VTA’s final contract offer to workers last week included a wage increase of 9% over three years, keeping the employees as the second-highest paid in the Bay Area and the fifth-highest paid in the country. The union is seeking a 6% raise per year over three years and wants to add a clause guaranteeing arbitration for contract disputes.

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail and bus service is shut down Monday as more than 1,500 front line employees have gone on strike.

Workers with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority are on strike Monday, halting bus and light rail service for the region. The transit agency and the union that represents more than 1,500 VTA workers have been unable to reach a deal on a new contract.

More than 1,500 employees of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, including bus and light rail operators, may soon go on strike as their contract with the agency is set to expire without a deal.

VTA union workers are now on strike after their contract with the transit agency expired, likely impacting tens of thousands of riders Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority workers will go on strike beginning Monday, according to the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265. The union, which represents more than 1,500 frontline VTA workers,