ATU LOCAL 1300

ATU Local 1300 was founded on February 4, 1942 as Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railways Motor Coach Employees or otherwise known as AF of L. The Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railways Motor Coach was granted a charter for thirteen white male bus and trolley operators and conductors of the Baltimore Transit Company that established Division 1300. The names of the organizers were Clayton Perry, Frank Pennington, Theodore J. Peacock, John W. McHenry, William Matoska, Willis O. Dise, Edward G. Willis, Irvin F. Tawney, James E. Santmeyer, and Mr. Peter F. Kramer. Prior to the Baltimore Transit Company, the union members were part of the United Railways and Electric Company... The Amalgamated Transit Union is the largest labor organization representing transit workers in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1892, the ATU today is comprised of over 190,000 members in 264 local unions spread across 44 states and nine provinces. Composed of bus drivers,..

Primary location: Nw Washington United States