Minneapolis bus drivers who have been victims of 72 felony assaults since 2010, have long sought to improve what they call unsafe working conditions.
After considering a strike during the week of the Super Bowl, members of Minneapolis's bus drivers union are now voting on a new contract. The Transit Workers Union leadership has recommended to its members that they approve the new contract, after seeking to improve issues related to bathroom breaks, safety and pay.
Along with a pay increase, the new deal will include the building of partitions on buses to protect drivers from thousands of assaults that take place every year. "Other transit systems across the country have also added partitions to protect drivers. They’ve been installed in New York City, Chicago and on many buses in Washington, D.C., among other cities," Eric Roper reports for the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
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