Metro Teamster #11
Inflation means we took a pay cut The 2022-2024 contract voted on in 2021 included raises that were 2.5%, 2% and 2% for each year. In normal times, people are happy with something like 3%. But, the ink was hardly dry on this contract before record inflation took off and obliterated those raises. The Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) puts out a Consumer Price Index (CPI) chart that sets the maximum Act 10 unions can bargain for in a year. (Transit workers are not subject to Act 10, but it is still a helpful metric. For 2022,…
Keep readingFlushing Promises
By Bob S The transfer points were built in 1998 with sewer, water, and electricity. The original plans were to have toilets installed. Those promises were flushed, and the money was spent on another project. Currently, we are being told that Metro has us covered. Trust the process. I’m feeling challenged by these words. We were told to use businesses. The time it takes to walk to a company can take time away from serving riders and keeping on schedule. Bathroom availability on Holidays, weekends, early mornings, and late nights has been limited or non-existent. Hydration is…
Keep readingMetro Teamster #9
This is the online edition of the print newsletter we circulate at Metro. Teamsters 695 Election: Ballots NEXT WEEK Elections for our union’s officers are this fall. Ballot are being mailed Friday, 9/30 and will start arriving the first week of October. This is a critical election: our local’s officers choose and direct our Business Agents, decide on union policy, decide if and when to hold meetings, and set the tone of how our union acts. This election is your chance as a Teamster member to choose: your vote is your voice. The choice is between status…
Keep readingMetro Teamster #8
Big Management Expansion: More $$ At the Top New Metro General Manager Justin Stuehrenberg is giving Metro a management restructure — bumping up General Supervisors to Managers and creating a set of super-managers above them in each department. The reasoning is that Metro is gonna expand and have multiple sites and BRT. Til now, each department has had one Manager (Chris in Ops, Butler and now Erica in the Shop, Mick in Marketing, and Jennifer in Finance). The restructure means they’re promoting every General Supervisor (Phil & Jennifer in Ops; Fink in the Shop; Jessy in Marketing)…
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REBUILD Teamsters Local 695 