BEN FRANKLIN TRANSIT WORKERS IN THE SAME BOAT AS TRIMET WORKERS

Ben Franklin Transit employees packed the board of directors meeting Thursday night to announce a vote of no confidence against the management and to suggest improvements.
Employees expressed concerns about transit managers averaging 5.8 percent wage increases during the past six years while drivers saw their pay increase by an average of just 2.7 percent.
They pointed out the wage disparity between drivers and their supervisors was 55.5 percent, while it was 83.3 percent between drivers and their managers and 155.5 percent between drivers and general manager Tim Fredrickson.
Employees said management issues have created the "worst morale among the workers in the history of Ben Franklin Transit" and called the transit "one of the most corrupt public agencies in the Tri-Cities

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