ATU 757 gets tentative deal at Bend Transit

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 officials announced May 22 that they have reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract covering Bend Area Transit workers employed by Paratransit Services, the contractor that runs public transit for the City of Bend.

The union has scheduled a ratification vote on June 6.

Details of the tentative agreement, which will cover approximately 40 Bend Area Transit and Dial-A-Ride drivers, dispatchers and customer service representatives, were not known at press time.

Bend Area Transit and Dial-A-Ride employees voted to join ATU Local 757 in early 2007. They have been bargaining with Paratransit Services for about nine months.