Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Transit workers rally against proposed cuts, lay offs


Detroit

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Congressman John Conyers and Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick joined scores of transit union workers, community leaders and bus riders Friday morning at a rally to protest plans to cut services and lay off workers.

The "Save Our Ride" rally at Hart Plaza was one of several planned nationwide.

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"We have to tell Congress not to bail out Wall Street; bail out mass transit," Jackson told the cheering crowd.

"I can fly from Detroit to Chicago in 45 minutes, but then it takes two hours to reach downtown Chicago by car, or 20 minutes by train.

"We need to choose mass transit over mass congestion."

Tom Greenwood

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