SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) — A doubtlessly looming strike from Valley Transit Authority won’t occur this week, in accordance with union representatives. Union reps instructed KRON4 Information they’ve a gathering set for Friday to debate subsequent steps.
As many as 1,500 VTA staff have been rumored to have been able to strike, a transfer that would cripple bus and light-weight rail service throughout the South Bay. Regardless of six months of negotiations, the VTA and the union have but to achieve an settlement.
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The present labor settlement between the Amalgamated Transit Union, or ATU Native 265, and the VTA expired at midnight on Tuesday. The principle sticking level within the negotiations appear to be wages.
The VTA stated it has supplied the union a 9% enhance in wages over three years. The union stated it’s in search of one thing nearer to 18%. The transit company stated it’s prepared to proceed negotiations and hopes to keep away from a strike.
Ought to staff elect to go on strike, VTA is warning riders it doesn’t have the sources to maintain working as common. The union, in the meantime, maintains it’s making an attempt to keep away from disrupting folks’s lives.
