Lets make on thing abundantly clear before I go on. TriMet management has been on a path to privatize as much of their operation as possible. Privatization is a fraud which has been pounded into the mass mind over decades of neoliberal brainwashing as something that is "good". Click the link above for more on why that is a complete lie.
Now Trimet is telling everyone, as all transit districts are doing, that they are having a financial crisis. While it is true that rider revenue has dropped off one must remember that it comprises only 13% of the operating budget and only 6% of Trimet's total budget.
The first thing that happened as a result of the "crisis" is that bus service was cut 20%. Trimet officials (unelected and unaccountable) are now saying that cut will only be 10% very soon.
I find it interesting that not one executive/manager/coordinator/marketing/government affairs etc etc personnel has been laid off. Not only that but capital projects has suffered ZERO cuts. Not only has capital projects suffered zero cuts but these same people are asking voters to approve an expansion to the already obscenely bloated capital projects department.
In other words, Trimet expects its union personnel (serfs) and its riders to suffer all the pain of the "financial crisis". I can tell you one thing for sure, the UNION , whether you are happy or unhappy with the leadership, is being 100% reasonable and 100% correct in not letting Trimet roll you over. The arbitration is heavily weighted to the management and to this day I can't believe the union accepted this state of Affairs. I do know when this was negotiated under FRED HANSEN relations with the union were excellent. It was only when NEIL MCFARLANE took over as the emperor of Trimet that things with the union went down hill, way down hill.
Follow THIS THREAD that explains why Trimet is lying about its finances. This is a worldwide movement not just a Trimet movement. People like Kelsey are hired to implement the agendas as set forth by the elites. For this they are all handsomely paid
Kelsey calls you heroes but treats you like your nothing
In conclusion: TRIMET, a tax payer funded organization, has a giant aristocracy that cheats its union (serfs) employees and sends the police state to bully its citizens over $2.50
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) October 10, 2020
It is a tyranny. Wake up! pic.twitter.com/UyyTdZF2wA
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