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The 1005 Line The news and information publication of ATU Local 1005 Prepared and distributed by the Education Committee For The People Who Know Where They Are Going Spring 2014 What’s Inside... Officer’s Corner page 2 Union Meeting Highlights page 3 Larry Hanley Interview Union Basics page 8 Workers' Compensation Tips page 11 Retirements pages 12-15, 23, 24, 26 Sierra Club Partners with ATU page 14 Text Message/Rider Alert Service page 16 What are Medical Disqualifications? page 17 Transit Day at the Capitol page 19 Heywood Black History Program page 20 Green Line Update Station Art on the Green Line page 21 Checkpoint Charlie Time page 26 TSSC Minutes page 27 "35 million times a day someone gets on a bus or a train somewhere in the U.S. and these are people who have the same interests we do." - Larry Hanley, ATU International President from the ATU Dispatch (enewsletter) ATU Activist and Officers Training April 8, 2014 - Hundreds of ATU members traveled to Chicago to participate in the latest new ATU Activist and Officer Training in coordination with the 2014 Labor Notes Conference. It was the largest training ever conducted by the ATU. Attendees heard from ATU International President Larry Hanley about ATU’s vision for 2014 to train members to mobilize riders to fight for more and better transit. They attended workshops on coalition building, passenger organizing, grievances and arbitrations, the new health care law, and building and sustaining political power, among oth- ers. The workshops were designed to equip activists with the tools they need to fight during the coming year. Below are links to the presenta- tions made at the training. Energized from the ATU Activist Training, members joined unionists from around the world at the Labor Notes Conference in Chicago. They chose from more than 100 meetings and workshops covering topics such as organizing, beating apathy, bargaining over technology, under- standing the economy, creative tactics, and winning contract campaigns. Over 1,000 Members Trained, Gearing up for May Transit Action Month April 29, 2014 - From Winnipeg to New York City to Spokane to Washington, DC to Scranton to Halifax and many cities in between, over 1,000 ATU members took part in ATU training over the weekend to learn new strategies to empower members, make our locals stronger, and prepare for May Transit Action Month. The training also covered how to be an effective union member in a hostile work environment, building rider and community coalitions, Continued on page 31
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The 1005 LineThe news and information

publication of

ATU Local 1005 Prepared and

distributed by the Education

Committee

For The People Who Know Where They Are Going

Spring 2014

What’s Inside...

Officer’s Corner

page 2

Union Meeting Highlights

page 3

Larry Hanley Interview

Union Basics

page 8

Workers' Compensation Tips

page 11

Retirements

pages 12-15, 23, 24, 26

Sierra Club Partners with ATU

page 14

Text Message/Rider Alert Service

page 16

What are Medical Disqualifi cations?

page 17

Transit Day at the Capitol

page 19

Heywood Black History Program

page 20

Green Line Update

Station Art on the Green Line

page 21

Checkpoint Charlie Time

page 26

TSSC Minutes

page 27

"35 million times a day someone

gets on a bus or a train somewhere

in the U.S. and these are people

who have the same interests we

do."- Larry Hanley, ATU International President

from the ATU Dispatch (enewsletter)

ATU Activist and Offi cers Training

April 8, 2014 - Hundreds of ATU members traveled to Chicago

to participate in the latest new ATU Activist and Offi cer Training in

coordination with the 2014 Labor Notes Conference. It was the largest

training ever conducted by the ATU.

Attendees heard from ATU International President Larry Hanley

about ATU’s vision for 2014 to train members to mobilize riders to

fi ght for more and better transit. They attended workshops on coalition

building, passenger organizing, grievances and arbitrations, the new

health care law, and building and sustaining political power, among oth-

ers. The workshops were designed to equip activists with the tools they

need to fi ght during the coming year. Below are links to the presenta-

tions made at the training.

Energized from the ATU Activist Training, members joined unionists

from around the world at the Labor Notes Conference in Chicago. They

chose from more than 100 meetings and workshops covering topics

such as organizing, beating apathy, bargaining over technology, under-

standing the economy, creative tactics, and winning contract campaigns.

Over 1,000 Members Trained, Gearing up for

May Transit Action Month

April 29, 2014 - From Winnipeg to New York City to Spokane to

Washington, DC to Scranton to Halifax and many cities in between,

over 1,000 ATU members took part in ATU training over the weekend

to learn new strategies to empower members, make our locals stronger,

and prepare for May Transit Action Month.

The training also covered how to be an effective union member in

a hostile work environment, building rider and community coalitions,

Continued on page 31

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LOCAL 1005

OFFICERS

President/Business Agent

Mark Lawson

Vice-President

Dorothy Maki

Recording Secretary/

Ass’t. Business Agent

Dan Abramowicz

Financial Secretary/

Treasurer

Tommy Bellfield

ATU Local 1005

Union Office

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

(Closed 12:00 - 1:00)

312 Central Ave.

Suite 345

Mpls., MN 55414

612-379-2914

email:

[email protected]

website:

www.atu1005.com

Calendar

Education Committee

Meetings - 11:30 a.m.

June 17th

July 15th

Membership Meetings

June 24th - Mpls.

July 22nd - St. Paul

10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

May Is Transit Action Month

Recently the full-time officers of our Local attended training in

Chicago, Illinois. As you may have read in the ATU In transit magazine,

the ATU International is focusing on outreach to passengers to advocate for

the valuable transit service that they need and desire.

Statistics show us that our society is changing. Younger people are

opting for the freedom of transit and the time it provides to use their

smartphones or relax. Others want to live closer to where they work, and

live more ecologically-sustainable lives. Transit is key to sustainable

growth and reducing transportation pollution. Even those who remain in

their cars benefit from others who choose to ride transit.

Planning is underway for several events in the month of May to bring

attention to transit, and the necessity to adequately fund and expand the

transit system. May 20th will be National Transit Day, and there will be

rallies across the country, including here in the Twin Cities.

It remains to be seen if the Minnesota Legislature will pass a

comprehensive transportation bill this spring. Whether or not it passes, we

need to advocate with our passengers to keep the goal of building a world-

class transit system on the minds of all politicians. Will you be involved?

Stay tuned for training opportunities that are coming from the ATU

International. Send an email or a phone call to your legislators and tell

them that you support a comprehensive transportation bill. Come and join

us on National Transit Day May 20th. Together our voices can be heard

and make a difference!

OFFICER’S

CORNER

Mark LawsonPresident/Business

Agent

JOIN OTHER TRANSIT WORKERS AROUND THE

COUNTRY

for

National Transit Day

May 20(Watch for details of local action)

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Union Meeting Highlights

February 2014

Executive Board Meeting

President Lawson has been invited to ATU’s New President’s

Training being held in Linthicum Heights, Maryland, from March 23-29,

2014.

Rec. Sec. Dan Abramowicz and Exec. Bd. members Tim Dixon and

Cliff Bolden will be attending the ATU Midwest Conference Board April

25 -26, 2014, in Urbandale, Iowa.

Arbitration request

Dorothy Maki presented the case of ATU Local 1005. The union is

grieving the use of a towing company being used to retrieve an articulated

bus from 5th St. Garage when ATU mechanic technicians were on the

scene. This case will go to arbitration.

Other Business

President Lawson commented on the local’s recent by-law

development. It was brought to our attention that the local was not in

compliance with the ATU Constitution and General Laws (Section 13.2).

We agreed to start the entire process over. The same executive board

members will serve on the committee as were selected previously.

Proposals submitted already will be accepted and new proposals will be

accepted if received by March 14. They will be read at the March 25-26

membership meetings for information only. The By-law Committee will

convene on April 9 to consider all by-laws submitted. The membership

will vote on all submitted by-laws at the April 22-23 membership

meetings.

It was also revealed that by-law proposals are not subject to any

amendments prior to voting.

The ATU Scholarship Committee will convene to prepare for this

year’s scholarship. The committee will consist of Ken Dolney, Gary Bier

and Art Hayne.

Maintenance employees will be permitted to carry over up to 40 hours

of recognition time to the next year and any excess hours over 40 will be

paid out to the employee. The company will be making corrections on

any mistakes.

Membership Meeting

Joe Herbulock and Todd Gadtke addressed the morning

membership meeting about Workers Compensation law changes.

Education

Committee

Advisors

Dorothy Maki

Dan Abramowicz

Chair

Melanie Benson

South

Theresa Collins

Rec. Secretary

Heywood Office

Ilona LaDouceur

Nicollet

Alec Johnson

Ryan Timlin

Ruter

Jackie Williams

Joseph Oladipo

East Metro

Philip Jarosz

Doug Barton

Heywood Garage

Faye Brown

Vice-Chair

Debbi Sievers

Joshua Freeze

LRT

Carl Rice

Lisa Callahan

Rail Support Facility

Stephen Babcock

Layout

Editorial Board

Ken Dolney

Gary Bier

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Financial Secretary/Treasurer’s Report

The following members passed away since last month’s meeting:

LeRoy Gagner - 50-yr. member Terrence Kelly #2960

Don Sonnenfeld #3018 Richard Bratten #2603

James Elfstrom #5265

Members stood for a moment of silence.

President’s Report

President Lawson spoke about the Local By-Laws. A recent discussion

with Int’l. Exec. Vice-President Javier Perez revealed to us that we were

not in compliance with the Constitution & General Laws with regard to

“posting” by-law amendments and proposals. Thus, Local 1005 will start

the process all over.

