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File #: 25-169    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/2/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 1/27/2026 Final action:
Title: RTA Labor Agreement with ULU Local 100
Attachments: 1. Labor Agreement with ULU Local 100, 2. ULU New Orleans Contract 2025-2028

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RTA Labor Agreement with ULU Local 100

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DESCRIPTION: Approval of ULU Local 100 Contract

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ACTION REQUEST: Approval     Review Comment  Information Only    Other

 

RECOMMENDATION:

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Authorize RTA’s Chief Executive Officer to execute a four-year Labor Agreement with the United Labor (ULU) Union Local 100 in accordance with the tentative agreement reached on October 27, 2025.

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ISSUE/BACKGROUND:

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The RTA assumed all full operations of the transit system effective December 20, 2020. As a result, the RTA inherited a labor agreement from the previous management company of ULU Local 100. The agreement has an expiration date of October 1, 2023. The RTA and ULU Local 100 utilized traditional bargaining. On October 27, 2025, the membership of ULU Local 100 ratified the tentative agreement reached by the RTA and ULU Local 100 negotiating teams on October 27, 2025.

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DISCUSSION:

The new three-and-a-half-year Labor Agreement between RTA and ULU Local 100, covers the period July 1, 2025, to December 31, 2028. The new agreement addresses both economic and non-economic matters.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

On an annual basis, all employee wages and benefits related to this labor agreement will be included in the RTA’s operating budget, which requires RTA Board approval.

NEXT STEPS:

Upon completion of the final labor agreement document, it will be executed by the RTA and ULU Local 100 and copies distributed to all employees covered under the contract.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Resolution - Authorization of RTA CEO to execute the ULU Local 100 Contract

 

Prepared By:                                          Kentrella Crawford

Title:                                                               Employee and Labor Relations Manager

                     

Reviewed By:                     Seandra Allen-Buchanan

Title:                                                               Chief Human Resources Officer

 

                                          

Reviewed By:                     Gizelle Banks

Title:                                                               Chief Financial Officer

 

                                                               1/13/2026

Lona Edwards Hankins                                                                                                                              Date

Chief Executive Officer