The Governor’s Office said on Sunday that Gavin Newsom is reviewing a letter received from the Transportation Authority of the Santa Clara Valley asking him to order that traffic employees were back to work while preparing to enter the second week of a strike.
As VTA’s workers are still in the picket line, attendees to the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference who reserved hotels near the railway lanes said they are fighting for another option.
“We will end with Lyft or Uber, which will cost us more. Above and back,” said Colorado Springs.
San José officials said they hope to welcome up to 25,000 people to the Technology Conference, sometimes called “Woodstock of AI”, which will begin on Monday at the center.
“When passing, the roads are blocked, so the train is a lifeguard, and it will be inconvenient,” said Sam Bode de San José.
Despite what many characterize as inconveniences, VTA workers said they plan to continue hitting Monday.
“The fact that they are trying to eliminate our union rights is something that we cannot allow,” said Ashley Olvera, an administrator of the local transit union 265, which represents more than 1,500 workers from VTA. “If we allow the arbitration to weaken, then we will be” at will “employed and can say goodbye to anything minor.”
The Traffic Authority argues that ATU Local 265, which represents more than 1,500 workers of VTA, violated a “no strike” clause in its contract, despite the fact that the agreement expired at 11:59 PM on March 9.
In his appeal to the governor, VTA asks Newsom to designate an investigation board. According to state law, said Board can examine problems in a public transport work dispute. Appointing a meeting would suspend the strike, at least temporarily, because a work strike is prohibited during research.
The two parties began negotiations in August 2024 to renew the three -year contract of the union.
The main tropiezo blocks are salaries and a union proposal to resolve conflicts by allowing workers to present their complaints to a neutral third party and avoid going to court.
The Traffic Agency has offered salary increases of 4%, 3% and 2% in three years. The union is looking for 6% salary increases every year over the next three years.
“The short path would be to come to the table and negotiate,” said Olvera. “You don’t need to go to the governor.”
In the week since the strike began, VTA and the union have gathered three times, the most recent is Sunday. No agreement was reached.
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