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The agreement, which follows concerns stemming from the coronavirus, also calls for a 10% wage increase over four years.
After three years of negotiations, the bus union and the city have reached a deal on a new contract for drivers.
The four-year agreement establishes a $15 an hour base pay, an increase from $12.99 an hour, with a 10% wage increase over four years. According to the tentative deal, drivers will also receive a one-time bonus of $1,000.
“The safety of the operators is our number one goal, to make sure that we have the barriers in place and to make sure we have all of the protocols in place as we move forward to collect fares.” Mikel Ogelsby, Detroit’s Director of Transit
Replay: Mayor Duggan update on Detroit s COVID-19 response
Duggan is expected to announce announce an expansion of COVID vaccine eligibility at TCF Center and share how Detroit will incorporate shipments of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine into the current distribution strategy.
Michigan is expected to get 82,700 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week, said Lynn Sutfin, a spokesperson for the state health department.
Those expected to join Duggan at the news conference include:
ATU Local 26 President Glenn Tolbert
Executive Director of Transit Mikel Oglesby
Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair
The Detroit Three s autoworkers who live or work in Detroit can now get their COVID-19 vaccines. Duggan on Tuesday expanded vaccine availability in the city to those in manufacturing.
By Samuel Blatchford
Capital News Service
Bus riders in Michigan are accustomed to what a new federal mandate requires: that all passengers on public transit wear a mask.
Clark Harder, the executive director of the Michigan Public Transit Authority, said transit agencies have been following the state’s mask mandate since ordered by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in July.
A new federal executive order from President Joe Biden, that was effective Feb. 1, doesn’t change anything for them, he said.
Rural and nonmetropolitan transit agencies have followed the protocols to keep bus drivers and passengers safe in Michigan, Harder said.
COVID-19 safety protocols are different for each system, aside from the mask mandate. For example, some use sneeze guards and shower curtains to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
SAMUEL BLATCHFORD
LANSING Bus riders in Michigan are accustomed to what a new federal mandate requires: that all passengers on public transit wear a mask.
Clark Harder, the executive director of the Michigan Public Transit Authority, said transit agencies have been following the state’s mask mandate since ordered by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in July.
A new federal executive order from President Joe Biden, which became effective Feb. 1, doesn’t change anything for them, he said.
Rural and nonmetropolitan transit agencies have followed the protocols to keep bus drivers and passengers safe in Michigan, Harder said.
COVID-19 safety protocols are different for each system, aside from the mask mandate. For example, some use sneeze guards and shower curtains to limit the spread of the coronavirus.