Workers strike could impact MTS routes

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Some busses in South Bay could be out of service Wednesday because of a workers strike.

A handful of employees from TransDev/First Transit, the company hired by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System to operate its mini buses and access line, are picketing.

This includes drivers from the El Centro area, where there is currently a strike. They are extending that line, as they say, in hopes that local Transdev employees will not report to work Wednesday.

As FOX 5 has reported, contract negotiations have been going on between TransDev and the union’s that represent these workers.

"We're here walking the picket line and we're asking those bus drivers that are members of Teamsters Local Union 683 to honor our picket line, so they don't have to cross. You know, they have the option to cross or not, but we're asking them to not cross, go back home, report to work saying they have the legal right and contractual right to honor our picket line and not cross that line and show up to work," said Jaime Vasquez, the secretary treasurer for Teamsters Local Union 542.

On Tuesday, Transdev issue...