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Transit union’s local leadership ousted in Chicago

The leadership of a Chicago unit of the Amalgamated Transit Union has been ousted due to “runaway financial problems.”

The union’s international president, Larry Hanley, says the leaders of Local 241 were relieved of their duties on Monday because of their inability to control and account for expenses. Two ATU international vice presidents were named as trustees to oversee the local.

The local unit of the ATU represents Chicago Transit Authority bus drivers and bus mechanics and some Pace drivers. Hanley says financial, administrative and structural problems were severely impacting the ability of Local 241 to represent its members.

Local 241’s ousted president, Darrell Jefferson, attributed the unit’s problems to several factors, including the loss of over 1,000 members in February 2010 due to layoffs by the CTA.