First transit takes over and immediately goes after the workers
Drivers on the picket line in front of Tempe bus yard said their
biggest issue with First Transit, which took over operations for part of
the Valley Metro system July 1, was job security.
The contract between the regional transit authority
and First Transit would override First Transit's proposed deal with the
union, because of a clause within the labor contract, according to
union members.
"It doesn't protect our members, it doesn't protect
any of the operators," said James Washington, a driver for 23 years who
serves on the board of Amalgamated Transit Union's Local 1433. "It
gives management the right to run rampant and do whatever they like and
their client basically dictates what they need to do to us.
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