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Partners & Affiliations

United States

The ATU has partnered with the organizations below to fight for more equitable and just communities, to improve the lives of American workers, and to save our public transit systems.

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

The AFL-CIO serves as an umbrella for 56 labor unions in the United States, representing more than 12.5 million American workers. Through its education, political action, organizing, and other programs, the AFL-CIO empowers working people on the job, strengthens their role in the community, and advances their interests in the halls of Congress.

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BlueGreen Alliance

The BlueGreen Alliance is a national, strategic partnership between labor unions and environmental organizations dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the green economy. The Blue Green Alliance unites more than 14 million members and supporters in pursuit of good jobs, a clean environment and a green economy.

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Coalition for Smarter Growth

The Coalition for Smarter Growth is the leading organization in the Washington D.C. region dedicated to making the case for smart growth. Their mission is to promote walkable, inclusive, and transit-oriented communities, and the land use and transportation policies and investments needed to make those communities flourish.

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Good Jobs First

Good Jobs First is a national policy resource center for grassroots groups and public officials, promoting corporate and government accountability in economic development and smart growth for working families. Good Jobs First works with a very broad spectrum of organizations, providing research, training, communications and consulting assistance.

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Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF)

The Industrial Areas Foundation is the nation's largest and longest-standing network of local faith and community-based organizations. The IAF partners with religious congregations and civic organizations at the local level to build broad-based organizing projects, which create new capacity in a community for leadership development, citizen-led action and relationships across the lines that often divide our communities.

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International Transportation Learning Center

International Transportation Learning Center is the only national organization that focuses on the frontline workforce in public transportation and transportation in general.  It is the only organization funded by the Federal Transit Administration, the US Department of Labor, and the Transit Cooperative Research Program to develop and support technical training partnerships for today’s and tomorrow’s front-line work force. 

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Jobs to Move America

Jobs to Move America is a strategic policy center that works to transform public spending and corporate behavior using a comprehensive approach that is rooted in racial and economic justice and community organizing. We seek to advance a fair and prosperous economy with good jobs and healthier communities for all.

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Jobs With Justice

Jobs with Justice is a grassroots network of more than 200,000 supporters that leads strategic campaigns to build power for working people. By bringing together labor, community, student, and faith voices at the national and local levels, Jobs with Justice is creating innovative solutions to the problems workers face today.

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Partnership for Working Families

The Partnership for Working Families is a national network of leading regional advocacy organizations who support innovative solutions to our nation’s economic and environmental problems.

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Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is the largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization -- with more than two million members and supporters. Their successes include helping to pass the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. More recently, they have helped lead the charge away from the fossil fuels that cause climate change and toward a clean energy economy.

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Transportation Equity Network / Gamaliel

The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) is made up of more than 350 community organizations in 41 states working to create an equity-based national transportation system. TEN is a grassroots project of the Gamaliel Foundation.

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Transportation for America

Transportation for America (T4A) is an alliance of elected, business and civic leaders from communities across the country, united to ensure that states and the federal government step up to invest in smart, homegrown, locally-driven transportation solutions.

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Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO, a coalition of 32 member unions, provides a bold voice for workers in every mode of transportation – both in the private and public sector – devoted to protecting middle-class jobs, expanding collective bargaining, and ensuring modern, safe, and secure transportation operations and infrastructure. 

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Transit Riders for Public Transit

Transit Riders for Public Transportation is a national campaign initiated by the Labor/ Community Strategy Center and Bus Riders Union to bring environmental justice and civil rights priorities to the upcoming federal surface transportation act—whose budget is estimated to be at least $500 billion.

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Transit Workforce Center

The Transit Workforce Center (TWC) supports the workforce development needs of urban, suburban, tribal, and rural public transportation entities, with an overarching mission to assist the industry as it recruits, hires, trains, and retains the diverse workforce needed now and in the future.

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USAction

USAction is a federation of 22 state affiliates, like Citizen Action New York, that builds power by uniting people locally and nationally, on-the-ground and online, to win a more just and progressive America. USAction promotes investments in America’s future, like good jobs with benefits, healthcare for all, and the rebuilding of our infrastructure. 

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U.S. PIRG

The United States Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) is a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society. For decades, they have stood up for consumers, countering the influence of big banks, insurers, chemical manufacturers and other powerful special interests.

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Working America

Working America is the fastest growing organization for working people in the country today. As the AFL-CIO’s community affiliate, it focuses on building alliances among union and non-union working people.

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Canada

Canadian Labour Congress

The Canadian Labour Congress represents the interests of more than three million iliated workers in every imaginable occupation from coast to coast to coast.

The CLC is the umbrella organization for dozens of affiliated Canadian and international unions, as well as provincial federations of labour and regional labour councils.

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Alberta

Alberta Federation of Labour

Unions working together to make Alberta a better place

The Alberta Federation of Labour is a voluntary association of unions and employee organizations that have banded together to achieve common goals.

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Manitoba

Manitoba Federation of Labour

The Manitoba Federation of Labour is the strong, united voice of Manitoba’s labour movement

Unions affiliated with the MFL together represent more than 100,000 working Manitobans in the public and private sectors, including: manufacturing, government offices, retail stores, hospitals, schools, natural resources, tourism, agriculture and many others.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Federation of Labour

The Nova Scotia Federation of Labour is the central provincial voice for Nova Scotia workers. The Fed represents thousands of union members, lobbying the provincial government for justice and fairness for workers across the province.

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Ontario

Ontario Federation of Labour

From our inception in 1957, the OFL has grown to represent over one million Ontario workers belonging to more than 1,500 locals from 54 affiliated unions, making us Canada’s largest labour federation. Our strong membership and constant vigilance make us a formidable political voice.

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British Columbia

British Columbia Federation of Labour

The British Columbia Federation of Labour represents over half a million workers engaged in every part of the BC economy, through more than 50 affiliated unions with over 800 locals.

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Newfoundland & Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour

The Federation of Labour is made up of nearly 30 affiliated unions, 500 locals and 6 District Labour Councils.

We represent more than 70,000 working women and men from every sector of our economy and from every community in our province.

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Québec

Fédération des travailleurs et travailleises du Québec

La Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) et ses syndicats affiliés ont plus de 100 ans d’histoire. Pas surprenant que la plus grande centrale québécoise compte aujourd’hui plus de 600 000 membres, présents dans tous les secteurs de l’activité économique et dans toutes les régions du Québec.

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Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Federation of Labour

The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour represents over 100,000 members, from 37 national and international unions. Our affiliate membership belongs to over 500 locals across Saskatchewan and represents dozens of communities. We strive to improve working people's lives throughout the province, whether organized or unorganized, and regardless of affiliation to the Federation.

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