“Brother” Eric Basir has been working for the CTA since February 2018. He started as a customer service assistant, became a flagman, then a train operator, and for almost five years, he’s been a rail car repairer, currently working out of the Midway terminal.
He’s also on the grievance committee for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308, which represents train workers. And he’s the elected Executive Board member for employees who clean and fix ‘L’ cars.
Basir’s Twitter bio reads: “An inconvenient and annoying ATU Local 308 Executive Board Member. Preacher of Revolutionary Unionism. Drug-tested. Feared. Uncompromising. Black Joe Hill.”…