DRIVERS STRIKE HITS MTA.Byline: Daily News Bus drivers at a private company that runs four routes for the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. have been staging a wildcat strike this week, affecting some service in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Workers from Transportation Concepts Inc. joined Teamsters Teamsters large, powerful union of U. S. truckers. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2703] See : Labor who have been picketing the company since August, when the company took over the routes from another firm and reduced the pay, a company official said Wednesday. More than a dozen of TCI's nearly 95 drivers walked out Tuesday and Wednesday, requiring the firm to bring in replacements and turn some service over to another company, said Rich Rogers, TCI's chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . ``It took us by surprise,'' Rogers said. ``We're doing everything we can to provide the service for the MTA.'' The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved a new contract for the service last summer, allowing TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. to take over the routes from First Transit. During the transition, TCI admitted it failed to extend letters to some union drivers to apply for jobs, though other invitations were made. But drivers from Teamsters Local 848 had to take a pay cut from $14 per hour to $10 per hour to work for the new firm. Teamsters drivers have been protesting at the company site and at MTA meetings. A union official could not immediately be reached for comment. |
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