, highways and tunnels; and direct traffic.
Join your brothers and sisters in the AFSCME Transportation Employees Network. We’ll discuss shared concerns, learn about what’s going on around the country and exchange information and ideas.
Feds worry Illinois lacks staffing for roads projects The U.S. government is concerned the Illinois Department of Transportation is too understaffed to take on major road projects on the eve of what could be a $1 billion federal payday for the department, The Associated Press has learned. The Federal Highway Administration has warned the state agency its payroll might be too depleted to handle the monstrous load of projects that a proposed $800 billion federal stimulus package could drop on Illinois' doorstep. Driving Up the Cost For Public Works Design and engineering companies helping to build the nation's highways ran up millions of dollars in inappropriate charges at the expense of taxpayers, including bills for parties, luxury car leases and hefty paychecks for executives, according to auditors. The bills were described by the firms as overhead costs but should not have been allowed, according to a Feb. 5 report by auditors in the Department of Transportation's inspector general's office. Next Wave Toolkit Learn how to start a new Next Wave chapter, host an event, get involved in the election or find more information. Highway Robbery II Report from the National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU), details a growing array of problems – high costs, reduced project safety, and loss of public accountability -- resulting from state and local transportation agencies outsourcing engineering, construction inspection and project oversight on federally funded transportation projects.
 Organizing: A Tale of Two Stewards Dean Vercruysse is a steward dynamo. Nancy Becker is a Local 1288 steward at the Manitowoc Health Care Center. She serves on Council 40's executive board.
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