VTA strike update: Striking union workers reject offer from transit agency

VTA blames spike in copper theft for delays after strike

The VTA has cited a spike in copper theft as the reason behind transit slowdown post-strike, but the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office says otherwise.

Judge Orders VTA Employees to Return to Work

YouTube @ KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco The three-week long VTA transit strike in San Jose appears to be over for the time being.  A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ruled with the VTA and issued an injunction to end the strike and bring back bus and light rail services. Some 15-hundred workers had been on strike for 16 days while demanding a new contract from the VTA.  The transit agency says bus service will resume, and light ra…

VTA bus service to resume Friday, one day after union returns to work

SAN JOSE — Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus service will resume Friday, according to a press release from the agency, one day after striking union workers were ordered to return to their jobs by a county judge. About 1,500 members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 returned to work Thursday, the agency said. Light rail service could resume as early as Monday, but it is expected to take a “little longer to resume” as workers in…

Judge orders Santa Clara VTA workers to end strike

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail and bus service is set to resume after a judge ordered an end to a strike that began March 10. VTA SAN JOSE, Calif. — A judge has ordered an end to the strike by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers. The San Jose Mercury News reports Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel T. Nishigaya on Wednesday issued an injunction ordering the 1,500 members of Amalgamated Transit U…

Judge sides with VTA, orders union workers strike to end; partial service resumes Friday

A Santa Clara County judge has ruled with the VTA and issued an injunction to end the union workers strike and bring back bus and light rail services.

Judge grants injunction, striking South Bay transit workers ordered back to work

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge granted an injunction sought by the Valley Transit Authority that would require its striking union workers to return to work. Approximately 1,500 members of ATU Local 265 walked off the job Mar. 10 during stalled negotiations for a new contract.