Transit union files to block SORTA streetcar operations decision

The local chapter of the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Cincinnati AFL-CIO have filed an injunction to block the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority from making a decision on Cincinnati’s streetcar operations contract at its specially scheduled meeting. SORTA’s planning and operations committee is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. Monday followed by a SORTA board meeting in which the streetcar’s operations and maintenance contract would be approved. The temporary restraining order and…