Policy Order O-2
Vice Mayor Simmons, Mayor Davis, Councillor Decker, Councillor Kelley, Councillor Maher, Councillor Reeves, Councillor Toomey, Councillor vanBeuzekom
WHEREAS: The National Labor Relations Board has recently certified the United Steelworkers Union as the sole collective bargaining agent for the bus drivers at Eastern Bus Company in Cambridge, Somerville, Wellesley, and Waltham. The USW was democratically elected by the drivers who work at Eastern Bus Company; now therefore be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council goes on record in urging Eastern Bus Company to obey the law and immediately convene negotiations with the Steelworkers Union; and be it further
RESOLVED: That the City Council go on record demanding that Eastern Bus Company rehire any drivers that have been terminated as a consequence of their involvement in organizing their union, that the company refrain from any form of retaliation against those workers who have sought to organize, and that the company treat all its workers with the respect and dignity they deserve; and be it further
ORDERED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to Charles Winitzer, President of Eastern Bus Company, on behalf of the entire City Council.