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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Is Trimet safe?

 documentary from 2013

https://youtu.be/Yi71o-tPxWg

Candidates for ATU757 office

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Why I am against Powell BRT

http://rantingsofatrimetbusdriver.blogspot.com/2016/01/why-i-am-against-trimet-brt.html

The "Trimet management cult"

The people that are in "leadership" positions operate in an atmosphere of complete autonomy and zero accountability.The various state and federal agencies that do business with Trimet cover for any of the "bad publicity" that may befall the "leadership". The "Trimet Board" is nothing but a group of sock puppets set up to make sure that Mcfarlane has the necessary cover to impose his agenda.

Neil Mcfarlane is the leader of the Trimet management cult. He has hired the various henchmen to take all the measures available to achieve his goals. It was Mr Mcfarlane who declared war on his union employees by publicly proclaiming that they had "the richest benefits in the country" which was a total and complete lie. This turned the public against the front line workers and this continues to this very day.  Yes the union employees had some of the best health care but they also  had lower wages than their west coast counterparts. Furthermore Trimet union retirees have much lower cash payments than other Oregon public employees covered by PERS. All these things were conveniently ignored by the mainstream media as Mcfarlane made war on his employees.  McFarlane also stole  $1 million in raises for himself and his henchmen while cutting union workers benefits, cutting direct services, and raising fares all the while pleading that Trimet was in dire financial straights. (that $1 million compounds each and every year so basically he stole much more than $1 million) The Oregon Secretary of State covered for his illegal behavior with a phony 'audit'. The phony sock puppets called the "Trimet board of directors" participated in  deceiving the public and the employees in his theft. Mcfarlane also ignored court orders to return illegally withheld funds from employee paychecks. This is just a small sampling of the deviousness of the man in charge.

When Mcfarlane realized that his reputation was going to be tarnished by his public attack on the employees he hired known "hit man" Randy Stedmen who has a long history of union busting and rolling over people.  Stedmen has been true to his character and acted like the tyrant he was billed to be. A man who's word means nothing continues running interference so that Mcfarlane can jet around the country and play his phony role as "transit leader"

Shelly Lomax, an uneducated and frumpy woman probably never dreamed that she would move up so far in her career . She might be uneducated but she has a superior IQ and she is instrumental along with Stedmen in terrorizing employees that she doesn't like or that don't fit into her idea  of what a Trimet employee should be. She is  a selfish careerist who hides away in her office located behind locked doors at Trimet Headquarters directing her hand picked "station managers" in methods to harass the employees.

There are numerous other employees involved with the Trimet management cult but these are the three main characters that terrorize and conspire against Trimet's unionized workforce

Best of Trimet dispatch-backup

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: 2014 has been a disaster for Trimet union members

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: ATU757 CAMPAIGN POSTERS

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: Who I am voting for in the upcoming ATU757 election and why

Another day on Trimet MAX

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: Trimet needs bus drivers!

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: Trimet needs bus drivers!

ATU757 CANDIDATES

Does Trimet intentionally cheat union employees out of wages?

It is alleged that Trimet has intentionally created a situation where Trimet operators don't get paid for extra  time at the job which is not included in the schedule

This has been accomplished by a lack of information to operators and cumbersome procedures that end up discouraging operators from claiming wages that they are due

This unpaid time actually amounts to millions of dollars over the years.

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: OPAL MEMBERS FINALLY FED UP WITH THE TRIMET BOARD OF DIRECTORS

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: OPAL MEMBERS FINALLY FED UP WITH THE TRIMET BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TRIMET: A QUESTION OF ETHICS

The mainstream media enjoys running stories about transit snafus, especially the mistakes that bus and rail operators fall into. Bus operator is one of the most misunderstood professions in America. Its very easy to make mistakes when operating a transit vehicle.

