Posts tagged Transit workers
Historic VTA Strike Will End After Judge’s Order, Some Service to Resume by Friday
March 28, 2025 // The agreement — which expired on March 3 — said the contract continues from “year to year” after its expiration and requires the two sides “continue to negotiate until there is a successor agreement,” the agency said. “The court does believe that there is at least a reasonable interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement that would lead to the conclusion that the agreement, including the no-strike provision, remains in full force in effect until agreement is reached,” Nishigaya said.
VTA Slightly Boosts Raise Offer, Union Says It Falls Far Short
March 24, 2025 // The more than 1,500 transit workers were originally slated to vote on the VTA’s previous offer — 10.5% raises over three years — on Sunday, but Singh said the agency asked them to hold off after it decided to hold the special meeting. He criticized the fairness of wages at VTA, saying supervisors and upper management are “essentially making double what our employees are making.” But VTA officials said their latest offer could cause financial pain for the agency.
Labor unions lose 63,000 members under new state law
September 5, 2024 // The largest losses of union representation in Florida due to SB 256 come from those employed by the state government — more than 43,000 state employees have lost their unions. The second largest loss of union representation comes from university and college professors, specifically unions that represent adjunct and part-time faculty. Municipal employees from cities large and small follow. WLRN is using public records to maintain a database that shows the full extent of the fallout of the law.
Labor Relations Radio E145: Did you know that 95% of unionized employees NEVER VOTED to unionize? I4AW’s Vinnie Vernuccio explains.
September 4, 2024 // As Americans, every two, four, or six years, we head to polls to cast our ballots for who we want to represent us. For unionized workers in the private sector, the vast majority never voted to unionize. According to a new study [in PDF] by the Institute for the American Worker (I4AW), 95 percent of private sector union workers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) are represented by a union they have never voted for.
New Jersey Transit workers unanimously vote to authorize strike
September 1, 2023 // NJ Transit crew members have been working without a new contract for nearly four years. The contract dispute has been in national mediation for three years. NJ Transit says it is still committed to continuing to negotiate in good faith with the union. The agency also says a federal court injunction obtained last summer prohibits a strike.
Transport Workers Union Local 100 seeks right to strike with labor deal set to expire in May
March 20, 2023 // The state's Taylor Law makes it illegal for them to strike. When union workers walked off the job in 2005, they received a $2.5 million fine and the union leader was jailed. Rail workers, though, operate under the Federal Railway Labor Act, allowing them to strike. State Sen. Jessica Ramos is one of two Democrats from Queens who introduced the legislation.