Welcome to Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056 Website

 ATU Local 1056 was chartered on January 23, 1935
We represent over 1700 Bus Operators, Mechanics, Cleaners and members in Queens, NY. We have transportation and maintenance Depots in Flushing, Jamaica and Queens Village. Our Membership comes from all walks of life; we are a diverse work force. We provide Express Bus service to Manhattan and local service in the Queens neighborhoods.

 

 

      ATU Local 1056 ‘s Annual Family Picnic

Saturday, SEPT. 11, 2010

Hempstead lake state Park

        Picnic Site Hempstead Pavillion

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 11 am to 5 PM

VO volunteers are needed - contact the union office

Bring your family & Have fun. ..Please take and dispose your garbage properly.

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President I. Daneek Miller & the ATU Local 1056 EXECUTIVE BOARD ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

 

 

 

Unsafe, Unreliable, Illegal Commuter Vans Offer No Alternative To Bus Service

                           

Brothers and sisters of Local 1056 please protect your job, MTA is cracking down
 on the  running of red lights and the usage of cell phones while driving. We are seeing
 an increase in violations concerning these matters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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MTA's top earners keep their jobs while agency cuts mid- to low-level workers!!

Only a handful of six-figure executives at MTA headquarters were shown the door in a recent payroll purge that put dozens of mid- and low-level employees out of work


 

 

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