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Updated 4X: WE HAVE A DEAL! TriMet, ATU 757 ratify contract agreement
Breaking news: ATU Local 757 has ratified the tentative contract agreement; TriMet’s operators are now operating under a contract (excluding those retroactively imposed by OLRB) for the first time in, seemingly, forever. The deal is retroactive to November 2012, and expires in November 2016. The deal will produce savings for the agency of $50M compared…
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Your Questions For Neil, “Round 5″, Part 2 – Ridership / Operations / Budget
Yesterday, we posted the first in a series of videos featuring Portland Transport’s interview with TriMet’s Neil McFarlane, based on your questions. Today, here’s Part 2… Today’s topics are Ridership, Operations and Budget: Recent press about transit at historically high levels, but TriMet’s has not fully recovered to pre-2009. Some service has recently been restored,…
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TriMet continuning to ramp up PR campaign against ATU757
The other day, Portland Transport reported on the Westside Service Enhancement Plan. While wondering about the funding sources for such an ambitious expansion of service, I did take it seriously as a planning activity–and indeed, there are quite a few good ideas in there that I would love to see implemented. However, in my wonky…
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Two TriMet-related editorials in the morning paper
This morning’s Oregonian has two editorials (one a guest submission, one by one of the paper’s regulars) on the subject of TriMet. The guest editorial, by Craig Boretz, Randy Miller and Angus Duncan, deals with TriMet’s funding crisis. It calls for further “restructuring” of the labor agreements, including withdrawal of mandatory arbitration. But it also…
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TriMet wins aribtration with ATU 757
As mentioned in the open thread, TriMet has prevailed against ATU Local 757 in the abitration over the 2009 contract offer. TriMet’s “Modified Final Offer” is retroactively imposed, and expires–this fall. An announcement by TriMet is here, the ruling is here. Earlier, The Oregonian summarized the contract proposals here, and profiled the arbitrator here. The…