Inbox: LTD holds key to changing negative trend in America

Daily Emerald

February 27, 2005

I wonder what would happen if a group of people united and stood up for themselves against an employer and got fully paid medical insurance and a living wage. The group is ATU Local 757, the union representing the workers of Lane Transit District. Do you think this might help other workers in the area? I do.
We are quick to say, “They are getting to much.” Maybe we are not getting enough. Wouldn’t it be better to lift ourselves up to a living wage and fully paid health insurance than to drag them down? If we support the workers at LTD we can change a trend in America. If one group can win, then all workers win. LTD
belongs to the people of Lane County, not Ken Hamm or Gerry Gaydos. They do not have to respond to the people; they will keep their jobs no matter what they do to your transit system. If we all stick together, we will all win.
Vernon Bell
Springfield