Judge sides with VTA, orders union workers strike to end; partial service resumes Friday
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ruled with the VTA and issued an injunction to end the ATU Local 265 union workers strike and bring back bus and light rail services. Union ...
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UPDATE: Judge to decide whether to end VTA strike
VTA says it has gone “above and beyond” to meet the union’s demands, including agreeing to improved dental coverage and the ...
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Monday's VTA strike expected to impact 100,000 riders daily in Santa Clara County
More than half of VTA employees are authorized to go on strike, which would affect bus and light rail. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, representing more than 1,500 VTA workers that include ...
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VTA strike still on, no bus service for 3 days straight
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Wednesday marks Day 3 for a massive strike staged by more than 1,000 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) employees. Bus and light rail service remain ...
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Santa Clara VTA files complaint as transit workers' strike rolls into 2nd day
The release claimed that the legal move was made "with the goal of bringing the strike to an end as fast as possible and to allow for the restoration of VTA bus and light rail services." ...
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How the VTA Strike Underscores Silicon Valley’s Widening Income Inequality
Sponsored Zin took BART from Union City to Milpitas, where he was waiting Monday afternoon at a VTA bus stop near the station when he saw ... Despite the inconvenience, she said she’s on the side of ...
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VTA strike halts Santa Clara County transit amid wage and safety disputes
Nelson Chacon is a VTA bus driver familiar with these risks. “We get attacked when driving with no protection … we encounter crazy passengers threatening not myself, but other drivers’ lives,” Chacon ...
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VTA files legal complaint to try and bring an end to two-day old strike
(KRON) — As a strike by South Bay transit workers stretched into its second day, the Valley Transportation Authority has now taken legal action to bring it to an end. On Tuesday, the VTA filed a ...
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Two striking Silicon Valley transit workers injured walking picket line
The strike is the first in the transit agency’s 30-year history.VTA bus and light rail service was shut down yesterday, but the VTA’s Paratransit service is continuing regular operations. An estimated ...
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16 are dead and dozens are hurt after a bus flips on a highway in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A bus lost control and flipped on a highway early Tuesday near Johannesburg’s international airport, killing 16 as some were thrown from the vehicle, the transport ministry ...
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VTA files legal complaint over striking union’s alleged contract breach
VTA said in a Tuesday news release the goal of the complaint is to end the strike and restore normal VTA bus and light rail services, which stopped once the strike began. Amalgamated Transit Union ...