From the newly redesigned
Chicago Citizen Newspaper website:
While issues about supervision, maintenance, and instruction were among the hot-button items addressed at a regularly scheduled union meeting for CTA bus operators, controversy was brewing over whether the agency was in violation of a union contract between bus operators and the agency. More than 400 part-time CTA bus operators expressed concerns about being overworked and underpaid. The meeting was held on Monday and hosted by the Amalagamated Local Transit Union 241 at its headquarters located on 1340 W. Washington.
Union representatives said the contract allows for part-time CTA bus operators to work up to 30 hours a week. However, those hours are not guaranteed under the terms of the contract. Right now, part-timers are currently working six days a week, with one day off. The day off is considered a rotating day.
Union President and Business Agent Darrell Jefferson said there are some part-timers in the system who routinely perform over 100 hours each pay period when they are supposed to work only 32 hours weekly, which means they are being treated like full-timers, he explained. With eight CTA garage locations and with employees working those hours, CTA is already being staffed with the 80 part-timers at a reduced cost, he stated. By enforcing the contract, Jefferson said it will compel CTAto treat parttime bus operators as part-time employees and at the same time, allow full-time employees to take advantage of overtime pay.
In addition, right now, Jefferson is calling for the CTA to allow parttime workers to choose their own schedules. “That is on the table and it has been on (the table) for quite some time. We have received no movement from the other side because that’s not to their advantage,” he said.
Jefferson said that there is an agreement with CTA and the union that will transition part-time workers into full-time positions on an as needed basis. “Right now, we know that there’s at least 170 full-time slots that need to be filled but Ron Huberman (CTA President) has decided to freeze everything and so he’s not transitioning the parttimers.”
Oh and here's more
about job cuts at the CTA from the Citizen.
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