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Supervisor Safaí asks that shuttle permits include labor-harmony provisions after Chariot labor dispute
Summary
Supervisor Safaí asked the Board to require labor-harmony provisions in permitting for private jitney/shuttle services after reports that Chariot has engaged in anti-union tactics; the request asks SFMTA to include protections in future permits where applicable.
Supervisor Asha Safaí told the Board on April 18 that Chariot, a private jitney/shuttle operator, is in a labor dispute and has hired Littler Mendelson, a law firm she characterized as anti-union. Safaí said drivers had submitted union cards and said the City should include labor-harmony provisions in permits for jitney operators to encourage neutrality and support collective bargaining.
Safai asked that if the Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) finalizes permits for jitney service operators, particularly Chariot, the permit include a labor-harmony provision and that the City "explore every way possible to encourage them to immediately cease their anti union tactics." She referenced prior City shuttle-permit work from 2015 that included labor-harmony language.
The item was presented as an advisory resolution/request; the transcript records the introduction and Safaí’s comments but does not show a final vote on a binding permit condition at the April 18 meeting.
