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Union employees to vote on new VTA contract proposal months after transit strike
June 6, 2025 // In March, a county judge had ended a historic, multi-week strike - demanding the employees back to work. Now almost three months of negotiations later, VTA spokesperson Stacey Hendler Ross says a new proposal is on the table. "VTA has made a significantly different proposal this time with a cumulative increase in wages of 14.5% over four years," Hendler Ross said. "So that's 4%, 3.5%, 3% and 4%."
CALIFORNIA: They said it: Striking VTA union takes an “L”
April 1, 2025 // “We believe that the justice systems and the court has failed us. At the end of the day, the workers lost today.” — Raj Singh, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 representing Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers, on a judge’s March 27 order that employees on strike since March 10 return to work because the walkout likely violated a no-strike contract clause.
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 strike continues for 3rd week after union votes down latest proposal
March 25, 2025 // "By a vote of 188 yes, to 919 no," said ATU Local 265 president Raj Singh. The VTA's latest proposal offered an 11% pay increase over a three-year contract. But ATU leadership told us that the transit agency had added things into the contract involving attendance and overtime policies. Two issues the union thought had been previously resolved.
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.
VTA asks for Gov. Newsom’s intervention to force striking union employees back to work
March 17, 2025 // The VTA, whose buses and light rail trains have been idled since workers walked out Monday, also disclosed Saturday filed March 10 for a Superior Court injunction to "stop the irreparable harm to the community." The transit authority argues that Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, representing more than 1,500 VTA workers, violated a "no strike" clause in its contract, even though the agreement expired at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.