BART MGMT IS SO COMPARABLE TO TRIMET MGMT ITS SCARY

What you have are overpaid self absorbed elitists in charge, making obscene salaries and wages, handing out obscene salaries (at Trimet Mcfarlane has practiced open cronyism), hired known  union busters as negotiators, and spread misinformation about salaries and benefits.

BART authorities have dragged their feet, hired a pricey anti-labor negotiator and spread misinformation about the unions' agenda.
“We want [the public] to understand that the district is working very hard to reach a fair contract for workers,” Rice said. “But one where we can make investments in the future in the system that are necessary. We need new train cars. We need a new train control system. And we need a new maintenance facility.”
The move implies that maintaining BART is thrown on the backs of workers (exactly what Trimet is doing by trying to link restoration of frequent service to a new contract)
“We will get a fair contract,” Castelli said. “And SEIU 1021 and I believe ATU as well, we’re in this for the long haul, and we’re willing to do what we have to do. This is our Wisconsin. This is our Michigan. And the progressives in the Bay Area ought to wake up and see that and join us because we’re in this thing to win.”

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