Orange County Flex and Access drivers with Teamsters Local 952 launched a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week strike Wednesday, calling for a fair contract.
Flex and Access drivers with Teamsters Local 952 launched a 24-hour, 7-days-per-week strike Wednesday, calling for a fair contract. that is available to people who have physical or cognitive limitations preventing them from using the regular OC bus fixed-route service, including people with disabilities and senior citizens.
"Once we figured out we had no other option but to go on strike, we actually met with OCTA officials and gave them sufficient notice that we were going to be striking and even told them when we'd strike in a measure to make sure they were able to communicate with every single passenger that takes this service that they could make other plans. We did not want to hurt our community, our passengers," said Lopez.
"It is an unpaid split and what that means is that our members now are having to work maybe 12 hours a day, 12.5 hours and only getting paid for 10.
"These folks do incredibly important work, getting people around, moving people around our county in a very efficient way. They deserve to be taken care of and have their hard work acknowledged. I hope OCTA will step up and use its influence to help resolve this situation, make sure Transdev takes care of these workers and doesn't do things that make it harder for them to provide for their families," said Duncan.
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