Union's Response to TriMet's Strategic Financial Plan

Today, the Amalgamated Transit Union hand delivered its response to the TriMet Strategic Financial Plan (SFP) that was recently released by the agency. The Union noted in its letter that, despite the fact its members total 87% of the TriMet workforce, the Union was neither informed of the planning process nor invited to participate. After addressing some issues of concern about the SFP, the Union offered to participate in a collaborative approach to address the issue of unfunded retiree benefits. “We’re hoping the Board takes us up on our sincere offer to work as a team to discover the best and fairest SFP approach to what has been a long term and complete failure to fund retiree benefits,” said Union president, Bruce Hansen.