ATU Local 689
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Metro needs nearly $33 million in more taxpayer money to cover worker raises
The employees will be paying more toward healthcare costs as part of the new contract. If Metro follows past patterns, next year’s budget could include fare increases in addition to any potential additional local tax dollars.
8 months ago -
Progress is made to avoid Metro strike as union outlines demands
Metro’s largest union suggested Wednesday that there will not be a strike this week as it outlined its demands for the first time since Sunday’s strike authorization vote.
10 months ago -
Do new Metro cost caps include raises for workers?
As Metro’s largest union threatens a strike, an arbitration ruling is expected any day on a new contract for the approximately 9,000 workers that may trump new restrictions on the growth of Metro’s budget.
10 months ago -
Metro union threatens 3-day strike, calls for strike vote meeting Sunday
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 president issued the threat Friday, after two other labor actions where a significant number of workers showed up to work well after the starts of their shifts.
10 months ago -
Metro’s largest union drops election appeal
Metro’s largest union dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling that ordered new union elections. That means new elections will be held sooner than the planned November 2018 election.
2 years ago -
Urine trouble: X2 line halted as safety measures split drivers, Metro
Some Metrobus drivers are refusing to get behind the wheel after they say their requests for increased safety measures have been ignored in the wake of a urine-throwing incident.
2 years ago -
Riders, workers bemoan Metro fare hikes, service cuts
Metro Board voted Thursday to raise fares this summer for the first time in three years while cutting rush-hour schedules and service hours.
2 years ago -
2015 election rules were bent, Metro union admits
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 is asking a judge to deny a Labor Department effort to force new elections, while acknowledging rules were “not followed to the letter.”
2 years ago