A brief synopsis of the “Miller Towing/Bus 3231” arbitration case was

read to the membership.

Other arbitration awards received were announced. One was settled,

three were lost, and one was won.

A grievance was filed in December when it was learned that part-time

operators had exceeded 30 hours of work on two consecutive weeks (Dec.

2-6 and Dec. 9-13, 2013). A settlement was reached to forgive “late”

occurrences and “request off” occurrences for operators only.

Education Committee members and Editorial Board members were

read to the membership and re-appointed for another year.

Vice-President’s Report

Vice-President Dorothy Maki announced the names of members who

won an ATU sweatshirt or hoodie for attending 10 or more membership

meetings in 2013.

Report of Rochester

Dave Gosha reported:

Kathy McMullin had announced her retirement. There will be pizza

served during next month’s Rochester meeting.

Back pay from the newly settled CBA will be received on Friday, Feb.

28. Members were advised to check their records to make sure their back

pay was accurate.

Dave Gosha discussed several changes in the Worker’s Compensation

laws that will protect members’ rights.

A member inquired about proportional union dues for full-time and

part-time employees.

Light Rail

We welcome the following new

operators to LRT:

72195 Amy Dale

69167 Mohamud Ahmed

70330 Kathy Sodeinde

72005 Richard Graff

72057 Bruce Melillo

72198 Joe Bretto

72222 Lisa Gross

72240 Jeremiah Collins

72260 Nancy Stahr

72263 Shane Willis

72297 Raymond Roberge

72308 Scott Saniti

72313 Robert Halvorson

These are the operators who

transferred to LRT on March 29,

2014. Their first day was Monday,

March 31, 2014.

It is nice to have new

equipment in the operator's

exercise room up on third floor.

(treadmill, bicycle, elliptic trainer

and Bowflex)

Hopefully this equipment will

be available to all employees at the

facility.

Carl Rice #6223

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South

Theresa Collins #1378

Luann Dorn #70024 and

Kimberly Culbreath #73560 are in

training for Peer Support. Current

Peer Support members are Anna

Penland #68310, Stewart Rudi

#6005 and Emmit Trotter #2215.

Thanks to these operators for their

dedication and help to their

co-workers.

Congratulations to retirees

Mike Hirdler #9263, Samuel

Baker #9469, Fred Day #9352,

William Thoreson #70320 and Pat

Leach #3311. Enjoy your

retirement!

Watch for “Fit for Life”

Programs arriving soon at South

Garage.

Thanks to Mike Vaughn #2216

and Theresa Collins #1378 for

participating in the Running Time

Committee for the 14-line.

The winner of the South

Garage election for representative

to the Transit Safety and Security

Committee was Jonathan Jones

#72343. Other candidates were

David Nelson #69177, Elroy

David #66012, Luann Dorn

#77024.

The South shop welcomes

Manager Mike Hutter and

Foreman Steane Nyoki. Good

luck to Keith Stein and Billy

Gamble, who were transferred to

Heywood. You will be missed.

March Meeting Highlights

Executive Board meeting

Requests for Donations/Expenditures

The Northwest Conference of the Amalgamated Transit Union will

be held Wednesday, May 28th through Sunday, June 1st, 2014, at the

Homewood Suites Denver Downtown. A motion was m/s/c to pay hotel,

luggage fees (max. 1 checked bag per delegate), airfare, registration fees

and per diem ($60.00 per day) to send President Mark Lawson, Vice

President Dorothy Maki, Executive Board Members Ken Dolney and

Chuck Feucht.

For Information Only: The U of M Labor Education Service is taking

applications for the 2014-2015 Minnesota Union Leadership Program.

Application deadline is May 23rd, 2014.

A motion was m/s/c that effective with the April 2014 membership

meetings, door prizes will be given in the following manner:

A.M. and P.M. Membership Meetings – Two door prizes will be given away at each meeting. First member drawn will receive their choice of any item currently in stock (jacket, windshirt, hoodie, sweatshirt, golf shirt, t-shirt, hat or scarf), second member drawn will receive their choice of any item currently in stock except a jacket.

Rochester Membership Meeting – One door prize will be given away. The member drawn will receive their choice of any item currently in stock (jacket, windshirt, hoodie, sweatshirt, golf shirt, t-shirt, hat or scarf).

Retirees drawn are eligible to claim any item of clothing within the above parameters. Members may not win more than one door prize within the same calendar year.

Arbitration Requests

An FTH Operator is requesting arbitration after being discharged for

violating Met Council Procedure 4-7d (Operating Policy: 4th responsible

accident in 3 years.) This case will not go to arbitration.

An LRT Operator requested arbitration over Metro Transit’s violation

of overtime procedures by reassigning an Instructor to cover work

(violation of CBA, Article 5, Section 3 and Article 20, Sections 4 and 10).

This case will go to arbitration.

A TIC representative is requesting arbitration over Metro Transit’s

interpretation of a Memorandum of Agreement. This case will go to

arbitration.

An LRT Operator is requesting arbitration over a Class A Violation

(Red Signal Overrun). This case will go to arbitration.

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Operations Support

Center - 725 Bldg.

Cheryl Kienietz-Hall, Instructor

Instruction Center

There has been a new class

of operators starting every other

week since the first of the year.

IC staff and Instructors have all

been working very hard to do a

good job of training new opera-

tors. We’ve had a very high suc-

cess rate.

Materials Management (Parts

Department)

We say “Goodbye” to

Richard Kaspasprzak and

“Hello” to Trinity Jensen. There

was a pick in the Materials

Management Department and

Richard picked South Garage

Parts Department. They usually

have annual picks, but this is a

short one, because of retirements

and new hires. Twenty out of

thirty stock keepers picked dif-

ferent facilities.

Electronics Department (aka

Radio Shop)

Reminder: On the Low

Floors always hang the ear piece

on the handset. If we don’t, it’s

like it isn’t hung up. There is a

magnetic switch in the ear piece

that needs to be on the hand set.

The Electronics Shop has a

lot of functions. They install and

fix radios, GPS systems, camer-

as, signs, and ticket vending

machines (TVMs).They’re very

busy right now with the new

1600 Gilligs that will replace the

800’s. The new 1600 bus has the

ramp controls on the handle, a

flat front, and clear emergency

hatches.

Other Business

A motion was m/s/c to recommend the 2014 Reduced Service Day

Agreement. There will be reduced service days on the following dates:

• Friday, November 28, 2014

• Wednesday, December 24, 2014

• Friday, December 26, 2014

Requests for Donations/Expenditures

The 80th Anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Truckers Strike is being observed on July, 19-20, 2014 (Saturday and Sunday. There will be a picnic, music/street fest, gathering of descendants of the strike and permanent placement of a marker in Minneapolis to commemorate the struggle. They are organizing a new Committee of 100, where any donation of $100 or more will be recognized in commemoration programs. A motion was m/s/c to donate $500.00.

Other Business

Vice-President Maki briefly discussed the Fit for Life/ NGP/ Tour de

Cure visits at all Metro Transit locations throughout the week.

Membership Meeting

A motion was m/s/c to allow Lou Raymond, Robbie Whitestone and

Patrick Elias from NGP Insurance appear before the membership.

Arbitration Membership Appeals

All cases presented to the Executive Board were recommended for

arbitration except for one member who decided not to appeal to the

membership.

President’s Report

The following letter from President Mark Lawson was read to the

membership:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I am in Baltimore, Maryland at the ATU New Presidents’ Training. I

wish I could be there, but thank VP Dorothy Maki for standing in for me.

So far it has been interesting, as we have begun to look at the

responsibilities of a Local President. ATU International has some

paperwork and oversight requirements. But more importantly, we have

also seen the need for more activism in the ATU at the local level. Even

though we are not currently facing the attacks that many ATU locals are

facing in other parts of the country, we need to gear up and build

relationships with our riders to build the system and protect against the

attacks when they do come. I hope many of you will join me for the

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Heywood

Ilona LaDouceur #66048Faye Brown #6331

Debbi Sievers #64222Joshua Freeze #73473

Maintenance

The Heywood maintenance

department has a new manager

replacing Bill Beck, who has

moved to the Overhaul Base.

(Bye, Bill!) Replacing him is

Keith Stein, a 34-year veteran

with the company. He has been

at Heywood for one month from

South Garage.

Keith reported that Heywood

received some of the 2014

Gillig fleet on March 31, 2014.

TIC

Congratulations and

welcome to our newest trainer,

Jared Fette. Although he has

only been in TIC for about two

years, he has already proven

himself has an outstanding

representative. It also helps that

he has a super positive attitude

and leadership qualities. He is

working with lead trainer Gary

Bier.

Welcome to the newest

Transit Information

Representative Mark Gilbert.

He began training on March

17th and has completed training

and has just turned in as our

newest rep. Welcome, Mark.

activism training when it arrives in the Twin Cities later in the year. ATU

International would like to train 10% of 1005 members to be volunteer

activists to reach out to our communities and riders. Stay tuned for more

info on that.

Also, the FT-MPLS (First Transit) maintenance contract was ratified

on Saturday, with 91% voting yes. It is a 5-year contract with retro pay to

the beginning of this year. It will unify the pay scale for the different

classifications, as currently the employees salaries are all over the map.

There are some benefit upgrades, especially for utility workers. The heath

plan will be replaced, but the employee contribution will be significantly

lower, with an option to pay the difference to upgrade health plans if

desired.

