The Jacksonville Transportation Authority filed a lawsuit against the union that represents the majority of its employees, accusing it of jeopardizing more than $100 million in federal funding the authority receives for services that include its Ultimate Urban Circulator (U2C) program, according to News4JAX partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

In a complaint filed in United States District Court, JTA, through its subsidiary Jax Transit Management Corp., accused Amalgamated Transit Union 1197 of breach of contract.

According to the filing, JTM is a nonprofit Florida corporation created by JTA to provide it with bus operators and maintenance personnel.

At issue is a Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan that must be signed by JTA and the union for JTA to receive the federal fundi

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