The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has requested Governor Gavin Newsom to mandate striking transit employees to return to their jobs as the agency negotiates a new contract. The transit workers have been on strike since Monday, affecting thousands of riders. VTA has also filed for a Superior Court injunction arguing that the striking workers violated a contractual 'no strike' clause. Key issues in the negotiation include wage increases and a union proposal for grievance resolution, with the union demanding higher raises than what the agency has proposed.
The VTA, whose buses and light rail trains have been idled since workers walked out Monday, has asked the governor to order striking employees back to work.
The principle stumbling blocks are wages and a union proposal to allow workers to present grievances to a neutral third party instead of going to court.
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