[Busriders-van] BRU Night Owls Campaign Update

[Martha and Aiyanas]

BUS RIDERS GETTING ORGANIZED TO FIGHT BACK
Night Owl Buses:
End the Curfew Now!

Bus Riders Union and Allies Mass Leafleting
Thursday, June 26, 10pm
Meet @ Granville Skytrain (main entrance)

    The Bus Riders Union campaign to get back the night owl buses is 
heating up as we move into a summer of on-the-bus organizing, mass 
education, and direct action. At our June 12 Public Meeting, where over 
40 bus riders shared experiences of  hardship they have faced as 
TransLink has slashed service, hiked fares and shown a general disdain 
for the interests of Vancouvers 225,000 daily bus riders for the last 
two years.  Bus riders resolved to fight back, demanding an immediate 
end to curfew on transit dependent people.  Following up on the meeting, 
the Bus Riders Union will be taking this demand to the June 25th meeting 
of the TransLink Board, where an action is planned.  The BRU is also 
stepping up our educational work, organizing another late-night mass 
leaflet to reach night workers and nigh-time bus riders, collecting 
testimonials from people impacted by the bus cuts, and working towards 
another public meeting in July and further actions until we end the curfew.

    Come to one of these upcoming events and get involved in this 
campaing to expose the racist, sexist and anti-working class policies of 
TransLink and to build a movement to fight for our rights:

UPCOMING EVENTS

BRU Challenges TransLink:
NIGHT OWL BUSES: END THE CURFEW NOW!
Wednesday, June 25, 9am
Port Moody City Hall

BRU and Allies Mass Leafleting
Thursday, June 26, 10pm
Meet @ Granville Skytrain main entrance

BRU General Meeting
Saturday, June 28, 10am
SFU Harbour Centre


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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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