Long story short: The U.S. Department of Labor says that California’s pension reform (known as PEPRA) violates the collective bargaining rights of transit workers. Therefore, transit agencies such as Metro are ineligible to receive billions in federal funding. A bill is working its way through the Legislature — it cleared [continue reading]
A bill is making progress today through the state Legislature that would help — at least for now — preserve $3.6 billion in federal funding for Metro, as well as millions of dollars for other transit agencies in California. (For more background, please see this post from earlier this week). [continue reading]
Some readers may have been following a difficult issue for Metro in recent weeks. The U.S. Department of Labor has indicated that it believes that pension reform legislation in California (known as PEPRA) violates the collective bargaining rights under federal law of unions representing transit workers. As a result, Metro [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. Legal dispute prompts feds to withhold $2 [continue reading]
