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After months of negotiations, members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 998 who work for the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) have ratified a new three-year agreement.
After months of negotiations, members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 998 who work for the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) have ratified a new three-year agreement.
The contract covers the bus drivers, mechanics and maintenance workers who keep Wisconsin’s largest transit system moving. Highlights of the deal include annual wage increases and important new safety provisions.
“These guys, for the most part, are ex-police officers, ex-military people with security backgrounds,” said Bruce Freeman, president of Local 998. “We just wanted to make sure that the company is addressing the problems that we feel are problems of, you know, the unruly passengers, the disruptive passengers, assaults on bus drivers.”