State Board Denies Drivers’ Petition to Block Service Restoration
The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) denied a request from the Transport Workers Union Local 250-A to pursue an injunction to block the partial Muni service restoration that went into effect over Labor Day Weekend. The drivers’ union sought the injunction after SFMTA announced a plan to restore 61% of the service cut in May.
Had an injunction been granted, service would have reverted to the levels in effect after the May service cuts. In their petition filed with PERB, the union claimed they would suffer immediate and irreparable harm if, among other things, new absenteeism rules went into effect and union chairs at each division were no longer paid full-time salaries by the city to do union work.
Does this mean union chairs at each division must drive a bus? Couldn’t that be a safety issue?