What the mainstream media hardly gives any notice to is the behavior and foul ups of the people running the bureaucracy. Very few stories appear in the mainstream about management screw ups

And there has been no comprehensive coverage looking deep into management culture at Trimet.
This article looks at some of the stories that concern the executive culture at Trimet

The  question that should be asked is can we trust the people in charge of our transit system to do the right thing?

The short answer is no:

Trimet historical statistics

History of TriMet economic trends
History of TriMet fixed-route costs and ridership
History of TriMet LIFT costs and ridership
TriMet long-term on-time and collision trends
TriMet long-term financial trends
TriMet long-term ridership trends

Testimonies in front of Trimet board by ATU members

Testimonies to Trimet Board-Feb 2014 from al m on Vimeo.

TRIMET SCANNER GETS IT RIGHT (again)

Trimet scanner called the fail an hour before it actually happened

Fail predicted at 6:39pm

Fail actually happened at 7:23pm

Trimet announces failure at 7:42pm

SOME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE I HAVE MET OR HAVE INFLUENCED ME SINCE WORKING AT TRIMET

VIDEO

AL M TESTIMONIES TO THE TRIMET BOARD

BLOGGER AND TRIMET CRITIC LANE JENSEN THROWN IN JAIL BY TRIMET OFFICIALS

STORY HERE!

UNDER REPORTED STORIES ON TRIMET FROM THE LAST 2 YEARS

NEIL "MAD MAX" MCFARLANE IS THE FOOL ON THE HILL
  When values become buzzwords | MAX FAQs 
 Mcfarlane's massive con game on the employees and public 
2012 Milliman Medical Index - Milliman Insight

Aaron Mesh of the Willamette week provides an articulate explanation of the issues in Lane Jensen vs Trimet

He does two interviews, one on conservative talk radio the other on liberal talk radio

TRIMET FIGURES OUT HOW TO SHUT UP LANE JENSEN

LANE JENSEN ARRESTED
Lane goes overboard
Lane Jensen apologized to Trimet executives
THE POLICE STATE LOCKS UP LANE JENSEN
  POLICE STATE UPDATE
  Make Him Learn
  LANE JENSEN WAS SET UP
  VERY LIVELY TWITTER DEBATE ABOUT LANE GOING ON
 CLASSIC TWEETS-MEET OUR LEGAL SYSTEM

LISTEN LIVE TO THE TRIMET SCANNER FEEDS

Listen to buses HERE

Listen to Light Rail HERE!

VANCOUVER POLITICIANS MAKE SECRET DEAL WITH TRIMET-CITIZENS ARE ANGRY

THE NOW FAMOUS MAX GOING DOWN THE TRACK WITH DOOR OPEN

UNREAL !

Portland Transit Lane's Lane Jensen speaks 3 times at todays trimet board meeting

LANE JENSEN SPEAKS 3 TIMES AT THE BOARD MEETING from al m on Vimeo.

THE FOOL ON THE HILL

Created by the TRANSIT EQUITY COOALITION

'MAD MAX' MCFARLANE from al m on Vimeo.

TRIMET BICYCLE REPRESENTATIVE AND VETERAN TIM MULLIGAN HAS MESSAGE FOR NEIL

CLICK HERE

ATU 757 SUFFERS HUGE SETBACK-JEFF ACKERSON RESIGNS

I have been informed that the union representative that worked with me for years fighting Trimet tyranny has resigned his position due to a dispute with other union leaders. This is a huge disappointment to me personally and once again makes me question the leadership of our union. One of the best spokesmen for the union is forced to resign due to the union. It needs to be pointed out here that our union has failed us miserably. All though ATU has won various court rulings none of those victories have culminated in anything for its members except for the COLA ruling. Granted that TRIMET has no problem using tax payer funds to continually appeal every single ruling and is obstructionist as well as  devious in its methods, the employees and retirees are paying more for less and it appears there is nothing the union can do about any of it. TRIMET holds all the cards true, but there has to be some way to get to them to be more reasonable with this contract negotiation. Sometimes I wonder if the union leaders have the same mindset as the Trimet executives; I HAVE MINE YOU GET YOURS. Nevertheless the loss of Jeff Ackerson is a huge blow to union members and being at the hands of other union leaders it brings into question their judgement. ATU 757 is not the union leaders personal property any more than TRIMET is the personal property of the trimet execs. Both sets of leaders appear to think otherwise

LANE JENSEN FIGHTS THE POWER

power from al m on Vimeo.

