For 17 months, Akron Metro RTA workers have been working without a contract.

Union members say they are seeking paid sick days and shift schedules that allow time to take lunch or restroom breaks.

Metro RTA management declines to comment on union's information campaign, city ongoing contract negotiations.

For April Adams, working at Akron's Metro Regional Transit Authority is all about serving the community. But the stalled contract negotiations between employees and management and the current working conditions have cast a shadow over the job she enjoys.

Adams, a bus driver for Metro and vice president of the Transportation Workers Union Local 1 — which represents bus operators, vehicle service workers, and clerical workers at Akron's Metro Transit Authority — said employees have been

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