The Move MN legislation is progressing, but please continue to

contact your legislator to ask for their support. Check out the Move MN

website for more info.

See you next month, if not sooner!

New Business

A motion was m/s/c to “pass the hat” for Sister Kathy Nistler, who is

undergoing some serious health issues.

By-law proposals were read for information only.

The Reduced Service Day Agreement for 2014 was read and a

standing vote was taken. The results of the AM vote will be combined

with the vote from the PM vote and announced then.

CRYPTO

Each letter stands for another. If you think M=E, for example, it would equal E throughout the puzzle. Clue: C=T, W=L

(Answer on page 19) Submitted by Pat Kelehan, Facilities Tech.

#5470

Z A X B W Z, C V D T M V C E T W S D X C D

Q F T S S G P W A O G X B Z G

B P J H D T F B P S S G Z B P S H P M. G L G

P C T B W W A, V G W D F C

B W W D E V H F K B C H G P X G.

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ATU International

President Larry Hanley

- On Unions, Vision,

Economics and Politics

ATU International President

Larry Hanley spoke recently in

Minnesota at an event sponsored by

Move MN, a coaliton addressing

Minnesota’s urgent transportation

needs, including transit. The

following is an interview with him by

Joshua Freeze, a new member of the

ATU 1005 Education Committee.

Union Basics

Freeze: Some of our members may never have worked in a non-union

shop and may not know the difference that being organized makes.

Others may be cynical about the value of unions. They see regular

claims in the press that unions may have been useful once but not in a

modern world. Why do we stay organized?

Hanley: Frankly, this is one of the big problems we have throughout the

labor movement today. Everybody who is in the labor movement arrived

at a moment when it already existed. They often don’t connect the reality

of today’s unions to the importance and the need to have them. One of the

biggest tasks I think we have within the ATU and in the broader

movement is to try and spend some time with our members working

through the realities of the economy as opposed to what we are presented

with on Fox news and a lot of the news stations and newspapers which

clearly have a bias towards corporations and wealthy people.

People today do not have the same sense of class distinction they did

50 or 100 years ago when many of our unions were being formed. We

stay organized to create power for working people in an environment in

which they have very little power. One of the important things to

persuade people who are not in unions and often people who are in unions

is that our best hope for having power is through the collective which is a

union.

When I talk to ATU groups, I ask them to pass their wallets down to

the end of the row, that I’m going to collect them and they look at me like

I’m crazy. I point out to them that if I came up to them right now and

said, “give me your wallet,” they’d likely defend themselves and their

wallet. But they often don’t defend things far more important – their

pension, their health care, their wages, all the things that go into that

wallet often get lost in terms of the power relations. If someone walks up

as an individual and says, “give me that wallet,” they have power to stop

this, but they often don’t understand that in the much bigger picture, it’s

only through collective organizing they can have power to stop their

wallet from being raided.

Nicollet Garage

Melanie Benson #854

Alec Johnson #66034

Ryan Timlin #66279

Training

Congratulations to Local 1005

Education Committee member

Alec Johnson, instructor, who

developed an excellent

presentation on passenger falling

accidents that was incorporated

into Nicollet’s Right to Know

training.

Equipment

Twenty-four 1500-series buses

were added to Nicollet’s fleet this

past year. There are now 54 low-

floor buses, 58 hybrids and 25

remaining high-floor buses at

Nicollet.

Retirement

Dallas Ward #1446 retired in

March, but did not celebrate with a

party. With over 42 years of

service, Dallas was one of the

highest-seniority drivers in the

system. Asked what he had

planned after retirement, Dallas

said, “I was thinking about a trip

to Amsterdam - but now I’m going

to Denver.” We will miss you,

Dallas, and your dry sense of

humor. Congratulations, and take

good care!

Congratulations

Renee Stafford #603 is

currently the highest-seniority

driver at Nicollet Garage and the highest-seniority female driver in the system, with almost thirty-eight years of service. She has the distinction of being the longest-serving female driver in the history of transit in the Twin Cities.

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Freeze: At the Move MN event, you and others spoke several times

about the need to get more people involved. How do you inspire people

to take that step and how do you convince them that they can make a

difference?

Hanley: All organizing starts out with a small group. I don’t believe there

is such a thing as deep organizing with huge numbers of people. You have

to build gradually in a local union. You have to have a core group of

people who believe in the mission. Of course that requires having some

leaders who can develop a mission and a strategy.

There was a guy named Mike Quill who was the founding

international president of the Transport Workers Union. He was

organizing in New York City where there were about 40,000 transit

workers who were organizing – this was in the 1930s.

One of the organizers came up and said, “Mike – it’s no use – it’s been a

year and a half and we only have 2500 members.”

Mike said, “Look at what Jesus Christ did with 12.”

The guy said, “But Mike, that’s a religion – this is a union.”

And Mike said, “It’s the same thing.”

The union is only an idea we have. It’s an idea that together we can

have power to confront the huge forces around us in our economy. And

it’s only through inspiring people – relating what I just said about Mike

Quill – and about his saying that being a union is a belief system, that it

was not just selling people admission to a ride at an amusement park. You

are organizing people to fight collectively for their beliefs. That’s how we

do it and it’s a long hard process.

Freeze: Some of the transit work here has been farmed out to private

outfits. We’d obviously love to bring all that in-house. Is organizing in

ATU primarily the work of the locals or does the international have a

hand in that as well?

Hanley: The International plays a strong role in organizing. It’s often

historically been left to the locals to identify organizing targets and then

the International participates with locals. Some local officers really get

inspired by organizing and really do a lot of it and most of them don’t.

That’s really been the model in the last 40 years or so. The climate is

changing.

All of the privatization that’s happened and continues to happen forces

us to take a second look at how we think this through. It’s a very

complicated subject when you get into privatization. On the one hand we

have to fight like crazy to stop it because the whole point behind the

privatization of transit is to put a middle man between the workers and

the company who makes a profit by cutting the workers’ wages and

eliminating pensions. On the other, we have a program now to build

industrial councils with our local unions that represent workers in the

major private companies.

Just like the airlines, there are a dwindling number of major private

companies that control private transit throughout the U.S. At the same

time, we have to recognize that where there are private companies

operating transit or beginning to operate transit, we need to get out there

and organize their workers. We’re trying to scale up the national programs

Rail Support Facility

Stephen Babcock #3128

Metro Transit Riders

Save $890 a Month

The American Public

Transportation Association's March

Transit Savings Report shows that

people who ride mass transit in

Minneapolis / St. Paul will save an

average of $890 a month ($10,684

annually).

The report savings is based on

a two-car family with one person

giving up their car and taking pub-

lic transit. The Twin Cities ranks

10 out of 20 for having the highest

public transit ridership.

Material Management

With the new department pick,

Stephen Babcock will be staying at

RSF as head stockkeeper. He has

returned from a medical leave.

(All is well.) Material

Management will have another

annual contractual pick come

November/December.

Spare parts of the Green Line

are being brought over to RSF.

If you have any information

that you would like to see in this

newsletter, please contact your

Education Committee member,

whose name is at the top of each

garage column.

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Page 10both in terms of figuring out a way our existing local unions can confront

the global corporations that are running transit, but also to figure out how

we can help them organize the workers into the union.

Freeze: It was a contested election when you were elected head of the

ATU. There was debate about direction and leadership. Since you have

been elected president of the ATU, what changes have you brought, and

what others would you like to see?

Hanley: I arrived in the presidency of ATU at a time of deep challenge.

The reason we had that debate in 2010 is because we were being

challenged in a way we had not been in decades and the folks who were

at the helm either didn’t see that or didn’t care to respond to it and that

was my chief criticism as a member of the General Executive Board for

several years. We had to take extraordinary steps to meet the

extraordinary challenges we faced. We had that whole debate in the ATU.

In the end I got elected and what we’ve been doing ever since is trying to

convince our local unions that we have a much greater chance of success

if we organize not only our members, which involves a lot of training and

internal work, but also our riders.

35 million times a day someone gets on a bus or a train somewhere in

the U.S. and these are people who have the same interests we do. We care

about having good brakes on a bus; they care about having good brakes

on a bus. In the summer we care that there is air conditioning on a bus,

and guess what? So do they. In the winter we care that there is heat on a

bus and so do they. Our workplace is how they get to theirs and we have

so many things in common but we rarely think of it in that light, in the

light that it should be the workers and the riders fighting politicians.

The politicians on the other hand, and this is something I’ve seen in a

lifetime of being a union member, the politicians constantly try find ways

to turn the riders on the workers and make us look like culprits in the

whole equation. By the equation, I mean the fight for better service, the

fight for more transit. I have seen over and over again elected officials

and agency heads say, “Gee if the drivers get a raise, we’re going to have

to raise your fares. If the drivers have a decent pension, then we’re going

to have to cut your service.” That was at the heart of the BART strike last

summer [BART is the regional rail service in the Bay Area of California].

So what we’ve been trying to do in the ATU for the last three and half

years and what we will continue to do in a very expanded way now is to

get our local unions, leaders and our members, to go out and organize

riders so that the riders and the workers together have a collective voice

simply to fight for better transit – for funding, for better routes, for more

buses. All over our union right now as a consequence, and I know it’s a

consequence of the cuts in service, the raising of fares, we have transit

workers getting the brains beaten out on buses because the riders are

angry and riders would love to beat up a senator but the senators don’t

come into the neighborhood with the bus. So instead they beat up the bus

driver. We have to get around that and to get beyond it and the way to do

it is to organize riders. So that’s where we’re headed.

