This guy had his retirement party today
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) December 1, 2017
His name is Greg Larson and he was an assistant manager at Trimet Merlo garage
He was the guy that said if I didn’t give up the source of the yellow line crash video things would go badly for me
And they didhttps://t.co/t0LeOb6BQj pic.twitter.com/XGyi0lvcW7
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Greg Larson
Some of my favorite transit geeks
These are a few of the people that make transit blogging fun for me.
Trimet employees don't understand why I do any of this, you know why that is?
They are not transit geeks!
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Why does Trimet say they are getting $35-40 million from the state while the state says its $71 million
The answer is simple and its standard operating tactic at Trimet.
They are low-balling and holding money back from the public.
They've done this before
They are low-balling and holding money back from the public.
They've done this before
I found one of them, says right here $71 million a yearhttps://t.co/0GVkEGhidX pic.twitter.com/I7rKXy9jLF
— AL M (@AlYourPalster) November 29, 2017
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Should "we the people" support tax increase referendums?
Citizens are always being asked to hand over their hard earned money to government for various purposes, always advertised to the public as having some public good.
But we citizens see very little coming back to us if anything at all from all the these tax measures.
There is a very simple litmus test that should be used by every citizen who is voting on tax increase referendums
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Linda Harris becomes the first female gold grand master in Trimet history
Interestingly enough Trimet executives didn't even notice.
Friday, November 24, 2017
From the drivers side
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Henry Beasley
Just to keep up on the issues of assault, there are 2 previous incidents that did not get added.
11/3 Assault (spitting)
11/4 Assault (spitting and physical contact)
This is #82 and #83.
11/3 Assault (spitting)
11/4 Assault (spitting and physical contact)
This is #82 and #83.
Monday, November 20, 2017
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
ATU757 changes the voting rules
If you attended the March 2016 union meeting you already knew this.
Union meetings usually get between 50-100 people.
There are approximately 2500 union employees at Trimet so meetings have attendance by 4% of union members.
That means 96% of Trimet union members were unaware of this change..
Union meetings usually get between 50-100 people.
There are approximately 2500 union employees at Trimet so meetings have attendance by 4% of union members.
That means 96% of Trimet union members were unaware of this change..
What has happened is that the bylaws were changed (by the 4%) to split the Trimet members into 3 distinct sectors.
Transportation-Maintenance-Salaried.
When a contract is presented to the members each sector must vote yes or the contract is not approved.
The VAST majority of the members are drivers but there is no longer majority rule at our union.
We have our very own version of the American Electoral College.
As we all know the electoral college was created to subvert the popular vote in our presidential elections.
Transportation-Maintenance-Salaried.
When a contract is presented to the members each sector must vote yes or the contract is not approved.
The VAST majority of the members are drivers but there is no longer majority rule at our union.
We have our very own version of the American Electoral College.
As we all know the electoral college was created to subvert the popular vote in our presidential elections.
Why has this happened?
It appears the maintenance division was threatening to split from ATU757 so the leadership gave them veto power instead.
As a retiree I don't get to vote on these contracts, even though the contracts affect me (and other retirees) directly.
Now, my retirement as a Trimet bus driver can be controlled by a sub group of Trimet employees.
It appears the maintenance division was threatening to split from ATU757 so the leadership gave them veto power instead.
As a retiree I don't get to vote on these contracts, even though the contracts affect me (and other retirees) directly.
Now, my retirement as a Trimet bus driver can be controlled by a sub group of Trimet employees.
Its getting harder and harder to find reasons to continue paying dues to a union that doesn't allow me representation and subjects the majority to minority rule
- Transportation, Maintenance, and Salaried divisions vote separately using ballots of different colors; Transportation’s ballots will be PINK, Maintenance’s ballots will be GREEN, and Salaried’s ballots will be BLUE.
- To approve the contract proposal, a majority of members casting ballots in each of those groups must vote to ratify.
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Friday, November 10, 2017
Trimet final offer
i know it's not perfect and outsourcing is bad, but i vote yes to this offer.
It's more or less reasonable in my opinion
https://t.co/7TJpyp68xS
Shirley accepted the final offer, it goes to the voting members now
https://articles.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2017/11/trimet_union_reach_tentative_c.amp
It's more or less reasonable in my opinion
https://t.co/7TJpyp68xS
Shirley accepted the final offer, it goes to the voting members now
https://articles.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2017/11/trimet_union_reach_tentative_c.amp
LA transit suffering the same sickness as Portland Trimet
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
More on Jeff Roberts
This is the paper trail of Trimet people that were involved in the "investigation" of this complaint its incredible.
A Huge list of people were involved with this whole thing!
Even Neil Mcfarlane was on the list.
Now why would Neil Mcfarlane be reviewing any operator related complaints?
The only thing I can think of is formulating the Trimet public relations angle.
And that supports my contention that Trimet used this incident to its advantage, and threw Jeff under the bus with malice.
We've all seen the DATA PACK and we've seen the KGW STORY and it becomes obvious that this story had no business on the "news".
It was Trimet public relations.
Thanks Dora Morgan for obtaining this information
Thanks Dora Morgan for obtaining this information
