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Local transit

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 732 records

 Collection
Identifier: L1982-02
Abstract: Division 732 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (Atlanta, Georgia) was recognized by the Georgia Railway and Power Company as a union in 1918. The relationship between Division 732 and the Atlanta Transit System, which lasted from 1950 to 1971, was relatively peaceful. After the purchase of the ATS by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in 1971, the relationship between the union and management gradually deteriorated and led to the six day strike in 1973. The first...
Dates: 1919-1981

Atlanta Transit System records

 Collection
Identifier: L1973-43
Abstract:

The collection consists of labor relation files of the various companies that have operated Atlanta's public transit system.

Dates: 1920-1973