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Thursday, April 18, 2013

From the Tribune

Just because TriMet’s union has agreed to begin bargaining on the next labor contract, don’t expect the talks to go smoothly. In fact, the two sides don’t even agree on the number of changes TriMet is proposing to make.
When Amalgamated Transit Union 757 recently announced it was willing to being negotiations, it said the talks will be lengthy because TriMet is proposing around 400 changes to the contract. Not so, TriMet responded, saying the agency is only proposing 29 substantive changes. The rest of its proposals are housekeeping and other minor, noncontroversial revisions, it said.
Not so yourself, ATU 757 now says. It has released an 11-page analysis of TriMet’s proposal noting each and every word change.
“As anyone familiar with labor agreements and contracts understands, revisions made by an employer to the sentences in a single paragraph can mean sweeping changes to a number of employee rights and working conditions,” according to a union news release. 
Sources Say: TriMet fight could drag on

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