Minneapolis bus drivers are refusing to help police transport protesters to jail.

[elleng]

'As tensions between police and protesters in Minneapolis reached a boiling point following the death of George Floyd, the city's bus drivers have made it abundantly clear which side they're on. The driver's union, ATU Local 1005, issued a statement of solidarity on Thursday, with some of its drivers going as far as to refuse to use their buses to help law enforcement transport protesters to jail.

"As a transit worker and union member, I refuse to transport my class and radical youth," one Minneapolis bus driver, Adam Burch, told the labor publication Payday. "An injury to one is an injury to all. The police murdered George Floyd and the protest against is completely justified and should continue until their demands are met."

The union shared Burch's sentiment. "This system has failed all of us in the working class, from the coronavirus to the economic crisis we are facing," their statement read. "But the system has failed people of color and black Americans and black youth more than anyone else."'>>>

https://news.yahoo.com/minneapolis-bus-drivers-refusing-help-133000813.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=fb

[babylonsister]

1. Love!! nt

[marlakay]

2. I told my husband retired train driver

Heh your union is kicking ass!

He was proud. He belongs to the one in SF but its the drivers union.

[Demovictory9]

3. kick

[Solly Mack]

4. Good

[Hekate]

5. Kudos

[love_katz]

6. Huge kick and rec.

Go ATU! Solidarity!

[RhodeIslandOne]

7. With COVID running rampant too, I wouldn't

Oh, sorry to remind everyone about that.

[elleng]

8. Right to do so,

and remind everyone of the current 'fragility.'

Can we think of anyone(s) who could help address/resolve all this?

[RhodeIslandOne]

10. Obama?

[SheltieLover]

9. K&R!

[smirkymonkey]

11. K&R

[MichMan]

12. I guess the next time they have to deal with a violent passenger, they wont be calling the police

[ck4829]

13. Replace "violent" with "mentally ill" or "sick" and then remember what the police did *FIRST*

I've encountered violent people too, I still wouldn't want to call "warrior-trained" cops who end up executing the person.

[ck4829]

14. K&R

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. United we stand.

We have the right to peaceful protest. We have the right to be protected for such protest. If equal protection under the law fails, expect a failure of peace.