Dallas Area Rapid Transit v. Amalgamated Transit Union Local No. 1338

Section 13(c) of the federal Urban Mass Transit Act of 1964 (the “UMTA”, now the Federal Transit Act) conditions a public transportation authority’s receipt of federal financial assistance on “arrangements the Secretary of Labor concludes are fair and equitable” to protect “the interests of employees affected by the assistance”. 1 Such arrangements “shall include provisions that may be necessary for ... the preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits ... [and] the protection of individual employees against a worsening of their positions related to employment”. 2

In this case, a public…