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Headway August 1988 Number 8 Volume 16 August 1988 Union Contracts Budget Adopted LPA-1 For MOS-2 `Bye' Mr. Korach A Soldier Returns Swanson and Holen to Head Board Mrs. Swanson will RTD Board Directors work to see the RTD Gordana Swanson and develop a spartan atti- Marvin Holen were tude toward expendi- elected by acclamation as tures. "We need to be president and vice- frugal in the smallest to president, respectively, the largest purchases. We by their Board colleagues need to be conscious of at the June 23 meeting. the fact that we are President-elect taxpayers and it is our Gordana Swanson has money that we are been a Rolling Hills city spending." She noted councilwoman since 1976. firmly that there exists She won her seat on the among members of the RTD Board in 1981 after Board and District labor a tough campaign to unions the will to recog- represent Corridor B of RTD Board President-Elect Gordana Swanson nize employees who work the City Selection and Vice-President-Elect Marvin L. Holen were hard on the job, to eli- Committee. Corridor B is sworn into office as principal officers of the RTD minate the abuse of work comprised of 19 cities Board of Directors on June 23 by District Secre- rules, and to admonish extending from the South tary Helen Bolen. those abusers "to clean Bay to West Hollywood, up their acts." including Culver City, Beverly Hills, and Santa the Board's leader did not Mrs. Swanson's Monica. become effective until primary agenda is to see Mrs. Swanson has July 1, the week follow- the RTD gets out from been an activist in ing the election Mrs. under. "I see lots of talent Peninsula politics for Swanson was already at the RTD. We've been over a decade. She was putting in 8-hour days beaten long enough and president of the South three times a week. "I we need and deserve the Bay Cities Association, want a thorough knowl- strokes we've got com- chairwoman of the South edge of the District's ing." She wants to find a Bay Corridor Study operations. I want a way to get the District's Committee on Public better feel for how the story directly to the Transportation, the policies we enact are consumer rather than Rolling Hills Traffic being implemented and depend on the press. "No Commission, the Palos how they are working," matter how good you are, Verdes Transportation said Mrs. Swanson. She unless the perception is Committee, and the Palos intends to be a president such, it doesn't count." Verdes Peninsula RTD who will give the job the "We have to work to RTD Board President Bus Utilization Commit- time it requires, she sees correct the criticism we Gordana Swanson tee. She was named it as a full-time job. deserve. 1 think our undertahes her new citizen of the year by the When asked how it employees have endured tasks and responsibili- Palos Verdes Peninsula felt to be elected, Mrs. a great deal of criticism ties with enthusiasm. Chamber of Commerce Swanson answered that with poise and patience. and the Rotary Club for it reminded her of the We have very good people She intends to be an bringing public transpor- birth of her first child. working here. The fact accessible leader with an tation to the Peninsula. "Very exciting...You don't that we have survived inclination to flex with She was the mayor of know what's awaiting under such adverse the needs of the District. Rolling Hills in 1979- you, you feel awe-struck conditions indicates there She anticipates that 1980. by the responsibility but is a lot of energy and Although her term as very excited." strength in this staff." continued on page 3... AUGUST 1988 HEADWAY 2 Major Metro Rail Contracts Awarded Two multi-million dollar based joint venture that surface for servicing and structing modern rail contracts, one for Metro was awarded the contract maintenance at the shop transit systems in the Rail's communication at a cost of $37.7 million. location near Union United States and over- system, the other for This same joint venture Station. seas. It will employ seven constructing portions of is building stage one of Bechtel Civil, Inc., of subcontractors to com- the rail yard and mainte- Metro Ralfs Wilshire/ San Francisco was plete the project. nance shops were award- Alvarado Street Station awarded the contract for The first 4.4-mile ed by the RTD Board in and stage one of Union Metro Rail's communica- segment of Metro Rail June. Station. The firm will tion system at a cost of linking five downtown The low bidder an the build yard leads, the rail $35.7 million. Bechtel stations is scheduled to yard contract was Tutor- sections that allow has 10 years' experience begin operation in Saliba/Perini, a Sylmar- underground rail cars to in designing and con- January