With negotiations between the CTA and its largest union at a standstill, the union is lobbing a molotov cocktail at the transit agency with a pair of lawsuits, as well as a formal labor grievance.
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 said one of the lawsuits expected to be filed in federal court today seeks “millions of dollars” in unpaid training hours for bus drivers learning their routes.
A second lawsuit, which union officials say they're filing in state court, seeks to enforce 10 agreements that would each allow individual employees to come back to work. The union said the CTA originally said they would uphold the agreements, but last week reneged. Read more...
