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VTA light rail service partially resumes after inspections caused delays following strike shutdown
VTA reopened Orange Line light rail service and partially reopened Blue Line service Monday after inspections delayed the return following a 16-day workers strike.
Copper wire thefts delay VTA rail service
(KRON) – The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail trains are not leaving the station as of Monday morning, despite the strike being over. The problem-- copper wire thefts -- during the nearly three-week strike involving workers. All the tracks must be inspected before the trains can take off, according to VTA. Inspections and repair work is still underway on more than 40 miles of track. The Orange Line, which runs from Mountain…
They said it: Striking VTA union takes an “L”
“We believe that the justice systems and the court has failed us. At the end of the day, the workers lost today.” — Raj Singh, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 representing Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers, on a judge’s March 27 order that employees on strike since March 10 return to work because the walkout likely violated a no-strike contract clause.
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