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VTA workers will strike Monday morning, union confirms

The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 confirmed that VTA workers will go on strike Monday morning, starting one minute after midnight.
Raj Singh, president of Local 265, stated that workers are forced to strike due to VTA's failure to address critical issues like fair wages and benefits.
VTA management is offering a wage increase of 9.3% over three years, while workers are asking for a 19.1% increase.
During the strike, a picketer was hospitalized after being struck by a truck, prompting an investigation from San Jose police.

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Santa Clara Valley transit workers begin strike

San Jose, CA – On Monday, March 10, around 1500 bus and light rail operators and mechanics for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), walked off the job. The workers are represented by Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265. This is the first strike at the VTA since its founding in 1973. Around 9 a.m. upwards of 70 ATU rank-and-file members could be seen picketing in front of the VTA headquarters as the strike began. Pickets were …

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abc 7 News

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2 days ago·San Francisco, United States

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SFist

Truck Appears to Drive Into Striking VTA Workers on Picket Line, One Hospitalized

As Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers went on strike today, picketers at one San Jose location were struck by a truck, perhaps intentionally, and one of those picketers was hospitalized.We noted this morning that Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) workers were on strike across that public transportation service which serves San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley. The strike started once the clock hit midnight early M…

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Kron 4 News

VTA workers will strike Monday morning, union confirms

(BCN) -- The union representing frontline VTA workers in Silicon Valley Sunday confirmed that they will go on strike Monday morning. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, representing more than 1,500 VTA workers that include bus and light rail operators, said in a news release Sunday afternoon that the workers will strike Monday one minute after the stroke of midnight. The notice comes in the wake of stalled contract negotiations. VTA Paratransit…

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KTVU FOX 2

VTA workers to strike Monday after negotiations stall

Union members employed by the Valley Transportation Authority confirmed they will go on strike on Monday after negotiations with the transit agency stalled.

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