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March 11, 2025
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Takes Legal Action to End Strike
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) filed a legal complaint in Santa Clara County Superior Court against Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265 for breach of the “no strike” clause in...
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March 09, 2025
Monday March 10 - No VTA Bus or Light Rail Service Due to ATU Local 265 Strike
Starting at 12:01 a.m. on March 10, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will be unable to provide bus or light rail service due to a strike by the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)...
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March 03, 2025
Labor Negotiations Continue as Possible Strike Looms; Public Urged to Explore Transportation Alternatives
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is actively working to reach an agreement with Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265, which represents bus and light rail operators and other...
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August 29, 2019
ATU Local 265 Union Votes ‘Yes’ to Ratify New VTA Contract
On August 29, ATU Local 265 members cast their vote on the tentative agreement reached with VTA just twenty days earlier. Out of 1,106 votes cast, 594 members voted ‘yes’ and 512 members voted ‘no’...
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August 12, 2019
VTA and ATU Reach Tentative Agreement
VTA is pleased to announce that contract negotiations with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 have resulted in a tentative three-year successor agreement. ATU membership ratification of the...
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July 23, 2019
Successful Tentative Agreement Reached with TAEA
VTA is pleased to announce that the contract negotiations with Transportation Authority Engineers and Architects Association (TAEA) Local 21 have concluded with a tentative three-year successor...
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July 22, 2019
Successful Agreement Reached with AFSCME
VTA is pleased to announce that the contract negotiations with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 101 have concluded with a tentative three-year successor...
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May 10, 2019
VTA Makes Last, Best and Final Offer to ATU on May 10, 2019
VTA and ATU Local 265 have been negotiating for a successor labor agreement since August 2018. Through good faith negotiations over this time, substantial progress has been made on many issues. By...
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April 17, 2019
VTA and ATU to Meet with a Mediator
VTA and ATU Local 265 continue to negotiate for a successor labor agreement. Until most recently, the parties were moving closer to reaching our common goals which are to ensure good and reliable...
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