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Article: LTD, union request help of mediator.(Transportation)(Contract issues still unresolved include wages, retirement benefits and health coverage)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2007
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Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard
Wages, health insurance and retirement benefits are the biggest unresolved issues standing in the way of a new contract for Lane Transit District's unionized workers, according to a letter requesting the help of a state mediator.
LTD and the Amalgamated Transit Union sent the joint letter to the state Employment Relations Board on Monday. State mediator Bob Nightingale said Tuesday that a mediation backlog means he may not be able to meet with the parties until November.
The letter suggests the parties are not that far apart on major issues. For example, LTD is proposing wage increases totaling 3.25 ...