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Negotiations Continue Between Teamsters and Transdev
Over the holiday weekend, we got a statement from Transdev that said the Teamsters stepped away from negotiations. It’s very nuanced. After the holiday weekend, we got an update from the Union. First, this is what Transdev representative Seguin Mitun wrote on Friday:
On Friday, May 26, 2023, Transdev Services, Inc. and Teamsters Local 683 participated in labor negotiations for over six and a half hours today before Teamsters Local 683 ended negotiations without an agreement. Despite Transdev’s movement at the bargaining table, Teamsters Local 683 provided no assurances it would end its labor strike impacting the South Bay Fixed Routes.
This came on Friday after MTS got involved since Transdev is a contractor to the Metropolitan Transit System, MTS for short. This is Fox Five reporting:
Whitburn made that announcement Friday, calling on Transdev, the company that is contracted by MTS, to take the necessary steps to immediately restore full service to MTS riders.
“We are deeply concerned about the failure of one of our contractors Transdev to provide transit service to many of our MTS customers,” Whitburn said. “Thousands of bus riders say the South Bay and East County are having difficulty getting to work or school or medical appointments or other destinations because of the…