Health and Safety Concerns at Strauss Auto

April 30, 2009 - Are there Serious Health And Safety Issues At Strauss Auto? Read more.

Union Members Picket North Bergen Auto Store
The Jersey Journal

April 2, 2009 - Members of the Retail Warehouse and Department Store Union and representatives of affiliated unions demonstrated in front of Strauss Auto on Kennedy Boulevard near 24th Street in the morning. Read more.

Bus Strike Possible In Northern New Jersey Union Demands New Contract And Overtime Pay
WCBS-TV

August 29, 2006 - Some New Jersey commuters may need to find another ride starting Friday. Drivers for Academy Bus Tours, a private company that operates a dozen New Jersey Transit lines, are threatening to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning. Their union, L Read more.

Bus strike averted in Bergen, Hudson
The Star Ledger

August 31, 2006 - A possible strike by Academy Bus drivers has been avoided, at least for now, thanks to a tentative agreement reached last night on a three-year contract, union officials said. The agreement -- which is scheduled to be voted on Sunday by union membe Read more.

Strike threat for Academy Bus Co. Hudson & Bergen drivers may strike Midnight Thursday
WABC-TV Eyewitness News

August 29, 2006 - Thousands of commuters in Bergen and Hudson counties may soon be scrambling to find alternate ways to get around. Academy Bus Tour drivers, which operates 12 lines for New Jersey Transit, is threatening to strike at the end of the week. Read more.

New Jersey Bus Drivers to Strike Academy #22 Hillside/Hoboken/Secaucus with Antonio Espinosa, Member, RWDSU Local 108, A
WBAI Radio 99.5 FM

August 28, 2006 - Over 100 bus drivers employed by Academy under contracts with N.J. Transit voted to go on strike 12:01 am Wednesday, because the company refuses to pay fair overtime rates. Read more.

Academy commuters vent over bus issues
Examiner

August 9, 2007 - The commuters are restless and unhappy. Last week they let someone know that. State Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) held a forum on Aug. 1 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, in order to give commuters a chan Read more.

Commuter applauds Beck's work on Academy bus issue
News Transcript

August 22, 2007 - As a commuter who has suffered the torture of riding Academy buses from Route 9 to Wall Street for the past seven years, I applaud Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck for taking the lead on finding a solution to this very difficult problem. Read more.