文档介绍：TRANSIT LABOR
OUTLINE
1. General Transit Labor Context
2. Labor-Management Innovations
(source: Harsh Jr., W, "Innovative Labor-Management Practices.”
TCRP Project F-2, Final Report, 1995)
3. Typical Operator Contract Terms
4. Part-Time Operators
(This discussion is heavily based on TCRP Report 68: "Part-Time
Transit Operators: The Trends and Impacts," by Charles River
Associates, 2001.)
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General Transit Labor Context in the US
• Transit labor is heavily unionized: ATU, TWU, UTU,
Teamsters
• Union structure is important at national and local levels
• Labor protection clause in Federal legislation: 13(c)
• Protection of private operators from subsidized
competition
• Traditionally adversarial relations between Labor and
Management
• Labor side in large city contract negotiations has
generally been more effective
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The Range of Labor-Management Innovations
Category Criteria
Collective Bargaining Joint determination of wages
and working conditions
Quality of Work Life Quality of Work Life, Quality Circles,
and Working Conditions,
Employee Involvement Employee Involvement
Work Redesign, Autonomous Teams,
Socio-technical Systems, Semi-autonomous Teams,
Self-Directed Work Teams Socio-technical Work Systems
High-Involvement Teams
Labor-Management Partnership Labor-Management Cooperation,
and Joint Labor-Management Structures,
Co-determination mittees, Employee
Involvement/Participation,
Employee Ownership
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Top- and Bottom-Ranked Challenges
to Transit Practitioners
TOP CHALLENGES
Rank Challenge
1 Relationships with Customers
2 Obtaining Government Funding
3 Improving Quality of Operations and Service
4 Improving Operating Efficiency
5 Building mitment
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