Fairfax Connector workers threaten strike

Fairfax County Connector transit workers recently unanimously authorized a strike (right) at their largest union meeting ever. The employer – MV Corporation – “refuses to budge on our fair wage demands,” reports ATU 1764’s Sesil Rubain and the workers, members of ATU 1764, also want “significant improvements to their nearly non-existent retirement plan.”  Local 1764 is likewise in bargaining for workers at the Metro Access call center in Hyattsville, MD, which is also run by MV. Rubain reports that the company has been taking a hard line at the bargaining table while “running roughshod” over the members in the workplace. “We have put MV on notice that ‘time’s up!’ on both sides of the river,” says Rubain. photo: ATU 1764 members authorize action/strike at the February 4 Fairfax County Connector MV meeting; courtesy ATU 1764

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