TWU Internet Grievance System
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Version 2.3 (07/11/2010 5:00PM) |
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TWU LOCAL 200 OFFICERS |
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President - Reginald McCray
Secretary/Treasurer - Paul Lee
Recording Secretary - Kailey Wong
1st VicePresident- Candace Wilcher
2nd Vice President - Johnnie Clark
3rd Vice President - Joseph Abad
Transit Managers Rep - Ayn Antonio
Office Manager - Sharon Ravarra
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TWU Local 200 |
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Local 200 represents supervisory, managerial and
professional employees of the City and County of San
Francisco.
Local 200 members work in a variety of jobs
serving the people of
San Francisco.
»San Francisco Municipal Railway
»San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
»San Francisco City Attorney's Office
»San Francisco Office of
Citizen Complaints
»San Francisco Public Library
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News |
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TWU Local 200 Letter to Mike Helms on General Sign-up
Click Here Court Appeal Case
Final Decision
Click Here
SFMTA 2010 Contract Negotiations Minutes
Click here
Ratification Vote on TA
YES - 71
NO - 78
Jacalyn Pitcher
Election Coordinator
June 21, 2010
CONTRACT TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
TWU L200 & SFMTA
(Click here)
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Retirement Luncheon for SFMTA Superintendents
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A luncheon was held to honor 4 retiring SFMTA superintendents on June 24, 2010 at the Pete’s Tavern at King Street in San Francisco, California. The retirees were Kathy Forrester from Street Operations, Madeline Harris from Flynn Division, George Louie from Potrero Division and Robert Louie from Woods Division. David Hill, Director of Transit for SFMTA led the program by giving them certificates from Mayor Gavin Newsom and plaques from SFMTA. The retirement luncheon was organized by Mary Travis Allen, Senior Operations Manager and Ayn Antonio, Superintendent from Kirkland Division. The event was attended by about 90 families and friends from the SFMTA.
(Click here for images) |
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UNION PRIDE! JACKETS FOR SALE! |
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Members who would like to purchase TWU Local 200 jackets are welcome to put in your orders at the union office.
Please indicate your name and size. You can also order by calling the office and leaving your message.
The cost of the jacket is $200.00. Sizes range from
M, L, XL XXL, XXXL. |
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Introducing
American Income Life:
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A True Friend of Labor
TWU Local 200 would like to introduce its members to American Income Life Insurance Company (AIL). Established and growing since 1951, its dedication to working people has made it the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. It has earned the respect of Unions nationwide because it is a 100% wall-to-wall Union Label insurance company.
A letter will be sent out this month to all members of Local 200 informing them of our Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage provided to our members at ‘No Cost’ by AIL. Included with this letter will be an enrollment card and we ask that each member and retiree fill out and mail back the postage-paid card within ten days in order to receive the “No Cost” benefits.
NOTE: These supplemental benefits do not conflict with or replace any benefits currently provided by Local 200, but are offered in addition to them.
The AD&D coverage is automatic for all members and retirees, however, you must return the yellow enrollment card to receive your AD&D Policy and designate your beneficiary, as well as, receive information about other programs and services.
Here are some of the many reasons why AIL is the Insurance Company of choice for Unions:
1. It supports the union movement both in deeds and words. AIL contributed $100,000 to help defeat Proposition 226 in California.
2. Premiums are waived for members holding AIL policies while the insured member is on an authorized strike. Those members never have to pay those premiums back. AIL is the only insurance company with strike waiver.
3. AIL maintains a food bank for union families in need.
4. AIL representatives are active in union activities. They promote a “Be Union – Buy Union” philosophy and have been cited as an all-Union Company by the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades Department.
