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Santa Barbara MTD continues formal mediation with Teamsters Local 186 (Teamsters), which began on Friday, June 27, 2025. Mediation has been underway all day today (Tuesday, July 1, 2025). A one-day extension was agreed to yesterday, and now the extension expires at midnight tonight.
While MTD is hopeful that a tentative agreement can be reached, as of 4:00 p.m. no agreement or further extension has not been reached. Teamsters do have authorization to strike and may do so as of midnight.
If a strike is called, MTD public transit service will be suspended and passengers will need to make alternate transportation plans. This would mean no MTD buses or on-demand services would operate as of 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
MTD will provide updates as the situation develops.
