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Community and Labor Groups Urge LA Metro to Refrain from Awarding New Flyer New Contracts

March 28, 2017

Groups outline two serious concerns that must be addressed before continuing work with company.

The Jobs to Move America coalition hand-delivered a letter to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board (Metro) outlining concerns with New Flyer, a bus manufacturing company and potential bidder for the agency’s latest purchase for 1,000 compressed natural gas (CNG) and 200 zero-emission buses.

The letter urges Metro to refrain from awarding any future contracts to New Flyer until the company resolves two pressing issues regarding recently-issued Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violations and releasing public documents demonstrating their compliance with job commitments made in a previous contract in 2013.