{"id":36723,"date":"2013-10-16T09:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/local-1715-extends-contract-due-to-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2013-10-16T09:34:09","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T13:34:09","slug":"local-1715-extends-contract-due-to-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/local-1715-extends-contract-due-to-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Local 1715 extends contract due to shutdown","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
SMART Transportation Division Local 1715 and Transit Management of Charlotte, Inc., agreed to a contract extension Oct. 14 that will expire Nov. 11, 2013, at midnight, according to Local Chairperson Kevin Moss.<\/p>\n
Local 1715 represents bus operators for the Charlotte Area Transit System.<\/p>\n
A previous contract extension was set to expire at midnight Oct. 15, the same day the union and CATS management had scheduled a contract negotiations meeting. However, that meeting was canceled because a federal mediator who was scheduled to participate in the meeting was unable to attend due to the federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n
The company and the union agreed to have the mediator present at the meeting as this round of negotiations have reached an impasse, Moss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to the government shutdown, the union and the company will enter a new extension. A contract extension is necessary for the union and the company until we are able to reschedule our next round of negotiations with a mediator. I am very hopeful that the federal government will resolve the issues that have led to this shutdown. We thank all of the members of Local 1715 for their patience,\u201d Moss said.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SMART Transportation Division Local 1715 and Transit Management of Charlotte, Inc., agreed to a contract extension Oct. 14 that will expire Nov. 11, 2013, at midnight, according to Local Chairperson Kevin Moss. Local 1715 represents bus operators for the Charlotte Area Transit System. A previous contract extension was set to expire at midnight Oct. 15, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[300,9],"tags":[1072,2063],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n