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The VTA strike began on March 10th, lasting nearly three weeks. A judge ruled the ‘no strike’ clause in the contract was enforceable. Bus service will return on Friday. Light rail service will ...
VTA's Route 22 bus in the daylight. Photo from VTA. UPDATE, Thursday, March 27: VTA says bus service will resume tomorrow (Friday) after 1,500 striking bus drivers and light rail operators returned to ...
Don't miss a story. Get San José Spotlight headlines delivered to your inbox. Thousands of VTA riders have been stranded without public transportation for 10 days due to an ongoing union strike, and ...
"I'm the only one making any income in my household," VTA information services representative Rosie Dominguez said. "So, it's been very hard. I literally want to go back to work and serve our ...
Workers and the VTA have been unable to come to an agreement on a contract. ATU members walked off the job March 10 and have been picketing ever since as some of the 100,000 daily commuters ...
VTA filed the lawsuit on the first day of the strike claiming that the union violated a “no strike” clause in the previous collective bargaining agreement, while the union maintains that that ...
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel T. Nishigaya granted the VTA’s application for an order to show cause — summoning union representatives to appear at a hearing to explain why the ...
VTA and ATU Local 265 have been negotiating throughout the weekend and there's still optimism a deal is coming soon. There's also hope from both sides that assistance from the Governor's office ...
VTA workers began striking on March 10. VTA is asking Gov. Newsom to intervene, appointing a Board of Investigations. VTA says ⅔ of its employees are on strike. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Employees of ...
Paratransit services are continuing. The VTA last Wednesday asked Nishigaya for a temporary restraining order to end the strike pending the court’s hearing of its claims that the union had violated a ...
(B. Sakura Cannestra/San José Spotlight) VTA’s request for the courts to immediately intervene in a weeklong strike has been denied, delaying the potential return of bus and light rail public transit ...