Phoenix-area transit union is planning to strike

At the new offices of the union representing thousands of Valley bus drivers, handbills have been flying out of the copy machine by the ream.

Hundreds of signs on wooden stakes lean against the walls of the conference room. And Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433 officials have been calling other labor unions in the state, asking for solidarity.

This is what happens when you prepare to disrupt a regional bus system and go on strike -- what would be the first in the Valley since 2000. At the moment the strike is called, tens of thousands of passengers could be stranded and hundreds of buses would stop running.
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Article courtesy of AZCentral.com from The Republic by Lynh Bui and Dianna M. Nanez