# L. A. MTA strike: Do other bus companies have this union? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-mta-strike-do-other-bus-companies-have-this-union/36922 "2000-10-14T21:20:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-mta-strike-do-other-bus-companies-have-this-union/36922/1 "2000-10-14T21:20:02Z")
I recently filled out an application for a company in Vernon, CA, near downtown Los Angeles. Ostensibly this company is not affiliated with the union on strike against the Los Angeles area Metropolitan Transit Authority. All the same I want to make sure I wouldn’t be hired as a scab; I come from a union family and I want no part of scab activities. Does anyone know if First Transit is represented by the same union striking the MTA? ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-mta-strike-do-other-bus-companies-have-this-union/36922/2 "2000-10-14T21:36:09Z")
The news stories have made it sound like our bus strike is our own problem. The other municipal bus services in the area – Foothill, Santa Monica, Culver City, etc. – are all running with no protest from the L.A. union. I’ve been following the whole mess fairly closely, since I live in L.A. and, because I loathe driving, ride the buses when there are any. (Since the strike will apparently never end, I’m getting my drivers’ license back, though :() But to make sure, I’d imagine the best course would be to ask a representative of the L.A. bus drivers’ union if there’s any chance of your working in Vernon being interpreted as scabbery. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-mta-strike-do-other-bus-companies-have-this-union/36922/3 "2000-10-17T23:32:05Z")
I had my interview at First Transit yesterday. No, the MTA union (UTU) is not connected with First Transit, whose union is the Teamsters. And the Teamsters’ Union is in fact _supporting_ the MTA strikers. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-mta-strike-do-other-bus-companies-have-this-union/36922/4 "2000-10-18T22:09:01Z")
Yes, the MTA bus strike is over, thanks in part to the intervention of Jesse Jackson. (I think they could use him in the Middle East! 🙂 As a sop to angry commuters the MTA is offering free rides to all patrons for five days, starting today; and for Metro Rail–Blue, Red, Green lines–four days, starting tomorrow. So now it’s moot. ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-mta-strike-do-other-bus-companies-have-this-union/36922/5 "2000-10-18T22:56:35Z")
**dougie\_monty** : _Yes, the MTA bus strike is over, thanks in part to the intervention of Jesse Jackson._ Oh yay! Nice to know there is a way high-school drop-outs can make an honest living and take home $48,600 a year driving around people who make $5.00 an hour. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-mta-strike-do-other-bus-companies-have-this-union/36922/6 "2000-10-18T23:02:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Oh yay! Nice to know there is a way high-school drop-outs can make an honest living and take home $48,600 a year driving around people who make $5.00 an hour. Just thought I’d log on here and get my head bit off. :rolleyes: All right, smartie–if (this is hypothetical, you understand)–_ **IF** _ you have a better idea, let’s hear it! I am all ears.