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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Politics KC Metro Union Agrees to Forgo Raises

Posted by Cienna Madrid on Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:48 PM

The union representing approximately 3,800 King County Metro, light rail, and streetcar employees has tentatively agreed to a new three-year contract with the county that excludes a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for the first year, which will save approximately $7.8 million in county transit funds in 2011. (These savings will be crucial next spring as KC Metro drafts its biennial budget for 2012-2013). To date, roughly 10,000 of the county's 11,000 unionized workers have agreed to waive their COLA for next year in light of the county's budget problems.

“This tentative agreement to forgo a cost-of-living increase for 2011 represents a significant commitment on the part of the union that represents the County’s largest bargaining unit,” said King County Executive Constantine in a statement released today.

“We have reached a tentative agreement that we feel we can take to our membership with a ‘do-pass’ recommendation,” said Paul J. Bachtel, President of the union chapter. The full terms of the contract settlement will be disclosed to union members at a closed-door meeting in November.

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Forego.

Jebus.

Posted by HelpMeJebus on October 28, 2010 at 4:37 PM

Money wasted on planning a tunnel that cannot be built:

$250 million

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on October 28, 2010 at 5:08 PM

Sadly, @2 is correct.

They can't get enough voters to approve that insane tunnel no matter how hard they try to slice it - if they do a City vote they can't get support, if they do a County vote they can't get support, and if they do a Statewide vote they'll be lucky to get 20 pct of the required vote.

Posted by Will in Seattle