{"id":17036,"date":"2012-06-11T02:10:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T02:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=17036"},"modified":"2012-06-11T02:10:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T02:10:35","slug":"slain-utu-bus-operator-eulogized-at-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/slain-utu-bus-operator-eulogized-at-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain UTU bus operator eulogized at funeral","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16899\" style=\"margin: 4px 12px 4px 12px;border: 1px solid black\" title=\"alan_thomas_web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/alan_thomas_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"113\" \/>Some 600\u00a0mourners\u00a0\u2013 including more than 300 coworkers and UTU officials &#8212; attended the funeral June 9 of slain Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) bus operator Alan Thomas, who was murdered May 20 by a lone passenger.<br \/>\nAlso in attendance were law enforcement officials, transit executives and political leaders and representatives of other labor organizations. Thomas was remembered by his children, spouse, parents and other relatives for his strong family ties, and mourned as a public servant \u201cdoing a job for a community\u201d when he was gunned down in a still inexplicable homicide.<br \/>\nThomas was a member of UTU Local 1563.<br \/>\nTo read the article on his slaying, click on the following link:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/news\/utu-member-bus-driver-murdered-in-los-angeles\/\">https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/news\/utu-member-bus-driver-murdered-in-los-angeles\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 600\u00a0mourners\u00a0\u2013 including more than 300 coworkers and UTU officials &#8212; attended the funeral June 9 of slain Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) bus operator Alan Thomas, who was murdered May 20 by a lone passenger. 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