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Since last week, several hundred bus drivers, mechanics, utility, facility workers and clerks have been involved in the largest transit strike in the Washington D.C. region since 2019.
The walkout is the largest strike the Washington, D.C. transit system has seen since 2019, when the Fairfax Connector <a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/07/tran-d07.html">struck</a> briefly over unfair labor practices.
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Around 130 workers who operate, fix, and dispatch buses in Loudoun County, Virginia, went on strike Wednesday morning. They’re up against Keolis, a French multinational and one of the largest private operators of public transit systems in the U.S. The company has challenged the union’s right to strike, its right to a contract, and even its existence. The Loudoun County workers
Congressional leaders denounced Metro’s failure to resolve its continued rail service problems as a major financial crisis in the system continues to mount.