of 1993. ...continued from page 2 form of recreational Project to a successful Holen is a graduate change may become the transportation—horse- conclusion. This has been of UCLA and the UCLA watchword of her admini- back riding. a long effort with consis- law school, and is a stration. "When you've Vice-President-Elect tent success." member of the California done things the same Marvin L. Holen was Second, Holen will Bar Association. He is way for a long time it is appointed to the RTD begin in earnest the also a member of the hard to change; that may Board by County Super- effort to expand support Board of Trustees for the be good for continuity, visor Edmund Edelman for public transportation. California Museum but it should not be done in 1975. Holen was "This includes a specific, Foundation which spon- at the expense of more elected president of the focused effort for a gas sors the Museum of Sci- creative approaches." Board in 1977 and served tax with part of the pro- ence and Industry in Ex- With confidence Mrs. in that capacity for an ceeds dedicated to public position Park. He for- Swanson concluded her unprecedented three transit," he said. "For a merly served as a captain personal style could be terms. He is a partner in number of years we've in the U.S. Marine Corps. characterized in a word- the law office of Van merely reacted. Now we He and his wife reside in tenacious. "When I have Petten and Holen, a firm have to provide leader- Los Angeles. an idea I follow through specializing in regulatory ship for generating new The terms of the new until it is completed. matters affecting finan- transit funds at the state officers will run until That is important to me." level." July 1, 1989. Mrs. Swanson was born in Ljublijana, Change may Raiders Fight Vandalism Yugoslavia, she emi- become the grated to the United RTD and the Los States in 1956 and watchword of her Angeles Raiders joined became a naturalized Mayor Tom Bradley citizen in 1966. She administration July 13 to kick-off the majored in psychology at District's third annual n n De Paul University in 3111111111111111 1111111 Anti-Vandalism Out- Chicago. She and her cial institutions and in door Ad Campaign. husband, Leonard, a complex real estate The program is aimed physician in nuclear litigation matters. at stopping graffiti medicine and their two Holen said he will and vandalism aboard children reside in Rolling address two major buses and throughout Hills. When not active in concerns as RTD vice- the community. Watch civic affairs, Mrs. Swan- president. "I plan to help for details in next son pursues her favorite to bring the Metro Rail month's issue. AUGUST 1988 HEADWAY 3 Unions Reach Accord with District Management For the first time since RTD Board Presi- of this Board to address 1969, RTD management dent-Elect Gordana the needs of our employ- and District unions Swanson also indicated ees and at the same time signed a labor agreement her approval of the to protect public dollars, " before the expiration date respective negotiation she said. "I feel this is the of the current contracts. teams. "I think it was an best all-around agree- The contracts became entirely `give-give' ment we've had in years, effective June 30, 1988 situation on both sides I feel good about it." with a duration of three and we came up with a RTD Board Vice- years in length, expiring solid agreement." She President-Elect Marvin June 30, 1991. expressed satisfaction Holen sees the contract The RTD Board of that the new labor pact agreement as good for the Directors approved the tightens up certain work RTD and its employees. contracts before noon on rules targeted toward "This agreement will June 29 and authorized those employees who are start a whole new era of General Manager Alan not entirely conscientious labor relations. We were Operators cast their Pegg to complete a final in carrying out their able to shed those `ego ballots for the contract offer to the unions repre- duties. points' that became so which runs for the senting the District Mrs. Swanson com- embedded in the contract next three years. drivers, mechanics, and mented that the business over time but with closer clerks. development division scrutiny were of little RTD Board Vice- provision of the contract benefit to our employees," cut in half. Now, the few President Carmen (a condition that allows said Holen. The issue of people who abused the Estrada said, " The Board the District to bid on new system won't be able to is very pleased to have service by offering a and those who didn't will executed this 3-year reduced rate of pay for benefit." agreement with the drivers thus lowering the ...It was an General Manager unions.
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