EXLUSIONS AND HEARINGS ON LINE

Hearing Decisions

THE TRUE STORY OF TRIMET

CLICK HERE!

THE SHAME OF TRIMET

RANTINGS OF A FORMER TRIMET BUS DRIVER: JUST RIDICULOUS THAT TRIMET CAN'T GET THESE TO WORK

KOIN'S JEFF GIANOLA TAKES ON TRIMET EXECUTIVE PORK AND SECRET RAISES

 This is a list of all the stories and commentary on the KOIN hard hitting investigation on Trimet Pork and the executive raises that were handed out at the exact same time that those same executives cut bus service to low income riders!

The series created a fire storm with Trimet denying responsibility (did you expect anything else from them) and numerous Trimet fans screaming "unfair" because of various technicalities.

The bottom line on Gianola's report is it exposed wasteful and bloated executive  management  at the Portland transit agency. 

It is one of the absolute best investigative series on Trimet in the history of television reporting on the subject.

BEST comment on the Joe Rose Ticket machine fiasco

CLICK HERE!

SUNSET BOB HAS LEFT THE ROOM

THE REAL STORY OF THE DEPARTURE OF SUNSET BOB
Sunset Bob made pals with the KOIN TV news crew
THE END OF SUNSET BOB
PUNKRAWKER VISITS SUNSET BOB
Sunset Bob vs Tom Cord
SUNSET BOB SHUT DOWN!

Jared Franz of OPAL says 'this budget cannot be approved'

CLICK HERE!

John Charles says Trimet board members should be in jail

CLICK HERE!

TRIMET LOSES UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE

Click Here!

TRIMET BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAY RAISES ARE GREAT

These board members seem immune from any public sentiment.
The entire public is outraged but these clueless Trimet board members seem oblivious to the firestorm.
Talk about disconnected!

Lap dog Sweitzer admits board knew of raises and agree with them
Lap dog Prosser says raises are good
Lap dog 'sleepy' Bethel says raises should have been higher

Mcfarlane dragging down Trimet into oblivion

This man has done so much damage, has acted with so much arrogance, its absolutely astounding.
The board of directors has shown over and over they care nothing about the public or the employees of Trimet.
It's a scene from a Fellini movie its so absurd. Yet there he sits, still in charge.
He has wandered into fraud territory by yanking raises out of the contingency budget.
The man has the ethic of an international banker, all about him and his circle of hacks.
This is a list of all the most recent articles:

THE FOUR BEST PRODUCTIONS ON THE TRIMET BUDGET

FEARSOME FOURSOME TAKE ON THE TRIMET BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TRIMET DRIVER CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT-Mult Cty Case No. 1301-00923.

This is an issue that affects all Trimet drivers. You can make your claim for payment from this class action lawsuit by filing these two pieces of paperwork. Trimet cannot retaliate against any Trimet employee for joining this suit. (If you don't sign up as a plaintiff you get nothing if the case comes in for us)
Former driver and TriMet watchdog files lawsuit against agency

JOE ROSE COMES OUT FOR A RIDE ON THE 67

On the 67, Ep 2, Pt 1, Special Guest Joseph Rose On the 67, Ep 2, Pt 2, Special Guest Joseph Rose On the 67, Ep 2, Pt 3, Special Guest Joseph Rose

DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE DOES ODE TO TRIMET

DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE DOES ODE TO TRIMET from al m on Vimeo.

EXECS BREAK THE LAW

TRIMET EXECUTIVES SANCTIONED FOR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR

I MAKE WILLAMETTE WEEK

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