SF MTA Head "disappointed and perplexed" By Muni Drivers' Rejection Of Concessions Intended To Restore Service

I ride Muni, and I vote. I can't wait to correct this mistake in November. These thugs need to be put in their place.

You know, I didn't like the outcome of the Lt. Governor's race. Let's revote.

Dear Nat Ford, I don't pay you $300k to be 'perplexed'.

So the Mayor and SF MTA head are both calling for an immediate re-vote? This WAS the re-vote.

It's time that the Mayor stop looking to blame the operators for the cause of, and the sole solution to this deficit and call on the business community to buck up and pay their fair share for the transportation that gets their workers to their jobs. The working population did not cause the global economic crisis and should not be expected to bear the entire responsibility of fixing it.

Mr. Ford should show willing as well and take a 10% paycut on his (by most people's standard's) HUGE $300K+ salary ...

If Lum is signing off on this, why aren't rank and file? So this is the second time that rank and file have voted down a proposal... does this mean that Irwin Lum is out of touch with his prols? Or that the TWU is negotiating in bad faith? Did Lum even bring the proposal to the rank and file? Quite frankly, I'd be perplexed too if I was in the same situation. Something smells, and this time it ain't Nat Ford.

See also:

http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/02/17/muni-operators-union-didnt-do-enough-to-inform-members-about-proposal/

What smells is that TWU executive board is not listening to it's members.

By the way, Lum is AWOL

Muni workers won't consent to having to work 40 hours a week before collecting overtime. Just wanted to restate how WACK that is.

@supertamsf, not entirely WACK. The law requires OT for hours over 8 in a single work shift or for hours over 40 in a single work week. I used to work part time at a place that was open very late one night per week. I worked 6 hours for 3 shifts, and 10 hours on that one night, so I got OT for a couple of hours even though I usually averaged 28 hours a week. I think you even get double time for hours over 12 in a single shift.

Still, I don't think it is unreasonable to try and limit OT pay right now by getting rid of the 8 hour requirement. Management could potentially abuse this and put everyone on 11.5 hour shifts, which I would not support as it makes for tired operators. But if a set of bus trips requires 8.5 hours to staff properly, it would be nice for that to be an option that doesn't require OT.