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Newsby StaffMay 19, 2025

NJ TRANSIT, Union Reach Tentative Agreement

With the agreement, regular weekday train service is expected to resume on May 20, following approximately 24 hours of safety inspections, infrastructure readiness checks, and equipment repositioning.

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Newsby StaffMay 16, 2025

NJ TRANSIT Locomotive Engineers on Strike

In a public statement, Gov. Phil Murphy expressed frustration over the breakdown in negotiations, emphasizing the strike’s potential to impact hundreds of thousands of New Jersey commuters.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2025

Ohio's TARTA, Union Reach Labor Agreement

The union’s membership includes TARTA fixed route, paratransit, and TARTA Flex on demand operators, in addition to mechanics and other personnel.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 13, 2023

MBTA Aims to Boost Machinists Union Lodge 264 Retention

The Machinists Union Lodge 264 aims to improve retention and support MBTA machinists through expanded benefits and increased wages. 

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Transit Dispatchesby Arthur GaudetJune 27, 2023

A Way Out of The Transit Labor Shortage

Long before the effects of COVID-19, the public transit industry saw a shortage of vehicle operators and maintainers. During the Covid era, that shortage became more acute — to the extent that many systems have curtailed service due to a lack of staff.

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NewsJanuary 11, 2022

Pittsburgh's Port Authority to Require Employees to be Vaccinated Against COVID

The new policy will go into effect on February 1, and is being implemented to promote the health, wellness, and safety of Port Authority's workforce and to protect members of the riding public with whom they interact daily.

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Photo GalleriesAugust 18, 2021

PSTA, SEIU Celebrate New Pay Scale for Bus Operators

The board at St. Petersburg, Fla.’s Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority unanimously approved a three-year contract with its union, SEIU, which will bump the starting pay for bus operators from $15 per hour to $16 per hour, beginning Oct. 1.

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NewsApril 27, 2021

Transit Unions Announce 5 Key Policies to Protect Workers as U.S. Moves to Zero Emission Vehicles

The policies come on the heels of a global climate summit and promises made by President Biden to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 21, 2020

NY MTA, union call for more penalties for bus operator attacks

The announcement came a week after a B15 bus operator was violently assaulted while driving.

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Transit Dispatchesby Todd A. LyonJanuary 14, 2020

A transit employer’s duty to bargain over automation: Potential topics

Decisions on subcontracting, partial shutdown, layoffs, reassignment, and changes to the bargaining unit provide guidance.

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