A strike by hundreds of Fairfax Connector workers, impacting the commutes of an estimated 30,000 Northern Virginia bus riders, illustrates the growing fight over the privatization of public services.

Managers of the Fairfax Connector have a goal for the next five years: that their bus system be among the top-rated in the country by 2008. And to get there, the county-owned system is turning ...

Fairfax Connector bus service will remain suspended through Friday, March 1 as unionized workers continue to strike, demanding a new contract with the bus’ contractor group. Fairfax Connector ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — Fairfax Connector service will resume on Friday, March 8 after successful labor negotiations between ATU Local 689 and bus operator Transdev ended a 15-day strike ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — For the fifth day in a row, the Fairfax Connector isn’t running as around 650 bus operators and mechanics continue to strike amid contract negotiations.

Fairfax Connector workers will not have to walk off the job for the second time in three months after the Amalgamated Transit Union announced on Feb. 23 that it had reached a tentative agreement ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — With 2025 off to a fresh start, the Fairfax County Department of Transportation announced that several changes are coming to routes along the Fairfax Connector.

Fairfax Connector bus drivers who were on strike have reached an agreement with Transdev and are expected to return to work Monday. More than 500 members of the ATU Local 1764 began picketing ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — The Fairfax Connector employees and Union have reached an agreement and services are expected to resume this Friday. The announcement was made on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. after a 15 ...

The Fairfax Connector will be taking over five bus routes from Metrobus starting on Saturday. Four of the Northern Virginia routes have been closed since the start of the pandemic. “Amazingly ...