A CTA union president demanded Wednesday that the transit agency bring back conductors and re-establish its own police unit to stop a surge in violent crime and unruly behavior that’s depressing ridership and putting CTA employees at risk.
Eric Dixon is president of the Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 308, which represents rapid transit workers. He said yet another “smoke and mirrors” response from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown and CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. won’t cut it.