5. AIL is very active in voter registration drives with Local Unions.
6. AIL supports pro-labor candidates and legislation.
7. AIL provides scholarships, strike relief and supports many worthwhile pro-union community causes.
American Income Life looks forward to working with the membership of Local 200 while giving them a union choice for their insurance needs. For any additional information please contact Mark Gagliardi, our representative at American Income Life, at (925) 698-0719. Do not call the Union office. |
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Board of Supervisors May 12th Hearing |
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From “BeyondChron”
Direct link: http://www.beyondchron.org
Ammiano and McGoldrick Side with Elsbernd on MUNI Fares
Alison Stevens Rodrigues 13.MAY.05
This Friday the 13th brings unsettling news from Thursday's Budget and Finance Committee meeting that is
anything but superstition.
At the hearing to consider the Municipal Transportation Authority's Annual Budget for the fiscal year 2005-
2006, four of the five Supervisors agreed that $4.6 million (nearly half) of the newly discovered $9.2 million
should go toward reducing parking fees and fines. It's not surprising that Supervisor Fiona Ma sided with the
notoriously conservative Supervisor Sean Elsbernd to push the issue forward. But that both Supervisors Tom
Ammiano and Jake McGoldrick, traditionally progressive voices on MTA issues, joined Elsbernd in redirecting
money to car owners rather than Muni riders, shocked fare hike opponents.
The "finding" this week of an extra $9.2 million, mainly revenue from property and other taxes, led transit
advocates to believe that these funds would be used to stop the proposed upcoming fare hike, help avoid
service cuts, and make it easier to keep 150 Muni employees from being laid off.
But expectations that the Supervisors would follow that approach were not met.
At 11 a.m. Ammiano began the hearing by saying he wanted to help both MTA and "the people of San
Francisco," and that the two should not be mutually exclusive.
Unless "the people of San Francisco" are exclusively car drivers who will benefit from the reduction in parking
fees and fines, then Supervisor Ammiano's subsequent vote to allocate none of the new money to offset the fare
hike among riders who are not youth, seniors or disabled conflicted with this statement.
Supervisor Chris Daly was the only dissenter on the committee. Daly, like the majority of the 30 or so members
of the public that attended the hearing, was confused and angered by the outcome.
Early in the preceding Daly cautioned against not addressing the public about decisions on what to do with the
money, but to no avail.
In his own defence Muni chief Michael Burns said any and all future decisions on how to spend the $9.2 million
will be based on four or five months of public input, but that for now, the issue of possible spending is up for
general discussion.
"No one [from the public] got to address it though," said Sarah Norr, a member of the community group
Coalition for Transit Justice. "They did this all of a sudden. There was no discussion."
The Supervisors other than Daly were clearly swayed by Burns' insistence that there would be even more
financial setbacks if the board did not push for the parking fee and fine reductions. This was followed by
Elsbernd strong-arming his colleagues to push the ordnances forward.
As Fran Taylor, local activist, pointed out, the hearings come on the heels of the Texas Transportation Institute's
publication of their 2005 Urban Mobility Report, which indicates that Bay Area drivers on average waste 72
hours a year (beyond normal commuting hours) sitting in traffic.
After Los Angeles, the Bay Area has the worst traffic congestion in the United States, a country where, in
2003, clogged roads caused 3.7 billion hours of travel delay and 23 billion gallons of wasted fuel, according to
the report.
To help curb the congestion, researchers Tim Lomax and David Schrank, who wrote the report, site possible
solutions, including building more roads, adjusting commuting time and reducing traffic, and changing the way
commercial, office and residential developments occur.
They did not suggest decreasing parking fees or fines – actions that are likely to contribute to congestion, not
inhibit it.
"We should increase the cost of owning and operating a car," suggested Green Party member Sue Vaughn.
"This would encourage people to use public transportation, thereby decreasing congestion, pollution, and global
warming."
As it stands, the chief beneficiaries of the new money are car owners, who have already saved hundreds and
even thousands of dollars from the Governor's 2003 elimination of increases to the vehicular license fee.
Although Democrats opposed this reduction, San Francisco city officials appear to be similarly putting the
interests of car owners ahead of lower income MUNI riders.
For those dependent on MUNI, Friday the 13th came a day early. |
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