Next Issue: Hanley's Vision

Lowertown Facility

St. Paul OMF

Lisa Callahan #6716

Welcome everyone to the Green

Line Lowertown Garage (LOTO).

It’s been a very busy few weeks

since we started on February 24.

As of April , we still have lots of

things to overcome here: signals

not working correctly; bar signals

not working at all; needing help

through intersections; and switches

going out of correspondence on a

daily basis - but since opening on

February 24, a lot of changes with

all the above are getting much

better on a daily basis. No, we

currently aren’t running schedules

non-revenue yet, but when all the

above take place it will all come

together.

We have now entered our

sixth training class, getting

everyone familiar with the Green

Line. The first two classes didn’t

get to see the line unless they took

a couple training vans out due to

signals not working, bar signals not

working and issues in general - and

we needed snow removed on most

of the Green Line. As it gets nicer

and with the April 5 pick starting,

everything is looking up.

No one as of yet is certified on

the Green Line, but as you are

getting ready to make your move

over to the Green Line an

instructor will ride with everyone

one complete round trip.

Everyone’s train operator and rules

and equipment qualified card

expired as of February 28, 2014.

You will be issued new ones soon,

don’t worry. Everything is okay.

You are okay to operate.

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East Metro

Philip Jarosz, #65015

Doug Barton, #68273

WB 4th Street Bus Lane

Route 3, 16, 50, 94 etc.

Passing other buses is against

company policy and state law.

There are two exceptions to

this: One, there is a broken-down

bus or other vehicle in the lane,

blocking the flow of traffic; Two,

there is an emergency vehicle

blocking the lane. In both of these

cases you may go around the

blocking vehicles provided it is

safe to do so and you have your

emergency flashers on. You may

not pass another bus loading or

unloading passengers, and you risk

being given a citation from the

police and/or being written up by

Metro Transit.

When passing through the

intersection at 4th and Chicago,

please pull your bus up all the way

to the farthest bus stop sign. This

will allow enough room for two

artics to drop passengers off. It is

the driver’s responsibility to look

ahead and make sure there is

enough room to cross the tracks

and to stop clear of the intersection

and tracks to make your drop-off.

Operators, please be aware that

bus stop on Washington Ave.

between Hennepin and 1st is open,

and if you are the first bus coming

off of Hennepin onto Washington

it is your responsibility to pick up

any passengers that might be

standing there.

Workers’ Compensation Tips

Workers’ compensation lawyers Joseph Herbulock and Todd Gadtke

spoke at the union meeting in February. They provided a wealth of advice

to help deal with our employer’s repeated refusal of workers’ comp cases.

They make several recommendations based on their experience of things

we do that can sabotage our chances winning cases the company contests:

• File everything promptly. Keep copies of everything you file. It is a

good idea to give your union rep copies as well.

• While you are off work, the employers commonly have investigators

watching you. DO NOT do anything that could compromise your case or

damage your credibility in public.

• Never start a statement to the company or their insurance rep with “I am

not sure, but…” Stick to the facts. Don’t speculate or guess. If you don’t

know, say you don’t know. If you give an answer, you may hurt your

credibility.

• Don’t use the term “whiplash” unless your doctor or chiropractor gave

that diagnosis. It is better to describe your specific symptoms, for

example, head aches, neck pain, shoulder pain, interference with sleeping,

etc.

• Don’t tell them you are desperate for the money, even if you are. This

lets them know that if they deny you, you will probably accept a low-ball

settlement later. This may keep you from getting the long-term help you

need for the injury. If the claims agent knows you have a good claim but

denies it to starve you out, giving him information upfront that you are

desperate only encourages bad behavior on their part.

• Don’t talk too much. Providing non-relevant information does not

improve your chances. Just give the facts that are relevant. For example,

providing witnesses is not necessary and if one says they didn’t see any

injury, you have weakened your case. Be specific, but brief.

• We are supposed to report all injuries as soon as we know there is a

connection between work and the injury. If you make a reference to

symptoms more than six months before it was reported, they will deny it

and you will probably lose the case. A better way to answer is something

like, “I am not exactly sure when the symptoms began, but it was bad

enough to see my doctor on ______ (using a date this month when you

saw him/her) and I then immediately reported this as a work related

injury.

• Always review the First Report of Injury to make sure the facts are

correct. They have instances where a supervisor included wrong

information in the report that resulted in claims being denied. Read it

through and make sure it is all correct. For example, if the report says you

fell on a public sidewalk when you were actually in our parking lot, it

could cost you the case.

• Don’t think or say “It doesn’t seem bad enough to go see the doctor

now.” See your own doctor, not the company doctor, as soon as possible

after the injury - don’t wait to get treatment. Clearly describe the work

connection to your doctor. It is important that the doctor record any and

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Lillie Loving #6828 Retired on April 3 after 15 Years

Lillie has gone to Indiana to be with her daughter and is enjoying being a grandma/great-grandma. She loves

to plant fl owers and is looking forward to traveling with her retiree friends down to a few of the southern states.

Lillie was joined by

some of her family:

son Bryant and his

wife Savina; nephew

Timmy Webber and

Timmy Jr.; niece

Fatima, sister Brenda

and her son Ronnie.

Lillie was presented

with a union jacket

by maintenance

board member Jody

Theisen.

Peer Support Graduation took

place at South Garage on April

16th, 2014. The graduation cer-

emony was attended by:

Back row: Jan Homan, Deputy Chief Operating Offi cer-Bus; Christy Bailly, Director of Bus Transportation;

William Morris #68103, LRT; Peter Mooers #72118, LRT; Greg McClellan #65176, LRT; Idar Bilij #2316, FTH;

Brian Lamb, General Manager

Front row: Cathy Davis #9897, Nicollet; Luanne Dorn #70024, South; Kimberly Culbreath,#73560, South; Barb

Osadchuk #2499 EM; class instructor Laurie Burns (PhD Clinical Psychology); Alemayehu Abay #9975, LRT,

Frank Stumpf (facilitator), South Garage Manager

Not pictured: Gregory Lindwall #2176, LRT

Page 12all injuries you suffered at the time and not just the most obvious. The company’s insurance will take the position

that undocumented injuries never happened.

• At the end of the healing period, make sure your doctor examines you and makes a final disability rating. This

helps protect future benefits.

• For serious lost-time injuries, select your own QRC (qualified rehabilitation consultant). One appointed by the

insurance company will probably be satisfied getting you into a minimum wage job with no retraining.

• Finally, it is unlawful for an employer to punish an employee for seeking workers’ comp benefits.

These are some important aspects of protecting yourself when injured on the job, but if you want more help,

Herbulock and Gadtke will discuss your situation for no charge. Their Maple Grove office phone number is

(763) 315-4548.

Peer Support Class

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George is catching up on his love of reading non-fi ction books. He also has a big garden and enjoys being

active hiking and traveling.

George will be biking with the ATU/Metro Transit team Tour De Cure for the third time!

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Mark Leier #2745 Retired

January 27 with 39 Years!

Mark is looking forward to having more time for

hunting, fi shing and gardening.

All Council Staff and Their Families Are Invited Sunday June 1st

You and your family can be among the fi rst to ride on the METRO Green Line light rail. Join Metro Transit

for an afternoon of train rides between Union Depot and Target Field, tours of the new Operations and Mainte-

nance Facility in Lowertown, and lunch off the grill. More information will be published in May.

June 14th/15th is the Grand Opening of Green Line for the public-- FREE All buses, All light rail,

All commuter rail

East Metro ATM Mickey Young presents Mark

with his plaque.

Union board member Ken Dolney wishes George well. East Metro ATM Lowanda Aaron

helps George display his cake.

George Bor #9404 Retired February 3 with 18 Years of Service

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Jeannene's main passion for the last 20 years has been helping run a Christian and Home School Library.

A couple weeks

before she retired,

she invested in

a high-powered

computer. She is in

the process of con-

verting the data to

an online library.

She looks forward

to reclaiming her

upstairs from the

books.

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Sierra Club Partners With ATU

Washington, DC – With Earth Day around the corner, the Sierra Club and the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)

will announce a new partnership to highlight the key role that public transit use plays in combating climate change

and pollution.

Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune and ATU International President Larry Hanley will hold a confer-

ence call media briefi ng at 11am ET, Wednesday, April 16 to discuss the new partnership and provide details about

events to be held across North America in May including ride-alongs with elected offi cials and rallies to encour-

age the use of public transit to fi ght pollution.

ATU and the Sierra Club will also be calling on federal, state, and municipal legislators to address climate change

by investing in public transit, including passing a robust federal transportation bill that increases funding for pub-

lic transit.

Although much progress has been made in increasing vehicle fuel effi ciency, automobile transportation is still the

second largest source of carbon pollution in the United States. People need more transportation choices, as riding

a bus, train or trolley rather than driving a car signifi cantly reduces air pollution and emissions. A single person

switching to public transit can cut annual carbon emissions by more than 4,800 pounds. More information about

the benefi ts of public transit can be found at www.transitisgreater.com.

Source: [email protected] (Email Newsletter of the ATU)

Jeannene Forshee #727 Retired February 6 with 34 Years!

Duke Lomotey #67486 Retired with

Six Years of Service on April 17

Duke enjoyed working in the brake shop at

the Overhaul Base, and now is heading to Cali-

fornia with his wife.

