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Bus Riders Union

Single mothers, the disabled, low income workers who have to travel 2 hours to get to their jobs--this campaign brings their demands, their transit vision to the same federal table where cement, auto and construction have sat for decades.
-- Manuel Criollo, Lead Organizer
by Daniel Kim on

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Lead Organizer Manuel Criollo talks about why his organization has joined Transit Riders for Public Transportation, a new national campaign of the Labor/Community Strategy Center.

Where We Are

Bus Riders Union
3780 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite # 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90010
http://www.thebusridersunion.org
Recognized nationally for its historic civil rights Consent Decree and signature creative tactics, the Bus Riders Union is a multiracial dynamo of 200 active members, 3,000 dues-paying members, and 50,000 supporters on the buses of L.A. The BRU has literally saved public transportation in Los Angeles and become the country's largest grassroots mass transit advocacy organization. From our focus on mass transit, the BRU carries out a wide, multi-issue progressive agenda based in comprehensive principles of unity and strong membership agreement.

National Roll Call

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