Transit workers win agreement on key issue

Fourth time was the charm. Sort of. After four meetings with WMATA management, Metro workers on Monday reached a resolution on the contentious issue of Metro custodian work selection. “Local 689 now believes that WMATA has recognized its contractual violations,” said ATU 689 president Jackie Jeter. The agreement comes two weeks after the union’s membership authorized a strike, accusing General Manager Paul Wiedefeld of failing to bargain in good faith. Noting that Wiedefeld once again chose not to attend the negotiations, Local 689 said they’ll meet with his designees again tomorrow “and look forward to continuing to negotiate and resolve the other issues that Local 689 has demanded to bargain with the Authority.” photo: in April, 2017, more than 500 Local 689 members delivered petitions with more than 4,000 signatures to WMATA GM Paul Wiedefeld, demanding that he bargain with his employees in good faith

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