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Teamsters Applaud Santa Clara County VTA for Shuttle Safety, Transit Planning Vote

December 12, 2017
Press Releases

High Tech Commuter Shuttle Policy Will Enhance Safety for Drivers, Passengers

(SAN FRANCISCO—DECEMBER 12, 2017) –– The Teamsters Union applauds the passage of a commuter shuttle policy by the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) that will enhance safety and transportation planning. The policy will benefit transit and shuttle passengers, as well as thousands of Teamster drivers who operate tech commuter shuttles in the county.

The policy passed unanimously by VTA includes a permitting program for high tech company shuttle buses that use public bus stops.

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Both Democrats and Republicans mad at ‘lords of Silicon Valley’

November 18, 2017
In the Media

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

It was telling that former White House adviser Steve Bannon dismissed the allegations of sexual harassment against GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama because they came from the “Bezos-Amazon Washington Post.”

Blaming a tech company taps into a growing populist — and bipartisan — resentment against what Bannon describes as “the lords of Silicon Valley.”While people may love their iPhones, and the public’s opinion of Google and Facebook remains high,

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