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Contracts up for negotiation The Bus Department has several contract negotiations that are either underway or soon will be. UTU's largest general committee of adjustment, which represents the operators in Los Angeles, has begun negotiations and will be facing some very tough issues. I visited with General Chairperson James Williams and his committee as they were preparing for those negotiations and I can say that Chairperson Williams and his committee are well prepared to handle those negotiations and to meet any challenge the LACMTA may bring. The current contract expires on June 30, 2000. The officers of Local 759 at O.N.E. Bus Company in Newark, N.J., are in the process of putting together their proposals and expect to meet with company representatives in the very near future to present them. Chairperson Joe Frierson and his committee surveyed their members for the upcoming negotiations to ascertain what changes they would like to see. The current contract expires on July 31, 2000. Local 1670 at Valley Transit Company in Harlingen, Tex., is also preparing its proposals for contract negotiations. Local Chairperson Tony Urbina, Jr., and his committee will be assisted by Alternate Vice President Percy Palmer. That contract expires June 30, 2000. As in every negotiation, the committees need the support of their members. We may have differences, but during contract negotiations, and the time preceeding those negotiations, members must be united and in support of their committee. Unity plays an important role in negotiations. Unity shows the company that the committee has the support of its members at the bargaining table, and that means strength for your committee. |
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