Executive Board member Ron Laumeyer

presented him with a windshirt.

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Fred Day #9352 Retired on

March 4 with 20 Years of Service

After 20 years of service, Fred is looking forward to

more travel. He stays in shape by working out and bowl-

ing.

Sam Baker #9469 Retired on

March 7 after 20 Years

Sam is looking forward to having this

horrible winter over Then he'll be doing

some fi shing and traveling.

Mike Hirdler #9263 Retired on

March 17 with 22 Years of Service

Pat Leach #3311 Celebrated His Retirement on February 28

Pat celebrates with his wife, Linda and other maintenance clerks Terry Qualy (FTH), Diane Aanenson

(E.M.), Connie Scheel (OHB), Jill Isaac (South) and

Kathy Jones (Nicollet).

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Text Message/Rider Alert ServiceIlona LaDouceur #66048, TIC

A new service was introduced to our riders in late February, allowing them to sign up to have rider alerts sent

to them by text message.

Customers can now sign up to receive Rider Alerts via text or email on our website. After signing up for an

account at My Metro Transit, they can then click on a link to get updates via email or text. After entering their

info, they can choose which routes they would like to receive updates about. We are currently in the BETA

testing stage (rolling it out to the public on a small scale to get riders feedback and make any last changes before

rolled out to public with marketing and advertising.)

. We want to slowly increase the service and be able to work out any kinks before we do a full launch, hopefully

later this spring.

Currently, the Transit Information Services Data Coordinator, Colleen Nelson, and the Supervisor of Transit

Information Services, Ben Rajkowski, do most of the HASTUS message rewrites. TIC supervisors support

rewrites later in the evening and on weekends/holidays. TIC Supervisors are responsible to make any changes/

additions/deletions to the rider alert messages. Essentially, any HASTUS detour message that would affect a

customer (bus stop closure, reroute, etc.) gets rewritten by our staff and put into more customer-friendly

language. Customers also receive a text/email as soon as these alerts have gone back to regular.

Additionally, our public relations/creative service staff puts out messages that affect customers but don’t come

through as HASTUS detour messages. The general guidelines for what they put out are as follows:

- events that affect a major route

- events that affect two or more trips

- events that cause a 15 or more minutes of delay

Northstar issues of late have been one such example of the type of information we try to put out. Other

examples might be something like a water main break downtown that affects multiple routes, or service

disruptions during inclement weather. It may be more appropriate to send a general message than to wait for

HASTUS detours to be prepared for each individual route.

We are currently working out some bugs and just fixed a number of issues. Messages should not be

duplicated any longer and the system speed has been increased so messages don’t get hung up/delayed when they

are approved.

One question that has come up from a few customers is why we can’t send out messages about every cut/

delayed trip. We simply don’t have the staffing to do this. The goal of the first phase of this project was to

provide customers detour information and general service disruptions information. It will be important to

communicate that to our customers when discussing the benefits of the new service. It provides lots of valuable

information but it’s not going to cover every single service issue, nor is it intended to do so currently.

There are currently about 1,000 people signed up, the bulk of whom are getting rider alerts about the

Northstar. There is no solid date for the official launch of this yet, but we hope it will be later on this spring.

� is newsletter is a group e� ort of the Education Committee members and the Of-� cers of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005. We publish 1,000 copies that are distributed among the various facilities. Please return this issue to the facility (or leave it at a transit station) a� er reading it so the next member may enjoy reading it, too. A color issue and past issues are posted on www.atu1005.com for easy access.

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What Are Medical Disqualifications?

Melanie Benson #854, Nicollet

Any of us who has a medical condition (whether job-related or not) that has interfered with our ability to

perform our job for a specified length of time may be called into a medical disqualification meeting. Our

reactions may include shock, fear, confusion, mistrust, panic - and we’re already not feeling well. Help!!

In this two-part article, we hope to bring some awareness to this topic so we can be as prepared as possible if

this should ever happen to us, and we’ll know who to go to for understanding and assistance.

The following questions were answered by Connie B. DeVolder, RN, MPH, COHN-S, Human Resources

Manager, Occupational Health.

Has the number of medical disqualifications that Metro Transit is pursuing increased over the past three

years? If so, how much?

I’ve been tracking them since 2008, here are the totals:

a. 2008=19

b. 2009=15

c. 2010=25

d. 2011=15

e. 2012=25

f. 2013=23

(This is the number of disqualification meetings that were held, not all of the folks

resulted in ending of employment.)

Note: The number of actual disqualifications is lower, since some operators and others who were Med DQ’d

have retired during the process. Even when there are more Med DQ meetings, many operators do come back to

work during the 60 days.

What are the major medical issues that Metro Transit is addressing in these disqualifications? How many of

them are work-related?

There is a great variety, everything from terminal cancer, to DOT disqualifying conditions like stroke, back

injuries—both work and non-work related, shoulder injuries—both work and non-work related, loss of DOT

card. I can’t say there is any one or cluster of types of conditions.

Is there a particular age or seniority group that is most affected by these proceedings?

No, you would think age would be a factor but we’ve had a number a folks under 40 years old that have been

disqualified.

What are the steps of a disqualification proceeding (paperwork, hearing, etc.)?

There is a meeting that includes the employee, an ATU representative, someone from the Office of Equal

Opportunity, the employee’s manager, Christy Bailly or Steve McLaird and myself. The manager explains briefly

how we got to the point of conducting the disqualification, the employee is asked if they have any new medical

information that would change the outcome. They are provided information regarding continuation of insurance

benefits if ultimately their employment ends, a contact sheet with important names, addresses, phone numbers,

explained how to apply for disability retirement if eligible and MN Life Waiver of Premium if eligible.

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Side note from union office: It’s very important for union members to contact the union office at the first

notification of a medical disqualification meeting, in case by some strange reason (!) the union office hasn’t

already been notified. This is a difficult enough time when members are often overwhelmed with

problems, and need all the help they can get in advocating for themselves.

If the decision is to proceed, it is explained that they will have 60 days before the disqualification is

processed and employment ended, during that 60 days they can apply for jobs as an internal candidate, continue

their medical treatment and return to work or get a clear plan from their healthcare provider that they will be able

to return to their regular job soon and thus request and extension to the 60 days. After the meeting the employee

receives a letter which explains their status, informs them of Veteran’s and grievance rights and lets them know

when the 60 days expires.

What alternatives does an employee have when served with papers for medical disqualification?

They must attend but the meeting does not necessarily guarantee end of employment so it is important for

them to attend and hear about their rights.

What role does a union representative play in this proceeding?

The union representative is instrumental in protecting the employees’ rights, making sure they are being

treated fairly, making sure they understand everything that is said and often are very helpful in facilitation job

applications, clarifying return to work plans from healthcare providers, requesting extensions to the time off and

assisting with the forms for MSRS disability retirement and MN Life Waiver of Premium.

Are there lawyers involved?

No, employees cannot be represented by the union and an attorney and the union understands Metro Transit

and the Medical Disqualification process much better than an attorney would.

Do veterans get preferential treatment?

No, they may have rights once employment is terminated but the process is the same.

Has everyone who is served with disqualification papers already been on the sick list/FMLA for the maximum

amount of time?

Occasionally no, if medical information is received that indicates the person will never be able to return to

their regular job, a medical disqualification may be held prior to exhausting FMLA—however I don’t think

anyone has ever been disqualified that is not on the sick list.

What information would you like the members to hear/heed about the possibilities of medical disqualification?

It does not mean an automatic end of employment, the meeting provides some helpful information that

employees need to know as they plan for their immediate future, even if ultimately their employment ends, it is

not a negative on their record and they may be rehired in the future if they recover and are able to return to work.

Often employees find they may be entitled to benefits they didn’t know were available to them. Lastly, the

process is a Council-wide procedure and not a personal judgment regarding a particular individual. It would

always be management’s preference for employees to be medically able to continue working and do so.

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Within days after the rally, another two kids were killed on

Hwy 14. It is a dangerous two-way highway, long overdue to

be widened.

Above: Members joined in the Transportation Rally.

Upper right: Sarah Jacobson (TIC), Tim Dixon (South), Tom

Mevissen (Big Lake)

Right: Members Phil Jarosz and Marlin Jensen also attended.

March 19th, active retirees Twaya McIntosh and Mike Qualy, along with young, active member Ryan Timlin,

President of St Paul RLF Bobby Kasper, showed up for the rally in front of United Hospital in St. Paul.

This was to show support for the Hastings nurses who are still fi ghting for a decent contract. The company has

refused to negotiate since.

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ATU 1005 Supports Hastings Nurses

Transit Day at the Minnesota State Capitol March 13th

Crypto Answer

MY CALM, THOUGHTFUL DOCTOR SUDDENLY BECAME ANXIOUS AND

DEMANDING. EVENTUALLY, HE LOST ALL OF HIS PATIENCE.

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Page 20Heywood Black History

ProgramFaye Brown #6331, Heywood

This year’s Black History Program 2014

was held Friday, February 28, from11:00

a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Heywood

Garage. We started this year with a new

member of our committee and emcee Randy

Robinson #9364, a 25-year veteran of Metro

Transit. He is taking over for Demetairs

Bell #9225, who is following a different

direction in transit. Those were some mighty

big shoes to fill, but Randy did a wonderful

job. Goodbye and thanks, Mr. Bell; and

hello and welcome, Mr. Robinson.

