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Transit operators and union raise contract and service concerns during public forum
Summary
Union representatives and transit workers spoke during public forum to allege bargaining violations, mass terminations and service changes tied to the Transit reimagining; speakers asked council for help and raised specific operational concerns.
During public forum, representatives of Knoxville Area Transit and the Amalgamated Transit Union raised labor and operational concerns and urged council attention.
Laura Parrott, president of the ATU with CAT, Local 1164, said the union believes management is not bargaining in good faith and that employees remain without a contract. "They—re not bargaining in good faith and we don't have a contract,"…
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