There is the lawsuit about this but as we all know its DELAYED.
Trimet is the master of delays and that not only means service delays but legal delays.
Unlimited money for unlimited motions!
Someday it will be decided!
Evidently, people from all over the world are readers of this blog. Many
of you share my occupation, so you understand when I say we're not paid
enough of the hours we're actually in uniform.
When you meet your bus en route, also known as a road relief, operators
here are expected to not only be on time, but to arrive early. If you
take public transit to your road relief, you're expected to be two buses
(or trains) ahead of your scheduled run start time. However, we're only
paid pennies on the dollar for road reliefs. A couple of bucks is not
proper compensation for getting there early and waiting. If your buses
only run every 20 minutes, you can arrive up to 40 minutes or more prior
to your road relief time. So for 20-40 minutes each day, I'm actually
giving my time away.
Hey I don't expect to be paid for travel time from home to work. But if
my actual "work" begins before my scheduled time and I'm not being paid
for it, there's a problem. While waiting for my bus to arrive, I am
asked questions at least five times a day. I'm in uniform, expected to
represent the agency, but I'm not being compensated for my time. If I
get relieved on the road, I should be compensated for the time it takes
to get from the relief to my home garage because only then am I truly
"off the clock".
Just throwing in my two cents here. But I'm curious... of you readers
who hail from transit agencies around the world and in this country
(USA), what is your road relief pay? What are your thoughts on
compensating operators for all the time we spend in uniform but are not
being paid? Please either comment under this post, or drop me a line at
deaconinblue@gmail.com, or on the FaceBook post this article appears
under.
Thanks and stay safe out there folks!
From the Driver Side: Road Relief
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