Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 officials announced May 22
that they have reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract
covering Bend Area Transit workers employed by Paratransit Services,
the contractor that runs public transit for the City of Bend.
The union has scheduled a ratification vote on June 6.
Details of the tentative agreement, which will cover approximately
40 Bend Area Transit and Dial-A-Ride drivers, dispatchers and customer
service representatives, were not known at press time.
Bend Area Transit and Dial-A-Ride employees voted to join ATU Local
757 in early 2007. They have been bargaining with Paratransit Services
for about nine months.
ATU Local 757 represents transit workers in over 20 Oregon cities
and counties, ranging from Tri-Met in Portland to communities smaller
than Bend.
