Twin Cities, Twin Strikes
Bus Drivers are preparing to strike in the Twin Cities, reports the Workday Minnesota:
Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 are preparing for a strike in the wake of an overwhelming vote to reject Metro Transit's latest contract offer. Local 1005 members run the public bus system, which provides transportation for hundreds of thousands of Twin Cities residents.
Transit workers are dealing with a problem faced by employees across the country: health insurance costs. Metro Transit proposed to increase health insurance premiums for working members and cut health care coverage for retirees, a proposal the union rejected. Metro Transit also proposed to freeze wages for the next year and offered a 1 percent raise for the following year.
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amg | 1:03 PM |
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Well, maybe those people killed themselves because the light rail made their lives so damn unlivable.
