RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: Jul 31, 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

TRIMET IS SO BROKE THAT THEY HAVE MONEY TO INSTALL THESE EVERYWHERE INTERNALLY

These 'deluxe' and extremely expensive flat screen TV's broadcast Trimet propaganda 24 hours a day to employees:

A TRIMET EMPLOYEE HERO ADDS THE STICKER

EXECUTIVE COWARDS

Seen on Facebook:
Talk about chicken shit. Today is Art Winslow's last day (he is retiring.) Instead of a manager presenting him with his 35 year pin, which is customary, they pussed out and asked a Lead to do it. They act all tough behind the scenes, but haven't got the courage to face someone when they no longer have anything to lose.

TRIMET SUCEEDS IN DRIVING ANOTHER OLD TIMER OUT

Seen on facebook:
‎12 days short of a full 20 years at Tri-met and I have decided enough is an enough so today was my last day!
Thank you Mr Mc forskin for turning the best job that I ever had into a job that I hate to get out of bed to go to. Its sad when you get ready to leave work and you check to make sure that nothing that says Tri-Met is showing because you are no longer proud of where you work and don't want people to know you work for Tri-Met for fear someone would run you down in the street

A COUPLE CLASSIC TWEETS

There’s a dude sitting outside of Anna Bananas on Alberta airing his balls out for the bus patrons. #trimet
— ::B (@BBrkdwn) July 31, 2012

@bbrkdwn Didn't you know? That's one of the signals you can use to flag down a TriMet bus. Doesn't work so well with school buses though.
— Trimet Cares (@TriMetCares) July 31, 2012

ARE YOU RIDING TRANSIT IN PORTLAND OR NYC?

TRIMET ACTIVIST 'HB'

Dear leaders of this union,

I have been wondering what “is” going on in the battle that “we” are in??? A battle, which should have started in 09”, with the end of the old contract??? Since then, this union has been silent on “all” issues of important to “all” its members. The communications between “us” and you have been non-existent at best. This “is” unacceptable, then and now! I and others have said this time and again, “WHAT IS THE PLAN GOING FORWARD!!!!!” Since the elections, “we” have not heard a single thing, from “all leadership” on any issues, other than, “MERCER (file or not to file), and ULP’s. This really means very little (but necessary) in the bigger theme of things going forward. Some of “us” know that these are “not” the big picture and the next CONTRACT, “is”. This is the battle that will determine the future relationship with the company. “What is the plan”???? Leadership “is” not mobile, leadership is quiet, leadership has no new ideas, and leadership is not willing to speak to the media and use it to “our” advantage (although I heard “your” vice president come out and say, “its total war”. This “is” an empty attempt at best.). What are “you” going to do??

I know that some of “you” are going to ask me “what have you done?” I and others have taken the last pieces of information that came from “you” and posted in some of the transit center that operators frequent, so that they can read the most recent information that “you” have put out. Some of “us” know that operators don’t always go up to the union board in their individual garages (due to long schedules of straits, split shifts and extra board work) and read the information in real time, this “is” one of the biggest negatives “we” have as a union. So to do something different than “you”, “we” decided that everyone needs to understand, this is a different union, than the, DO NOTHING, of the past.

For the leaders that I have talked to in the past, I AM CALLING “YOU” ALL OUT!! “We” need to rebuild this union so that “ALL MEMBERS” can be involved in, NOW and NOT LATER, when it’s too late. No more hoping waiting, it’s July 31, 2012, August is next, “WE” ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

THESE LIARS CUT SERVICE AND BENEFITS AND CONTINUE TO SPEND LIKE NO TOMORROW

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UNBELIEVABLE

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