ATU Local 757 Election 2018 Winners
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SERVING ORGANIZED LABOR IN OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON SINCE 1900 INSIDE OUTSIDE PAGES NORTHWEST HE TOFFICIAL PUBLICBATION UOF LLETIN LABOR Amalgamated Transit Union PRESS Local 757 VOLUME 119, NUMBER 13 PORTLAND, OREGON JULY 6, 2018 President’s Roundup ATU Local 757 By Shirley Block Election 2018 Winners PRESIDENT Shirley Block VICE PRESIDENT Summer is here, bringing lots of visitors to our beautiful Rose City. Jonathan Hunt This will mean more people on our buses and trains. No matter where you work, please remember: your schedules are written as a guide. FINANCIAL SECRETARY7TREASURER Drive safe to protect your passengers and yourself. NEVER SPEED Mary Longoria to make up time. There is lots of construction all over the state that BEND AREA Transit Liaison Officer SALEM-KEIZER TRANSIT DISTRICT Executive Board will impact our schedules as well. Not to mention, people driving Joe Zimmer Officer around that are from out of town and have no idea where they’re go - Mikel Burke C-TRAN Executive Board Officer ing. There will be more youth on the buses now that school is out. James Bennett SALEM-KEIZER TRANSIT DISTRICT Maintenance Liaison Please don’t get into disputes over the fare. Hydrate yourself with Officer plenty of fluids (just the legal fluids). C-TRAN Fixed Route Liaison Officer Zack Leeth Kevin Hogan For the Rail Operators, please take the extra time to read your TILLAMOOK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT Liaison TRAIN ORDERS. Signal violations as well as train orders are re - C-TRAN Represented Staff Liaison Officer Officer ported to be extremely high. I have the highest confidence that the Bonnie Woodring No candidate filed — to be appointed rail operators will get this under control. Be the professionals that you C-TRAN C-VAN Liaison Officer TRIMET CENTER STREET Transportation Executive Board are. Make sure you’re on the lookout for slow orders, and follow Gail Bennett Officer them, because we know ODOT’s out there with their radar guns. Darin Hagey CENTRAL OREGON To our PPS Brothers and Sisters who are not working this summer, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL Liaison Officer TRIMET CENTER STREET Maintenance Executive Board enjoy your summer vacation. School will start before you blink your Jacob Foster Officer eyes, and we’ll be back at it, putting the pressure on the District. There Kevin Kinoshita CORVALLIS CITY TRANSIT Liaison Officer may be an action or two during the summer months, so stay tuned. John Oliver TRIMET CENTER STREET Extra Board Liaison Officer There is this rumor going around that I agreed to TriMet putting Robert Woodward an eighth camera on buses. We have had two meetings on it with no CORVALLIS SCHOOLS Liaison Officer No candidate filed — to be appointed TRIMET MERLO Transportation Executive Board Officer meeting of the minds. The camera is in the wrong location as far as Michael McCurry I’m concerned. PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Contractor Executive Board The other thing that we’re keeping our eyes on is management do - Officer TRIMET MERLO Maintenance Executive Board Officer Anna M. Tompte Kerry Montgomery ing our work. I have brought this to Patrick Preusser’s attention more than once. Our work is our work and we will fight to keep it. I’ve had PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Contractor Liaison Officer TRIMET MERLO Extra Board Liaison Officer several people report to me that they can’t get off work and see their R. Alex Smith III Gene Marsh Jr. manager because they are not in the office, because they’re on the TRIMET Lift Region 1 Liaison Officer TRIMET POWELL Transportation Executive Board Officer road doing our work. Meetings are not being held in a timely manner, Warren Hoeft Khris Alexander because they’re on the road doing our work. It has to stop. TRIMET Lift Region 2 Liaison Officer TRIMET POWELL Maintenance Executive Board Officer Cathy Redwine Mike Francois TRIMET Lift Region 3 Liaison Officer TRIMET POWELL Extra Board Liaison Officer JOIN US FOR THE ATU 757 Matt Leist Randy Whitehill LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT Executive Board Officer TRIMET LIGHT RAIL Transportation Ex. Board Officer ANNUAL SUMMER PICNIC! Bill Bradley Terrance Howard Sunday, July 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT Secretary Liaison Officer TRIMET LIGHT RAIL Maintenance Ex. Board Officer Blue Lake Park, (Chinook A and B) John B. Hampton Joe E. Ruffin III LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT Extra Board Liaison Officer TRIMET RUBY JUNCTION Transportation Liaison Officer 20500 NE Marine Dr., Fairview Lora Rangell Jean Strickland Music by the Kirk Green Band LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT Fleet Services Liaison Officer TRIMET ELMONICA