Talks may begin again soon for bus drivers with the Vineyard Transit Authority after a National Labor Relations Board ruling last year.
A narrow majority of Vineyard Transit Authority workers have voted not to join the Amalgamated Transit Union. The final vote, cast by secret ballot, was 21 to 18. VTA employees may again seek membership in the ATU in one year.
Citing a long list of concerns that have gone mostly unanswered, Vineyard Transit Authority workers will vote Wednesday on whether to join the Amalgamated Transit Union, a large labor union that represents workers in the United States and Canada.
Riding Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority buses will cost slightly more in the new year.
Yes, it was a record summer for the VTA. The article in the Gazette did not tell of the very courteous and patient drivers all summer!
It was a busy and profitable year for summer traffic to the Island by ferry and by air.
But the big transportation success story of the summer is the Vineyard Transit Authority which set ridership records in July and August.