The agreement includes wage increases of 4%, 3.5%, 3% and 4% over a four-year term, with improved workplace policies and enhanced dental benefits, in line with other VTA unions.
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VTA Says It Has Three Labor Agreements in Hand, One to Go
Negotiations with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265, which represents about 1,500 transit workers, remain unresolved.
VTA Bus Service Returns Today, after Santa Clara Judge Orders Striking Employees Back to Work
The VTA posted a notice this morning that VTA bus service was "fully restored" today, and light rail trains could start as early as Monday.
VTA Offers Vouchers for Commuters to Use Uber During Transit Strike
Rides must begin and end at a VTA bus or light rail stop, and must be ordered on Uber’s mobile app.
Transit Union Rejects Latest Contract Offer, VTA Strike Continues
That means the strike that has suspended bus and light train rides for 100,000 commuters since March 10 will continue.
VTA Board Meets, as Union Contract Vote Results Are Still Pending
The Valley Transportation Authority is hopeful its offer of more pay and improved benefits will end the regional transit strike.
Judge Rejects VTA Bid to End Strike, Court Hearing Set for March 26
The court decision Monday wasn’t the only rejection that hit the transit agency. Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a request from the VTA to intervene in the labor dispute and asked the two sides to resume negotiations on a three-year contract.
VTA Strike Continues, Affecting 100,000 Bus, Light Rail Riders
Representatives from both sides met Monday, but neither side budged from bargaining positions for a new three-year contract that remained far apart, with no new conversations scheduled.
VTA Offers Free Rides to Polling Places on Buses, Light Rail and Paratransit
Valley Transportation Authority will be offering free rides on Election Day, starting at 7am when the polls open and will continue through 8pm when the polls close.
VTA Employee Arrested, Charged with Murder in Fatal Shooting of Co-Worker at Bus Yard
At a press conference today, the victim was identified as Regulus Teotico, 45, a bus driver for 10 years and father of two teenagers.
Sheriff’s Deputies Search for Man Who Shot and Killed VTA Employee at Bus Yard
A VTA employees was shot and killed Friday evening at the VTA Chaboya Division Yard on the 2200 block of South 7th Street near Costco and the County Fairgrounds.
VTA Awards Construction Management Contract to Bechtel for BART Extension
The BART Silicon Valley project will create 75,000 jobs construction that will help build the 6-mile, four-station extension of BART into downtown San Jose and ending in Santa Clara.
Man Survives Bizarre, Violent Attack at San Jose VTA Platform, Suspect in Custody
Police arrested Andrew Perez as the man who allegedly attacked the victim at the Children's Discovery Museum Station about 1:15pm, March 29.
Santa Clara VTA Announces Arrival of First of 92 New Hybrid Buses
VTA said it anticipates a steady delivery rate of six buses per week starting this week, with a completely new fleet expected to be operational in the coming month as VTA decommissions most of its remaining diesel buses.
Fire in VTA Electric Bus Injures Two Mechanics
The bus that caught fire was one of VTA's 10 Proterra battery electric buses and all of them were taken out of service pending an investigation.
VTA Signs Deal for 100% Affordable Housing Development at Berryessa Transit Center
In 2020, VTA entered into a cost-sharing agreement with the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing, leveraging Measure A tax funding and VTA land to build four 100% affordable housing developments.
