[Busriders-van] Bus Riders Union Steps Up Summer Campaign

[Martha and Aiyanas]

BUS RIDERS UNION STEPS UP SUMMER CAMPAIGN
Night Owl Buses:
End the Curfew Now!
PUBLIC MEETING
Monday, July 28th, 6:30pm
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House (800 e. Broadway)

Following on TransLink's decision to ignore the demands of bus riders 
for retored Night Owl bus service, the Bus Riders Union is stepping up 
our campaign to secure justice for bus riders.  At their meeting of June 
25th, the TransLink Board decided to implement an inadequate Friday and 
Saturday only service along four routes.  This measure, taken in 
response to the lobbying of downtown business owners, leaves bus riders 
out in the cold five nights a week.  Even on Friday and Saturday most 
bus riders will face long walks getting to and from one of the four 
routes, which are designed with only downtown bar patrons in mind.

The Bus Riders Union is building a campaign for the full restoration of 
all 14 Night Owl routes cut in October 2001.  Anything less is an insult 
to the night-workers, mostly people of colour, who continue to suffer 
under the TransLink imposed curfew.  Anything less is a slap in the face 
to all bus riders, low-wage workers, the unemployed, immigrants and 
refugee, senior, students and people with disabilities.  We deserve full 
and equal access to the social, political and economic life of our 
region 24/7.  

The BRU is on the streets and on the buses organizing bus riders to 
fight for More Buses! Lower Fares!  Get involved in the struggle for 
social and environmental justice!

Get Involved:

GRASSROOTS RESEARCH --

If you have been affected by the Night Owl bus cuts fill out a Bus 
Riders Union "Public Transit Rights Violation Form".  We use the stories 
we gather to document the impact of the bus cuts and to put pressure on 
TransLink serve the needs of bus riders.  If you would like us to send 
you a form call or e-mail.

ORGANIZING --

Join us on Thursday, July 24th, 10pm - Midnight, for another Late Night 
Mass Leafleting.  Hit the streets with Bus Riders Union organizers as we 
pass out leaflets, gather testimonials, poster posters and talk with the 
folks affected by the TransLink imposed curfew.

SOLIDARITY --

Become a member of the Bus Riders Union (for only $1).  Help build the 
mass movement we need to win justice for poor and working people in this 
region.

ACTION --

On Wednesday, July 30th, we take our demands to the TransLink Board 
Meeting.  Join us for our July 28th Public Meeting to find out more 
about our delegation to the board meeting to demand that TransLink END 
THE CURFEW NOW!

BUS RIDERS UNION    bru at resist.ca    bru.resist.ca   604 215 2775



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We can learn what we did not know.

We are not only good at destroying the old world,

we are also good at building the new.

Mao Tse-Tung, 1949

 

 

 

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