This year’s theme was building communities one block at a time, which went hand-in-hand with the visions

of our keynote speaker Devean Georges - visions of the areas we live in and their future. Devean touched on his

mission to help the youth and their parents begin building for their future. He also plans to build a complex

on Golden Valley Road and Penn Avenue in north Minneapolis, that will house families and also businesses to

help that community - and the role of sports celebrities in giving back to the community of the kids who looked

up to him and others. Devean, who attended high school in St. Louis Park, played professionally for the Los

Angeles Lakers (including in a championship) from 1999-2006, the Dallas Mavericks from 2006-2009 and the

Golden State Warriors from 2009-2010.

I spoke briefly on how Metro Transit is also part of the building process with the new LRT Green Line

opening in June, which will add to the building of communities a block at a time by bringing people to the area

to live, shop and work. It will also generate revenue for Metro Transit and the surrounding communities.

I also spoke on two of this year’s finest:

Tony Taylor #877 is a man with 35 years of service and many

distinguished awards, including the accomplishment of logging over

700,000 miles of driving. Tony was also honored with the highest award

bestowed on a driver - the Minnesota Driver of the Year Award.

Another great man is Silas

Sharp #4110, Nicollet

Garage’s Maintenance

Manager, who has logged in 50 years at Metro Transit and doesn’t

look a day older then the 28-year-old man he was when he started

- the only employee to accomplish that.

Thank you guys for giving us someone to look up to.

This year’s entertainment included one of our own: talented

Heywood Garage driver Mr. John Coleman #1315 (who can

definitely hold his own), sang the black national anthem. Very

talented Ray Covington, Jr. performed beautiful renditions of two love ballads. The DJ this year was the famous

KMOJ personality Ray Seville, who let us “get our wobble on” (that’s a dance).

Continued on p.25

Back row: L to R: Brian Lamb, Donathan Brown, Devean George

Front row: L to R: Randy Robinson, Traci Williamson, Tracey

Jackson, Tony Taylor, Faye Brown

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Green Line Update

Lisa Callahan #6716, LRT

On February 24, 2014 our first class of 20 operators arrived to learn the Green Line. At first we weren’t able to get out on the line due to snow needing to be removed from the 35W junction all along University Ave. to Lowertown. The track department worked very hard and did a nice job getting the snow cleared, and then we had other issues with signals not working, pedestrian crossings not cooperating, and many other things about the rail. The third week in, after letting management know what was happening and not happening, they started to get the ball moving in the right direction. The week of March 17, 2014 was our best week out there running non- revenue, getting everyone familiar with the Green Line. Its getting better every week.

On February 26, President Obama came to town and visited our location. It was on lockdown, so we all had to leave the building (very exciting stuff). A lot of ATU members and management were able to go see President Obama at the Union Station,

So for now we are getting out on the Green Line and seeing everything we can up to the West Bank Station. Our new pick started on April 5, and approximately 50 drivers are here, running trains at their designated picked work time (only it’s non-revenue), running the schedules just as if we were in service - so we should all be ready for the June 14, 2014 Grand Opening.

Operators - Please be more cautious than normal. It’s almost spring and people are out walking dogs and bicycling. Children are playing and people are in a hurry. Expect the unexpected from everyone and use your safety keys, your horn, whatever it takes to get people’s attention make sure they see you. Be careful and be safe.

‘Til next time - Happy Cold Spring!!!!

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Station Art on the Green Line

West Bank Station

Artist: Nancy Blum

Theme: A bird sanctuary inspired by the nearby Mississippi River Flyway for migratory birds and African

fabrics inspired by the area’s history of housing immigrants and members of the counterculture. Her concept

envisions metal birds hung on mesh stairwell and masked/sandblasted/painted/cut stairwell mesh of African

fabrics.

East Bank Station

Artist: Nancy Blum

Theme: The University of Minnesota science theme of discovery inspired her design of stainless steel

spirographs mounted on panels of the communication cabinets and mathematical equations etched into their

panels. Same designs will be visible from both sides of the center platform.

Stadium Village Station

Artist: Roberto Delgado

Theme: A theme of capturing people and places around Stadium Village is inspired by historic archival

photographs and the artist’s own photo studies of the area. He will apply cut-tiles to light columns and

communication and/or electrical cabinets clad in brick with cut-tiles inserted into cabinets in colors of the

Stadium Village Business Association and University of Minnesota. The artist uses a technique of photographs

grouped together and applied to tiles via airbrush and photo silk-screen.

Prospect Park Station

Artist: Janet Lofquist

Theme: The artist is designing a platform based on history of the area with colored concrete and finishes to

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realize the design. She will also surround columns with aluminum decorative bands, with a playful nod to the

“witch’s hat” water tower in nearby Prospect Park

West Gate Station

Artist: Andrea Myklebust and Stanton Sears

Theme: Themes of a vintage International Harvester tractor wheel and 1920s Willys-Overland car wheel are

inspired by historic industry near the site. The tractor wheel alludes to the agricultural heritage of the larger

region, and the car wheel broadly references the corridor’s transit theme. They propose a set of carved black

granite wheels to depict the tractor and car wheels, and a bronze sculptural element to depict a stack of wheels of

transit used in the corridor over time (same sculptural element at Union Depot, the two book-end or gateway of

Central Corridor LRT stations in St. Paul.) Large inset granite lettering and directional arrow reading

“Minneapolis” on the westbound platform and “St. Paul” on eastbound platform, and rumble strip on the street

surface would be placed at the border of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Raymond Station

Artist: Andrea Myklebust and Stanton Sears

Theme: Their theme and inspiration are the Red River oxcart trail that passed near the station site and

transportation from industrial business activities located in the vicinity. They propose a set of carved black

granite wheels to depict the oxcart and transportation industry and intricate artwork in a raised safety screen of

bronze wire mesh surrounding the carved granite, as well as a band of transportation scenes in relief on large

panels.

Fairview Station

Artist: Nancy Blum

Theme: Oak theme inspired by the neighborhood’s old oak forests found in its parks. The concept envisions a

glass mosaic of components of the oak tree structure. Mosaics will be on both platforms using smaller panels on

the train side and larger panels on the street side.

Snelling Station

Artist: Roberto Delgado

Theme: A theme of capturing people and places around the Snelling area is inspired by historic archival

photographs and the artist’s own photo studies of the area. The color scheme will be fairly bright, vibrant colors

as expressed in a community meeting with the artist. The artist will apply the tiles in concrete and stainless steel

light columns, which are turned at 45-degree angles. The tiles are also inset in the large panels. The artist will

use a technique of photographs grouped together and applied to tiles via airbrush and photo silk-screen.

Hamline Station

Artist: Foster Willey

Theme: The artist was inspired by the architecture of the station area and region, especially the work of the

Prairie School architects. Terracotta panels focus on architectural details, and bronze collars are added to the

light pole bases. A patterned infill railing is based on architectural details.

These are the first nine stations. The rest will be in the next article. You can also get the information from

www.metrocouncil.org greenline.

ATU

The Amalgamated Transit Union is the largest labor organization representing transit workers in the United

States and Canada. Founded in 1892, the ATU today is comprised of over 190,000 members in 264 local unions

spread across 44 states and nine provinces, including 3,000 workers at Greyhound Lines, Inc. Composed of bus

drivers, light rail operators, maintenance and clerical personnel and other transit and municipal employees, the

ATU works to promote transit issues and fi ghts for the interests of its hard-working members. For more informa-

tion visit www.atu.org.

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Retired Members’ Clubs

Northside Breakfast Club

Meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 8:30 AM. at Coon Rapids American Legion11640 Crooked Lake Blvd NW, Coon Rap-ids, MN 55433

Southside Breakfast Club Meets 8:00 a.m. the 1st Wednesday and the 4th ! ursday of each month at the VFW Post, 67th Street and Lyndale Ave. in Rich-" eld.

Metro Transit Mechanic Teammate

Meets at 12:00 p.m. the 3rd Tuesday of the month at Old Country Bu# et (by Petco), 2000 South Robert St., West St. Paul

St. Paul Retiree Lunch ClubMeets 12:00 p.m. the 2nd Wednesday of the month. Mattie’s (formerly Wells Lanes ) So. Concord St., South St. Paul 55075

If you want to join the St. Paul Retiree Club, contact one of the following: President Howard Osterkamp (651) 731-2428Vice-President Peter Lam (651) 770-8968Treasurer Paul Huber (651) 698-6551

RetirementsCongratulations to February 2014 Retirees

02/04/14 Robert Buck, MJR Lead

Stockkeeper 3000

02/04/14 George Bor, EM Op. 9404

02/15/14 Paul Thour, Nic. Mechanic

Tech.5282

02/22/14 James Burkhart, EM Op. 67199

02/22/14 William Thoreson, So. Op. 70320

02/28/14 Patrick Leach, So. Maint.Clerk 3311

Congratulations to March 2014 Retirees

3/4/2014 William Fehrman, EM Op. 1379

3/4/2014 Fred Day, So. Op. 9352

3/5/2014 Dallas Ward, Nic. Op. 1446

3/7/2014 Samuel Baker, So. Op. 9469

3/8/2014 Douglas Anderson, EM Op. 3861

3/15/2014 Kenneth Urman, EM Op. 9859

3/15/2014 Michael Hirdler, So. Op. 9263

3/26/2014 Russell Cage, FTH Op. 64366

3/31/2014 Gary Hayes, EM Op. 2259

If you have pictures or announcements of

retirements, please contact your Education

Committee member or the union office.

