Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle to TriMet: Don’t eliminate apprenticeships! Dec 18, 2019 TriMet has been proposing in union contract bargaining to scrap its bus and light rail maintenance mechanic training programs.
TriMet talks off to rough start Oct 30, 2019 TriMet wants to get rid of its bus and light rail maintenance mechanic training programs. And maybe contract out maintenance of the electric and hybrid buses it wants to buy.
ATU Local 757 picnic raffle raises $965 for Labor’s Community Services Agency Sep 4, 2019 The money was raised in a 50/50 drawing the union held at its annual picnic at Blue Lake Park last month.
C-TRAN named North American mid-sized ’Transit System of the Year’ Aug 1, 2019 The honor was conferred by the American Public Transportation Association.
A life-saving school bus driver Jul 3, 2019 The focus and reflexes of a member of Local 757 may have saved lives in a near-miss last month.
Charter bus firm would rather give up contract than operate union Jan 2, 2019 When drivers voted to unionize, MTR Western terminated its contract to run Columbia County’s CC Rider transit service.
Transit union cries foul as TriMet contracts out shuttle service for its own drivers Jan 2, 2019 Is Oregon’s largest transit agency incapable of operating a single shuttle bus? You might think so given a recent TriMet board action.
New TriMet Lift contracts raise wages up to $3.91 an hour Oct 31, 2018 Problems with bathroom breaks and rider wait times are still unresolved.
Union nemesis retires at TriMet Oct 31, 2018 “I wished him well … and told him to stay away from ATU,” said union president Shirley Block.
Bus drivers unionize at Columbia County’s CC Rider Oct 4, 2018 Low pay is the biggest issue for drivers who provide bus service between Clatskanie, Rainier, St. Helens, Scappoose, and Vernonia.
