Metro Access Paratransit Workers Ratify First Union Contract

MetroAccess para-transit workers on October 16 overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract in a 155-11 vote. The new contract will entitle the First Transit MetroAccess workers – members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 -- to an increase in wages, a formal grievance structure, affordable healthcare, paid vacation and arbitration language. “The work MetroAccess workers do is so important to this region,” said Local 689 president Jackie Jeter. “They transport important members of our community: the elderly and those with disabilities. This is an exciting win for all of us as these workers come closer to earning a living wage.”
photo: January 2015 picket supporting First Transit/Metro Access workers; photo by David Stephen/ATU 689

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