TRANSPORTATION Liaison Officer No candidate filed — to be appointed Tom Ruiz Jr. Come join us for food and fun! We’ll have bingo, SALEM-KEIZER CONTRACTED SERVICES Liaison Officer TRIMET ELMONICA MAINTENANCE Liaison Officer caricature artists, watermelon-eating contests, raffle Joshua Taverne Douglas Eckholt prizes, a 50/50 fundraiser for Labor’s Community CANBY Liaison Officer TRIMET RUBY JUNCTION MAINTENANCE Liaison Officer Services Agency, and more! Jason Patterson Jody Moulton PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Executive Board Officer TRIMET REPRESENTED STAFF Executive Board Officer You must sign in at registration to receive meal and Jimmy Appelhanz Frederick Casey raffle tickets. Parking is $5 per car. We look forward ROGUE VALLEY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT Liaison PORTLAND STREETCAR TRANSPORTATION Liaison Officer to seeing everyone there! And if you are interested in Officer Evette Farra volunteering, please contact the Union Hall at Stephen D. Bishop VALLEY TRANSIT ASSOCIATION Liaison Officer 503- 232-9144! Mark Brotherton PAGE 2 | July 6, 2018 | ATU LOCAL 757 BULLETIN/NW Labor Press ATU Local 757 Officer Reports ing conditions, I request that my union bills tucked in the dashboard. I have Portland Public Schools representative be present at this meeting. TriMet Light Rail never seen any attempt to steal the pesos As reported by Until my representative arrives, I choose Transportation or threaten the driver. CHARISSE WALL not to participate in this discussion.” The As reported by I do not believe this would hold true management can send you home and ANTHONY FORRESTER on a TriMet bus. I remember one time reschedule the meeting or require that my cooler with my lunch vanished right you remain until excused. If you are un - from the proximity of my bus seat while Hi, all fellow drivers, Happy Rails, Friends! justly delayed in a return to work, they driving my route. I guess somebody was This is my last article for you to enjoy. I hope your summer is starting off on need to make payment. quite hungry. So it goes! I hope you’ll welcome Jimmy Apple - a good note. The discipline has finally We will resume contract negotiations I play in an over-50 Futbol Mexican hanz, our new Executive Board Officer! started to go down. That was a lot of hard in Federal Mediation along with Region League (AKA soccer) and hold my own, Have a great summer whether you work and a lot of grievances, but the fu - 2 and Region 3. except for my Spanish, which is poco o work or not. Enjoy yourselves and your ture is looking like it will be much better The offers that the Company presented poco. My player card has my name as families. I hope to see you all at the ATU for operators moving forward. in the last round were supposals rather Timoteo Terrible, which is Terrible Tim, picnic on July 22 Blue Lake Park, 10am There are already two slow orders for than proposals that came in too low for as I was known to my Portland passen - to 4pm. sun kinks. I was a little frustrated with the this economy. We can hope that they will gers. It was easier to remember my name See you on the 13th of August for our one on the Yellow Line after all the bal - present a reasonable offer in the next and I was not so terrible. My Nayarit enjoyable in-service days! last tamping was done last year. Keep round. In the meantime… teammates all call me Terrible, which your speed down and take the time you As ATU members, we are often called fortunately is not how I play on the field. need at the end of the line. It is not on the upon to contribute time and effort to bol - A short but sweet STEW. Want to rail operator to make up the lost time by ster the strength and solidarity of our thank the COFFIN DODGERS golf sacrificing their breaks. First Transit/TriMet LIFT union. But the hard work is usually re - group, Mark, Ted, Mike, etc. at Sahalee With all the radaring that has been go - Region 1 warded and we can eventually triumph if Golf Course for letting me join the group ing on to make sure our speed is kept in As reported by we continue to follow the path that we for a round on the links. Keeping active check, it is not worth it speeding to make KATHLEEN BROWN feel to be right. If fear creates walls, then physically and mentally can enhance up for the scheduling problems. Remem - hope and confidence can build bridges… your life significantly. ber it the slow orders weren’t looked at may all of our futures benefit from our Big thanks to all my fellow UNION Hello, everyone! until TriMet knew there was a problem. focus on success! clan for doing a great service to the com - It looks to be my very last article as It is not our responsibility to take care of munity. KEEP UNION STRONG! You your Liaison Officer. It has been quite an deficiencies with the system by sacrific - are the BACKBONE of the company, as experience representing all of you.