{"id":6614,"date":"2017-03-10T06:38:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamsters848.local\/?p=6614"},"modified":"2017-03-10T07:09:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:09:28","slug":"bus-drivers-at-antelope-valley-transit-authority-vote-to-authorize-a-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/bus-drivers-at-antelope-valley-transit-authority-vote-to-authorize-a-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Drivers at Antelope Valley Transit Authority Vote to Authorize a Strike."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6614\" class=\"elementor elementor-6614 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ezpgkfs elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ezpgkfs\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-hlvmrjm\" data-id=\"hlvmrjm\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0l685ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0l685ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Bus Drivers at Antelope Valley Transit Authority Vote to Authorize Strike<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-joraf05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"joraf05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5121-1024x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6615\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5121-1024x500.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5121-600x293.jpg 600w, https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5121-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_5121-768x375.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-oa0dvgz elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"oa0dvgz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Lancaster, California &#8211; March 9, 2017 \u2013\u00a0Employees at Antelope Valley Transit Authority\u2019s (AVTA) contractor Transdev voted overwhelmingly, Thursday afternoon, to authorize a work stoppage over unfair labor practices.<\/em><\/p><p>Approximately 105 drivers from AVTA, represented by Teamsters Local 848, have been working without a contract since December 31, 2016. Contract negotiations concluded in late in February, when AVTA\u2019s contractor, Transdev. reached an impasse on issues regarding the\u00a0<i>Los Angeles County Minimum Wage Ordinance<\/i>\u00a0and \u00a0the drivers\u2019\u00a0<i>right to due process<\/i>\u00a0when it comes to discipline imposed by the company\u2019s client AVTA.<\/p><p>Since 2015, AVTA has removed multiple drivers employed by the contractor without due process, causing the Union to file a lawsuit against the AVTA Board of Directors and its executive director as an individual.<\/p><p>Transit and Commuter services can be severely interrupted for the over 450,000 residence of the Antelope Valley and unincorporated areas of Northern Los Angeles County serviced by AVTA, as early as Friday morning. The Union will not disclose any information on specific dates or times it plans to begin any work stoppage.<\/p><p>Members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike early Thursday afternoon. Ballots were counted during a rally organized by the drivers\u2019 bargaining committee. Members engaged in\u00a0<i>Practice Picketing<\/i>\u00a0in front of AVTA offices following the ballot count.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bus Drivers at Antelope Valley Transit Authority Vote to Authorize Strike Lancaster, California &#8211; March 9, 2017 \u2013\u00a0Employees at Antelope Valley Transit Authority\u2019s (AVTA) contractor Transdev voted overwhelmingly, Thursday afternoon, to authorize a work stoppage over unfair labor practices. Approximately 105 drivers from AVTA, represented by Teamsters Local 848, have been working without a contract [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamsters848.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}