Bobby Logan #769 Retired on April 4 with

+38 Years of Service!

In more than 38 years of service, Bobby had 37 years of safe driving at Northside, Nicollet, Snelling and East Metro Garages.

Two of Bobby's brothers were also transit workers who have already retired.

Almost four decades a$ er putting on a green uniform to drive bus, Bobby wore it one last time on the last day of his career.

East Metro ATU Board Member Ken Dolney

congratulates Bobby on his long career.

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Dan celebrates his retirement with his wife Judy.

He is looking forward to doing a little traveling, and

spending a whole lot more time with grandkids.

Dan's hobby is playing the guitar and, in a few

weeks, he will be volunteering to play guitar at the Gil-

lette Hospital.

Dan Abramo-

wicz, ATU

Recording

Secretary/Ass't.

Business

Agent presents

Dan with a

jacket at MJR.

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Dan Hayes #9194 Retires with 22 Years of Service

Gary Hayes #2259 Retired

on March 31 after 13 Years

He is doing more reading and advancing his woodcarving skills.

Many at E.M. already know about his wonderful woodcarvings!

Gary has donated for raffl es over 18 hammers. His specialty is

caricatures.

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New TSSC Rep at South GarageTheresa Collins #1378, South

Due to the recent death of Cornelius Sykes # 847, we had to replace our

Transit Safety & Security Committee representative at South Garage. There

were four candidates in the election held on Monday, March 10: David

Nelson # 69177, Elroy David #66012, Luann Dorn #77024, and Jonathan

Jones #72343.

Prior to the election, Jonathan Jones came in on his day off from work at

4:30 a.m. and campaigned for

over ten hours. He had an

awesome homemade poster

(complete with lights), along

with flyers that he posted

throughout the South Garage.

The flyers stated all of his

experience, and mentioned why

he would be qualified for this position. His experience included

both safety and security work in transit, in the private sector, and

in law enforcement.

Jonathan was the only candidate who actually posted any

flyers, and it was impressive that he came into the garage to campaign for the position. He probably won (by a

landslide) through a combination of putting so much effort into campaigning and his long list of qualifications.

Jonathan will undoubtedly put the same amount of effort and energy into representing the South Garage dur-

ing his two-year term. Thanks, Jonathan.

You can now start looking forward to our weight loss challenge (Choose to Lose) every year because we are

getting rave reviews. We’ll start sooner so you can challenge yourself longer and achieve a more satisfying goal.

The winners of this year’s challenge were Jim Zielinski and Melissa Roberts, who won a $150 prize each.

Congratulations to you both!

Our fundraiser winners

were as follows: The

50-inch TV went to Paul

Slesor from the Overhaul

Base; the iPad Mini was

won by Cathy Taylor from

TIC; Jim Worlabah won

the $100 Visa gift card;

and there were many who

won the door prizes. We

would like to thank all the

winners and participants.

Anyone looking to purchase a video copy of the event, please contact Traci Williamson at 612-349-7413. See

you next year!

Black History continued from p.20

Ray Coverington, Jr John Coleman sang the

Black National Anthem.

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Checkpoint Charlie TimeJackie Williams #66180, MJR

The origins of Checkpoint Charlie

‘Checkpoint Charlie’ was the name given by the western allies to the best-known crossing point in the Berlin

Wall (between East and West Berlin) during the cold war, a wall erected in 1961 by the East German

government. Shortly after the wall was built, President John F. Kennedy ordered the U.S. forces to build three

checkpoints at different places in the wall, through which Diplomatic Corps and Allied forces could enter West

Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie became the most famous. The others were Alpha and Brava (A, B, and C).

For over 30 years, the checkpoint represented a divided Germany and a world of turmoil. President Ronald

Reagan was credited with the speech that included, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,” allegedly to strengthen

his political party while he was in office.

Checkpoint Charlie here at home

But let’s bring Checkpoint Charlie to the United States, then Minnesota, and then directly to Checkpoint

Charlie at the famous Mall of America. The original placement of CPC was due to the tragedy/disaster at the

Twin Towers in New York City in 2001, where many innocent lives were lost. No doubt it was extremely

necessary to beef up security everywhere. People needed to be and feel safe, especially at home.

I compare the placement and use of the CPC at the Mall of America to when I was employed as a

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent at the airport. We never checked passengers and luggage at

various ‘Checkpoint Charlie’ front entrances and left the rear exposed to terrorists. That would have been like

‘shooting fish in a barrel.’ We never directed people to park and do damage in all other areas, just not at

Checkpoint Charlie’s main entrance.

The current situation for the transportation level at the Mall of America is this:

There is some automobile parking for the ‘elite,’ and then there are delivery trucks, FedEx, tour buses, Mystic

Lake, hotel charters. All of these motorized vehicles sometimes have to wait for inspection and admittance in a

single long line. Only one lane. It’s crazy.

As buses drive from all designated routes to the M.O.A., we are stopped at Checkpoint Charlie. In most cases

we are behind a long line of cars being swabbed for traces of explosives. We are therefore detained until

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MaryJane Akin retired from MJR maintenance on Tuesday April 1st. She is looking forward to spending more

time on her home in the country. She was joined by her husband Ken.

MaryJane Akin Retires

MJR Boad member Jody Theisen, presents Mary-

Jane with a union jacket.

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Security officers swab each vehicle’s steering wheel and door handles. Once that’s done, Security walks back to

the guard house, where that swab is placed in a solution and the vehicle’s driver receives either a ‘go ahead’ or

‘rejected’ signal.

Security then walks to our driver window and requests to see our identification before raising the CPC gate.

Some drivers carry badges in our wallets or work bags. This also takes time.

Since our recovery time is precious and limited (an average of 10-12 minutes), we impatiently wait for our

bathroom break. Depending on how long the checkpoint line is, that time may never come. To stay on schedule,

we change our overhead sign and head out for another 1-1/2 hr. ride to the Brooklyn Center Transit Center. (A

total of three hours without recovery time feels like ‘cruel and unusual punishment.’)

Some important questions

Why would the MOA partially secure the main entrance and leave the rear entrance exposed and unmanned?

Are our LRT trains entering and exiting the transportation level of the Mall all day being checked, or

individuals and bags being checked for explosives or suspicious activity?

What if there are terrorists and their bombs are in the trunks of the vehicles? (As I wait behind a line of

‘suspicious’ vehicles, I have yet to see a guard order an actual trunk to be opened.) Have bomb-sniffing dogs

ever been considered? (Where are RinTinTin and the Trunk Monkey when you need them?)

With all the parking structures at the Mall, all susceptible to major damage if bombed, why is this the only

CPC-controlled area?

Some possible solutions

These circumstances pose major inconveniences for drivers. We, as drivers, are not making light of the

situation Security is involved in, but we do feel that the Corps of Engineers or whoever designed this system

needs to revisit it.

In talking with my peers, there were many solutions offered: One in particular was to have an entrance

exclusively for Metro Transit drivers since we provide the majority of resources (shoppers/employees), along

with Metro Transit’s finest (train operators). We desire and deserve some very much-needed recovery time.

We feel we should not have to dig for our identification each time we enter the CPC, since security knows

well in advance our gender, bus number, and ETA. If we lose our identification, we are detained as common

terrorists while a supervisor is brought in from some far-away area.

We feel another trip to the drawing board is warranted.

January TSSC – January 9, 2014

Jerry Langer, MJR Rep – Acting Chair

Antoinette Brasson, TCC – Management Advisor

Peter Stumme, Nicollet Rep

Idar Bilij, FTH Rep

Stewart Rudi, South Rep

Terry Zeimet, LRT

Shenghai LY, East

Christy Bailly, Bus Operations

BrendaHimrich,Safety Mike LaVine, Police

Jim Perron, LRT

Dorothy Maki, ATU

Meeting called to order

Upcoming meeting: February 13, 2014

Updates and Summaries:

• East Metro:

• None

• Rail:

• Concerned about safety for the

operators when there is an issue on the

platform.

• Jim Perron will follow up with the

RCC about what the procedure is for

when there is an issue on the platform.

• All operators should be aware of their

surroundings and know that if there is

Disclaimer: Due to format changes, these columns are not exact replicas of TSSC minutes. We cannot assure

the accuracy of all data. The exact minutes are posted after each meeting at the operating garages.

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an issue they should be careful and

follow procedure. Use good judgment.

• Bus Operations:

• Don’t use code 2000 when you need

help. Always use the radio to call TCC

for Police assistance.

• Bus Operations and Police are passing

out St. Stephen’s Outreach pamphlets

to give to homeless people on our

buses and trains.

• A lot of homeless

people ride buses and trains

because they don’t have anywhere

to go. These pamphlets have a lot

of resources for them.

• Christy Bailly will

bring the brochure to the next

meeting.

• Police:

• 2013

• 15 Felony assaults

(punch to the head or face)

• 11 arrests

• 2012 – 17 assaults, 11

arrests o Last driver assault was

November 2013 o Gross

misdemeanor

• 10 spits since the law

was changed in August

• 5 arrests o 2013

Misdemeanor Driver assault

• Coins or liquid thrown

• 47 cases

• 12 arrests o 2013

Verbal Altercations

• 57 cases

• 10 arrests o

December/January assaults were

discussed.

• Good descriptions and

as much information as possible

will be very helpful in catching

assailants.

