Fairfax Connector workers went on strike at 3 a.m. Thursday, the Amalgamated Transit Union said, disrupting service for nearly 30,000 daily bus riders in Virginia’s Fairfax County.

The strike comes in the midst of two days of the latest round of negotiations over a contract extension and a separate but related six-week long strike at Metro’s Cinder Bed Road garage in Lorton, which is ongoing.

On Thursday, Fairfax Connector will run only on a Sunday schedule. That means only the following routes will be running: Routes 101, 109, 151, 152, 161, 162, 171, 310, 321, 322, 371, 401, 402, 423, 463, 505, 551, 558, 559, 574, 605, 630, 640, 650, 721, 937, 950, 981, 983, RIBS 1, RIBS 2, RIBS 3, RIBS 4, and RIBS 5.

All other routes are canceled until further notice.

Fairfax County’s transportation department recommends teleworking or other public transit alternatives.

Depending on your location, destination, direction and time of travel, other potential public transit options for riders include some Metrobus routes, Metrorail and Virginia Railway Express.

For residents on the edges of the county, the City of Fairfax’s CUE bus, Arlington’s ART bus, Alexandria’s DASH Bus and PRTC OmniRide or Loudoun County commuter buses may be alternatives.

Carpooling, slugging or biking may be options.

Both the Cinder Bed Road garage and Fairfax Connector are operated by the private company Transdev under contract with Metro (at Cinder Bed Road) and Fairfax County (for Fairfax Connector.)

The union describes the two sides as remaining “very far apart” on both contracts.

“We apologize for the short-term inconvenience to our riders, but if we don’t stand up to Transdev now, the long-term effects will be worse for everyone in the DMV,” ATU International President John Costa said in a statement.

The strikes are largely focused on opposition to private contracting of operations generally.

“These strikes at Fairfax Connector and Cinder Bed Road are about the future of public transportation in our region,” Costa said.

For the new Fairfax Connector strike, the union also cites what it describes as “unfair labor practices and bad faith bargaining,” including information sheets delivered by Transdev that described workers’ rights to cross a picket line.

The union has previously threatened that other bus service could be disrupted by a Fairfax Connector strike since some Connector routes are run out of garages shared with Metrobus operations.

“Transdev is extremely disappointed. … We are hopeful for productive discussions on Thursday, Dec. 5,” Transdev said in a statement. Transdev said the union did not counter offer on Wednesday.

There are more than 600 Fairfax Connector workers in the union.

"The strikes are largely focused on opposition to private contracting of operations generally."

If the driver don't want to work for a private company, Fairfax County Public Schools is looking for drivers, $20+ per hour with no experience.

Listen to us! We're the UNION!!!! We collect the DUES!

Join the welder's union. They will teach you a marketable skill and you will make a lot more money.

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Driving a bus is not really for people who want to labor at their jobs.

Tonight's community input meeting on Fairfax Connector Bus Service improvements in Franconia-Springfield has been canceled.

This is a message from Fairfax Alerts

So they are striking because they might be told to improve service?

Of course it's Trump's fault. Making the Economy Great Again created near-zero unemployment in Fairfax County - not a long line of replacement workers.

If we had a Republican governor, uniformed replacements would be quickly trained and deployed.

American Trash Disposal is still looking for drivers.

ATU International President John Costa - Where have we heard that name before?

No unusual additional traffic this morning or tonight. Did all the bus riders stay home?

JOHN COSTA, INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESID
SALARY BREAKDOWN (2015)
TOTAL COMPENSATION
$212,293.00

Fucking whining sniveling union commies quit your fucking belly aching, go back to work or be replaced with scabs. More than likely Mexi scabs. Fucking whining cunts!

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> Fucking whining cunts!


This was on the news tonight. Of the video of HUNDREDS of people with picket signs and yelling and screaming, I saw no white people. 97% niggers with a few beaners. Some bush niggers and a few sand niggers.

Some of those drivers are laying pipe as a sideline. Yipee!

It be raysis an unfare to force us drivers to bee sober fore work! We be on strike til we gets fare treetment!

No one walking.
No one taking Uber.
No one riding those scooters.

Do we really need this bus service?

where, then, shall I get my ass reamed?

Usual scenario. Government wants to reduce costs so they privatize a function. The owners of the company make money. The upper level management of the company makes more money than they would working for the government. The employees who do the actual work get shafted. Don't blame the employees one bit.

The real question here is whether the governmental entities are still paying Transdev the same compensation/subsidy as they were getting when they were at full operating levels.

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How do you blindfold a Japanese?

Dental floss!

Fire their lazy, dirty union asses!

Join a union.

Fight greedy rich fucks.

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That's great for Japan, but the niggers here ride free anyway.