Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Workers Ratify New Contract

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Members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 85 have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT).

The 2,300 bus operators and maintenance and office staff are covered by the new contract, which includes a 15% pay increase over the lifetime of the deal, expanded freedom for senior workers to choose their routes and more.

“The great members of Local 85 have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new contract which will enhance the wages and benefits for members and their families for the next 4 years! That’s how a democratic union works. It’s time to move forward together and enforce what we fought for,” the union said in a social media post.