• Safety:

• None

• Antoinette Brasson:

• Continue to working on the problem

solving items o 2014 life behind the

wheel classes

• We thought that the DOC was kids, but

based on information from Captain

LaVine I think we need to redirect our

attention to DOC in general, not

specifically kids.

We will also look at solutions o Skills and training for

operators o Assist operators with good communication

and customer service skills.

February TSSC – February 13, 2014

Antionette Brasson – Management Advisor

Jerry Langer – MJR Acting Chair

Shenghai Ly – East Metro

Peter Stumme – Nicollet

Idar Bilij- FTH

Lt. Dodge – Police

Lt-Donaldson – Police

Chad Loeffler – TCC

Brenda Himrich -Safety

James Perron – LRT

Meeting called to order

Introductions

Upcoming Meeting:

• March 13, 2014 – East Metro

Updates and Summaries:

• South Garage elections 3/10

• Can there be high traction tires in the center of

the artics to prevent jack knifing?

• Pedestrians aren’t obeying traffic signals and

are crossing against the light on and around the

U of M o Safety and St. Ops can contact

University police about enforcement.

• U of M is aware of the problem.

We’ve hired Community Service

Officers to monitor the pedestrians.

• Cars are still driving on the mall.

Police aren’t giving warnings

anymore, they are writing tickets.

• Minutes were approved

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Bus Operations:

• Emily brought St.

Stephen’s brochures for you to hand out at the garage.

Rail:

• Update:

Concerns about safety for the drivers when there is an

issue on the platform.

• All operators can hear the communication

between the RCC and the operator

involved. We don’t need to repeat it

because everyone can hear it. The operator

didn’t think the situation was very serious,

so they decided to switch cabs at the time.

• All operators should be aware of their

surroundings and know that if there is an

issue they should be careful and follow

procedure. Use good judgment.

• Third week in February we’re going to

send ops over to St. Paul and you’ll see

trains running. Safety: None

Police:

• Cell phone and operator bag thefts.

• Operators are using cell phones from

their bags and their bags and phones

are getting stolen. We suggest you

lock up your bags so you don’t

become a victim of theft.

• Keys for the 40 footers don’t work on

the artic buses. Sometimes the locks

are taped over.

• All the locks need to be the

same.

• ACTION ITEM: Antoinette

Brasson will contact Chuck

Wurzinger about the locks.

• Christy Bailly said you should

secure your bus if you need to

leave your bus and take your

stuff with us.

• ACTION ITEM: Lt.

Donaldson will issue a bulletin

regarding bag thefts.

• If your bag is stolen and you

get a new one you will be

reimbursed by MT for $50 of

what you spent. You must

submit a police report, SSR,

and a receipt for the

replacement bag to your

manager.

• Spits - 2

• Misdemeanor assaults - 4

• February o Ask Chuck for numbers

• January - 20 cell thefts

• February - 6 cell thefts

Antoinette Brasson: Continue to working on the

problem solving items

Problems:

• A lot of operators feel a high concern about

their security when it comes to non-compliant

or disruptive passengers.

a. We thought it was teenagers, but it’s

adults as well.

• Lack of info/skills in addressing customers i.e.

Customer service

• Handout: Handling Difficult Customer

Encounters

• Customer service training is happening in new

operator classes. Pam Steffen is talking to new

students

• Both the customer and the operator play a role

in the situation. Operators need training to

know how to play a positive role in these

interactions.

• Life Behind the Wheel training used to be

available for operators, but is currently on

hold. Once the green line opens up and the

program might be brought back.

• Stewart Rudi: Can we reestablish lines of

communication with the police? We would

like to have MTPD visit the garage during

different hours to speak with operators,

especially during the evening hours. It was

stated it would be SGT’s based on how things

have been redesigned and would be something

that can be looked into. We have police at the

bus line ups in downtown Minneapolis.

• There are two Transit Police beats in St. Paul

now.

• We would like the police to communicate their

role to operators in the garage.

• Next meeting we will continue discussion on

problem 1 and 2

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• Idar Bilji: We had a pilot program for the

training on the 19 line. We discussed it with

them and then we had them ride with an

instructor to see how you should handle

customers on the line.

Action items:

• ACTION ITEM: Antoinette Brasson will

contact Chuck Wurzinger about the locks.

ACTION ITEM: Lt. Donaldson will issue a bulletin

regarding bag thefts.

March TSSC – March 13, 2014

Antionette Brasson – Management Advisor

Paul Kelly – MJR

Kevin Schnyders – East Metro

Peter Stumme – Nicollet

Idar Bilij- FTH

Jonathan Jones – South

James Fischer – LRT

Christy Bailly – Bus Operations

Lt-Donaldson – Police

Brenda Himrich – Safety

James Perron – LRT Management

Meeting called to order

Upcoming Meeting:

• April 10, 2014 – FTH

Updates and Summaries:

• Cell phones and bag thefts.

o Keys on artics and 40ft aren’t working.

We could convert all the locks to be the

same. o When operators leave buses they

should take their bags with them.

Bus Operations:

• None.

Rail:

• None.

Safety:

• Right To Know will be held at South garage.

• Calendar is on Met Net home page in mid-

April. Subject is “Active Shooter”

Police:

• Assaults were discussed.

• MPS School Policy:

• No longer able to interview students at

school o The must be arrested and

then interviewed. The old was safer.

• Does the school have the authority?

• Yes, because it’s their

property.

• Yes, but Transit Police can

arrest at school.

• Police need good descriptions and

witness info from operators.

• More plain clothes police will be riding o

They will tag with an employee badge.

• The All Star Game is July 12-15 and it will

impact transit, especially LRT.

• There will be events every day

throughout downtown. o 100-150k

people daily.

“Active Shooter” video preview:

• Have a plan that you rehearse mentally.

• Provide as much information to authorities as

possible.

• Check gun threats.

• If you’re on the bus, use the silent alarm and

say “weapons” so it can be relayed to the

police.

• Video was discussed.

Antoinette Brasson: Continue to working on the

problem solving items

Problems:

• A lot of operators feel a high concern about

their security when it comes to non-compliant

or disruptive passengers.

a. We thought it was teenagers, but it’s

adults as well.

• Lack of info/skills in addressing customers i.e.

Customer service

• Handout: Handling Difficult Customer

Encounters

• Customer service training is happening in new

operator classes. Pam Steffen is talking to new

students

Both the customer and the operator play a role in the

situation. Operators need training to know how to play

a positive role in these interactions.

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strategies for bargaining and grievances, and other topics.

Presentations

Allies at Every Stop (PDF) http://www.atu.org/atu-pdfs/trainingpresentations/AlliesatEveryStop.pdf

Developing Strategy (PDF) http://www.atu.org/atu-pdfs/trainingpresentations/DevelopingStrategy.pdf

Critical Conversations: Getting People to Volunteer (PDF) http://www.atu.org/atu-pdfs/trainingpresentations/Get-

tingPeopletoVolunteer.pdf

Organizing and Raps for Leafl eting and Petitioning (PDF) http://www.atu.org/atu-pdfs/trainingpresentations/Or-

ganizingLeafl eting_Rap.pdf

Understanding Tactics (PDF) http://www.atu.org/atu-pdfs/trainingpresentations/UnderstandingTactics.pdf

Continued from p.1 ATU Training

If an MSRS participant leaves state employment-regardless of whether they leave volunarily or they are fi red,

their pension benefi t will be determined by the amount of time they have had in state employment.

If the participant requests a refund of their contrbution, or want to roll the funds out of the MSRS plan, they

will receive only their contributions and the interest that had accrued on their contributions.

If a participant is vested, they can either choose to take a refund or rollover, or wait until they reach normal

retirement age and begin taking their lifetime monthly income.

If you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to contact us directly.

Minnesota State Retirement System

1-800-657-5757

MSRS Fact

Health Assesment Dates

Employees are invited to take the HealthPartners online Health Assessment and earn a $20 gift card for doing

so between May 1 & May 31, 2014.

Below is the garage calendar, listing times and dates when 1-3 HealthPartners staff will be the garages, helping

employees take the assessment using laptops and iPads. Of course employees can take the assessment on their

own if they wish, using a work or home computer.

May 1 8-10am and 2:30-4pm East Metro Garage

May 5 8-10am and 2:30-4pm Heywood Garage

May 6 8-10am and 2:30-4pm MJR Garage

May 7 8-10am and 2:30-4pm Nicollet Garage

May 8 8-10am and 2:30-4pm South Garage

May 12 9-11:30am Overhaul Base

May 13 8-10am and 2:30-4pm East Metro Garage

May 14 8-10am and 2:30-4pm Heywood Garage

May 15 8-10am and 2:30-4pm MJR Garage

May 19 8-10am and 2:30-4pm Nicollet Garage

May 20 2:30-4pm South Garage

May 21 8-10am South Garage

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Save the Date

ATU 1005 Picnic

Sunday, August 10, 201411a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Prize drawing

3:00-3:30 p.m.

Battle Creek Park

2300 Upper Afton Rd.

Maplewood

Magic Show,

Clowns, Face

Painters, Games,

Infl atable Jumper!

Food provided:

Hamburgers, Hot

Dogs, Turkey &

Veggie Burgers,

Baked Beans, Chips and Water! Please bring a

salad or dessert to share.

Chance to win many

door prizes such as

T.V., Tablets, IPods,

Union Letterman

jackets, gift cards and

more!!

Volunteers will be needed to work

in 1-hour increments

CALL DOROTHY 612/379-2914

[email protected]


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