GATRA strike comes to an end
Source: Duxbury Clipper
October 08, 2025
By Andrea Estes
Drivers for the Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority were back on the job last Wednesday after the union represent.ing them reached a tentative agreement with GATRA.
The two-day strike ended with a contract deal that the union said handed drivers and the other employees the pay they were looking for.
Drivers’ pay now starts at $24 an hour and increases to $31.50 an hour after five years, Local 1548 President Chuck Ryan said. According to GATRA, the union “demanded” pay raises of 21 percent over 3 years while its contractor Kiessling Transit of Attleboro offered 16 percent.
But neither side would provide details of the pact which has not yet been voted on by the union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1548.
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