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United Road Towing, Phoenix's Official Tow Company, Found Discriminating Against Disabled Employees

United Road Towing, a company with a multimillion dollar monopoly towing cars for the Phoenix Police Department, has a questionable track record of dealing with its employees -- and its subsidiaries have been under federal scrutiny. A federal judge in Chicago has ordered the company in June to pay ... More >>

Phoenix Bus Union Strike: Good Idea?

If you're depending on a bus ride to get somewhere in Phoenix, good luck with that.The Amalgamated Transit Union went on strike this weekend to protest contract issues with Veolia Transportation, the French-based company that's under a $388 million contract to run the city's buses.As of 6:45 a.m. to ... More >>

Phoenix City Council Delays Vote (Again) on Whether to Give Veolia Transportation a Break on Fines for Poor Performance

The Phoenix City Council has yet again postponed making a decision on whether to give Veolia Transportation, a company that operates city buses, a pass on fines assessed for poor performance. Vice Mayor Michael Johnson made a motion to withdraw the item, and the council agreed 8 to 1. Councilman Ji ... More >>

Phoenix Bus Drivers to Protest and Picket at City Council Chambers; Still No Contract Between Workers, Transit Company

When Phoenix City Council consider on Wednesday slashing the fines for Veolia Transportation, the French company that operates city buses, the company's bus drivers will be outside protesting and picketing against it. Union reps believe Phoenix bending over backwards to help a "foreign company," a ... More >>

Mayor Gordon May Be Remembered Most for Compromising His Ethics for the Woman He Loved

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 21, 2011

Phoenix Let the International Firm Operating the City's Buses Dodge a Bill of More Than $2 Million

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Lines Up $8,000 Job for his Girlfriend

Elissa Mullany continues to make money off her relationship with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and his girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, have evolved over the past year - and not in a good way.The couple used to try and hide the fact that they were using the Mayor's Office to funn ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Subpoenas Records From Yahoo, Union Boss, Others in Search of Who Leaked Unflattering Internal E-Mails

Veolia Transportation is bent on finding out who leaked internal company e-mails. ​While Veolia Transportation, the company that operates Phoenix city buses, is in the midst of contentious negotiations with the bus drivers' union, corporate executives are dropping subpoenas to gain access to ... More >>

UPDATED: Phoenix Gave Away More Than $3 Million To Veolia Transportation By Waiving Poor Performance Fines

Veolia has dodged more than $3 million in fines​(Updated with links to several documents, including Veolia's performance records)Phoenix gave away more than $3 million - so far - to Veolia Transportation, a transit company that operates buses throughout the city.It's $3,295,573.86, to be precise. ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's Involvement with Veolia Transportation Contract Questioned by Federal Transit Administration

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Elissa Mullany​A New Times story about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon advising a transit company that employs his girlfriend on how to muscle nearly $30 million from Phoenix prompted an inquiry from the feds.The Federal Transit Administration, an agency that provides money ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Finally Reaches Contract Agreement With Teamsters; Two Unions Down, One To Go

www.teamsterslocal104.com​Veolia Transportation and the Teamsters Local 104 have finally agreed on contract terms for the more than 60 workers who fuel, clean and maintain the tires on Phoenix city buses.The transit company and union leaders had been at odds since Veolia snagged its latest 5-year ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Executives Asked Phoenix For $2.3 Million To Help Settle Union Contracts

Veolia Executive Kenneth Westbrook ​Veolia Transportation executives want the cash-strapped City of Phoenix to shell out more than $2 million to help bail out the transportation company as it tries to negotiate contracts with two remaining unions. Phoenix said uh-uh, no way. Well, Assistant City M ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Says It "Highly" Values Employees, But Workers Say They Aren't Feeling the Love

​Veolia Transportation continues to negotiate with two labor unions representing employees who drive and maintain Phoenix city buses. Company execs already have inked a contract with the mechanics' union.Negotiations have been ongoing since union contracts expired June 30.During that ... More >>

Teamsters Lodge Charges with National Labor Relations Board Against Veolia Transportation

focusmidwest.com​A labor dispute that promoted Veolia Transportation officials to lock out about 60 union bus workers has led union reps to file charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board.According to a letter from Cornele Overstreet, Regional Director of the NLRB in Phoen ... More >>

UPDATE: Veolia Transportation Agrees to Open Doors to Locked Out Union Workers

​A show of good faith?That's what Veolia is calling the company's latest offer -- this one to allow members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters back to work after 2:59 a.m.on October 15.Coincidentally, October 15 is the deadline set by the National Labor Relations Board for Veolia Transp ... More >>

Oct. 13 In Blogs: Geishas, Mostly Bears, Cupcakes, and Teamsters

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Bus Strike? Veolia Transportation and Union Leaders Still Negotiating; Contracts With at Least One Union Expire at Midnight

​The possibility of a bus strike looms over metro Phoenix even as Veolia Transportation executives and union leaders continue trying to hammer out labor agreements.Contracts expire at midnight tonight for Veolia's maintenance staff, represented by Teamsters Local 104, and for Amalgamated Trans ... More >>

Phil Gordon's Girlfriend Problem: Mayor Gordon Helped a Transportation Company Employing His Gal Pal Muscle Almost $30 Million From Phoenix

Bus Union Contracts Extended To Sept 30; Transit Company Pushes For Worker Wage Cuts While Upping Execs' Pay and Perks

​No deal has yet been reached between Veolia Transportation, the company that operates Phoenix city buses, and the three unions that represent its employees. They have extended their contracts through September 30, pushing back further the possibility of a bus strike.Negotiations continue with Veo ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's "Suggestion" Helps Transportation Company Muscle Nearly $30 Million From Phoenix

​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon isn't supposed to be meddling in discussions or matters involving Veolia Transportation, the company that operates most of the city buses and has Gordon's girlfriend on its payroll.Phil Gordon​Gordon declared a conflict of interest during several public meetings and ab ... More >>

Phoenix Transit Workers Protest as Veolia Brings in "Strike Busters"

​Veolia Transportation officials and representatives of the three local transit unions continue to negotiate labor contracts and have managed to avoid a bus strike in Phoenix. So far. But more than two-dozen union workers who drive, fuel, clean, and repair Phoenix city buses protested, with br ... More >>

Phoenix Warns of Bus Strike, $6.2 million Worth of Unpaid Employee Sick Leave is Part of the Ongoing Negotiations

Valley Metro​Phoenix sounded the alarms this week to prepare the public for a possible bus strike as talks continue with one of the transit unions.Negotiations are expected to continue throughout the day with the union representing employees who fuel and clean the buses (Teamsters Local Union No ... More >>

UPDATE: No Bus Strike In Phoenix Come Monday; Union Contract Extended To August 15

Phoenix bus riders have been spared a possible bus strike come Monday ...The Teamsters Local Union No. 104, which represents the employees who fuel and clean the buses, extended its contract until August 15.The other two unions that represent Veolia Transportation employees had already agreed to ext ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Still Mum on Girlfriend Elissa Mullany's Role at City Hall

Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon still hasn't answered questions submitted to him by New Times on April 19.The questions were e-mailed to Gordon per his new policy of no longer speaking personally with New Times or the Arizona Republic -- more accurately, he won't talk to reporters who ... More >>

Temple of Doom

Michael Levine is determined to save the temple that rose from the Holocaust and bar mitzvahed Spielberg. The Black Theatre Troupe wants him to go away