{"id":335659,"date":"2010-02-18T12:56:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T17:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/cta-unions-to-meet-on-possible-concessions-2"},"modified":"2010-02-18T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T17:56:04","slug":"cta-unions-to-meet-on-possible-concessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/335659","title":{"rendered":"CTA, unions to meet on possible concessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16186\" title=\"CTA-service-cuts-bus-stop\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/CTA-service-cuts-bus-stop1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>CHICAGO\u00a0 &#8211;<strong> <\/strong>The CTA and its unions now expect to meet Friday to discuss possible concessions that would allow service to be restored and laid-off employees recalled.<\/p>\n<p>CTA Chairman Terry Peterson set up the meeting in a mid-afternoon phone call Wednesday with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. <span id=\"more-20008\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But Peterson said he made it clear to Rev. Jackson that what CTA&#8217;s operating unions have offered in the way of concessions won&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We actually have gone through it point by point,&#8221; Peterson said.\u00a0 &#8220;It would actually cost the agency $78 million on top of the $95 million deficit that we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peterson said he would be pleased to defer next year&#8217;s pay increase until July, and would like to extend the existing contract to freeze pay in 2012 and 2013, as proposed by the union.\u00a0 But he said he needs $95 million in savings in 2010, and a pay freeze two years out won&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p>CTA distributed a 10-page response given to the unions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Among the items proposed by the unions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Substitution of the existing CTA requested days off policy for furlough days would cost CTA $1 million instead of saving it $20 million, as anticipated by the unions.<\/li>\n<li>Deferral of 2011 pay increase until July 2011 would save CTA nothing this year, although it would save $12.7 million in 2011, more than the union&#8217;s own estimate.<\/li>\n<li>The savings from a pay freeze in 2012 and 2013 were not calculated by CTA, but Peterson said they would save nothing this year; the union estimates the savings down the line at $55 million.<\/li>\n<li>Prohibiting security personnel from performing customer assistant duties would cost CTA $23.3 million a year.<\/li>\n<li>Restoring conductor positions would cost CTA $37 million a year.<\/li>\n<li>Elimination of maintenance management positions at bus garages would cost CTA more than $600,000 a year instead of saving $1.2 million.<\/li>\n<li>Elimination of other bus operations management positions would cost CTA $500,000 instead of saving the $2.4 million anticipated by the union.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peterson spoke with WBBM several hours after the unions renewed their accusations that service cuts and layoffs were made in an unfair fashion, a charge CTA has consistently denied.<\/p>\n<p>Amalgamated Transit Union Division 241 Executive Board member Michael Taylor, whose local represents CTA bus drivers and maintenance personnel, said CTA had no reliable figures on which to base Southeast Corridor cuts because no audit of the service had been done in seven years.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson called the accusation a &#8220;distraction&#8221; from efforts to resolve their differences.<\/p>\n<p>A CTA spokesperson said service has been reviewed on much of the south and west sides far more recently than that, and said service is &#8220;tweaked&#8221; quarterly throughout the CTA system.<\/p>\n<p>CTA again contended that its service cuts passed a Title VI review by the Federal Transit Administration and other federal regulators for fairness, and said it still believes all sides of town are sharing equally in the sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bob Roberts reporting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a title=\"CTA, unions to meet on possible concessions\" href=\"http:\/\/wbbm780.com\/content_page.php?contentType=4&amp;contentId=5606207\"  rel='nofollow'>WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8c6jPmTB0UQPryOZRUBGnt4Yi5o\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8c6jPmTB0UQPryOZRUBGnt4Yi5o\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8c6jPmTB0UQPryOZRUBGnt4Yi5o\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/8c6jPmTB0UQPryOZRUBGnt4Yi5o\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=cFzcESlusYU:KuJ44AeBzGY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=cFzcESlusYU:KuJ44AeBzGY:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=cFzcESlusYU:KuJ44AeBzGY:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=cFzcESlusYU:KuJ44AeBzGY:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/cFzcESlusYU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO\u00a0 &#8211; The CTA and its unions now expect to meet Friday to discuss possible concessions that would allow service to be restored and laid-off employees recalled. CTA Chairman Terry Peterson set up the meeting in a mid-afternoon phone call Wednesday with the Rev. Jesse Jackson. But Peterson said he made it clear to Rev. 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