“MV holds you responsible for the favorable contract you gave them and we ask you to put pressure on them to negotiate a fair raise or get them out of here,” he said. “We didn’t want to be in that position,” he said, adding that he had lived in Santa Clarita since he was 14 and was standing next to two passengers who had lived there their entire lives. The last request for comment was made Thursday and there was no response.Ĭity leaders also declined to comment on the matter, which was not scheduled for discussion at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.ĭoug Campbell, a 25-year bus driver, said he hasn’t received a raise from MV Transportation in 25 months.

MV Transportation has not yet responded to a request for comment from The Signal about its ongoing labor negotiations with the union, other than releasing a pre-written statement saying the company has been negotiating in good faith since October 2022. The strike impacted services for residents, people with special needs and students in local school districts.Īll indications from City Hall so far indicate that the city has no interest in interfering in negotiations between the local drivers’ union and the Texas-based public transit agency with which the city has a performance contract.

Local bus drivers have been on strike since Monday as negotiations over their current contract stalled. Bus drivers upset by more than a year of negotiations between their union and the company with which the city has a service contract have called on the city to pressure the company at the bargaining table at Tuesday’s Santa Clarita City Council meeting.

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