{"id":375250,"date":"2010-03-01T09:50:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/expect-dirtier-buses-cta-union-warns"},"modified":"2010-03-01T09:50:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T14:50:52","slug":"expect-dirtier-buses-cta-union-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/375250","title":{"rendered":"Expect dirtier buses, CTA union warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHICAGO (STMW) &#8212; <\/strong>The CTA on Sunday laid off 99 bus mechanics and servicers &#8212; the last  of 1,057 CTA employees shown the door last month.<\/p>\n<p>The bus drivers union warns that Monday could be the start of a second CTA &#8220;doomsday&#8221; &#8212; because the layoffs mean dirtier buses that won&#8217;t get fixed as quickly if they break down. \t \t \t \t\t \t \t \t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should start noticing it now,&#8221; said Carlos Acevedo, assistant business agent of Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 241, which represents bus workers. &#8220;You&#8217;ll have a lot of extremely dirty buses. <span id=\"more-21622\"><\/span>You&#8217;ll start seeing the gum and the dried-up stains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CTA spokeswoman Noelle Gaffney said the most recently laid-off group had been decommissioning buses taken out of the fleet because of service cuts imposed Feb. 7. The group included 11 managers. &#8220;We&#8217;ve reduced the size of the fleet and therefore we need less people to operate buses or maintain them,&#8221; Gaffney said.<\/p>\n<p>The bus drivers union meets Monday night, and may vote whether to  strike. The CTA has said that Illinois law prohibits strikes by &#8220;essential service employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a  href=\"http:\/\/wbbm780.com\/content_page.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=5664418\" title=\"Expect dirtier buses, CTA union warns\" rel='nofollow'>WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GNgIpWgJKlLmlZWLUj8J6QhZW5M\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GNgIpWgJKlLmlZWLUj8J6QhZW5M\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GNgIpWgJKlLmlZWLUj8J6QhZW5M\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/GNgIpWgJKlLmlZWLUj8J6QhZW5M\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=45JUK_f7g8k:D5wrZYzrUp8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=45JUK_f7g8k:D5wrZYzrUp8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=45JUK_f7g8k:D5wrZYzrUp8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=45JUK_f7g8k:D5wrZYzrUp8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/45JUK_f7g8k\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO (STMW) &#8212; The CTA on Sunday laid off 99 bus mechanics and servicers &#8212; the last of 1,057 CTA employees shown the door last month. 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