ATU Local 689 Officials Speak to Reporters about Metro’s Sick Leave Policy

Union officials speak about Metro's sick-leave policy outside of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Richard Binder, a professor of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth and Georgetown universities speaks about Metro's sick-leave policy outside of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Tracy Smith (front), Amalgamated Trust Union Local 689 shop steward and executive board member, with Quincy K. Jones (right), Four Mile shop steward, and Jampsea Campbell (left), a Metro bus operator, after speaking about Metro's sick-leave policy outside of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Metro bus operator Jerr Dantzler wears a mask during an interview with Washington Informer reporter William Ford as he discusses Metro's sick-leave policy outside of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Metro bus operator Jampsea Campbell speaks to reporters about Metro's sick-leave policy outside of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Quincy K. Jones, Four Mile Run Division shop steward speaks to Washington Informer reporter William Ford about Metro's sick-leave policy outside of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter

Metro customer Lautaro Cabrera speaks to Washington Informer reporter William Ford about Metro's sick-leave policy outside of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 headquarters in D.C. on April 28. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter