Remember, we are still looking for a list manager for the TC-Metro list. If you have questions about what the job entails, please feel free to contact me at:
Tim Erickson 651-643-0722 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bus strike is more than inconvenience for some by Brandt Williams, Minnesota Public Radio March 11, 2004
http://news.mpr.org/features/2004/03/11_williamsb_commuter/
"The eight day old Metro Transit bus strike has forced tens of thousands of bus commuters to find other ways to get around. For most commuters the alternatives to buses are merely inconvenient and costly. But for some bus riders the strike is more than an inconvenience, it threatens their ability to earn a living."
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Bus driver couldn't risk it http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/8165589.htm Retirement eligibility is at the core of Metro Transit strike labor dispute BY JULIE FORSTER
"After hip surgery and considering the battery of pills he takes for high blood pressure, Henry Baltes, 65, decided he couldn't gamble with his health care.
As he closed in on his 10th year as a Metro Transit bus driver, he quit in order to lock in retiree health care benefits because he worried about losing them in contract negotiations with the Metropolitan Council."
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Somalis stranded by bus strike http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4657351.html Chao Xiong, Star Tribune
"This time of the month, Osman Ismail usually starts gathering victuals for his pantry: milk, orange juice, spaghetti, eggs and a variety of sauces.
On Wednesday morning, the 81-year-old Cedar-Riverside resident sat swathed in a black trench coat and an equally dark mood in the office of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota (CSCM). His gripe? A dwindling food supply and no bus service to get him to Cub."
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METRO TRANSIT STRIKE: Health benefit a cut above http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/8165110.htm BY MIKE HUGHLETT
"So are striking Twin Cities bus drivers pampered public employees with bloated pay and a "Cadillac" health benefit package?
Or are they working class heroes standing up to what employees elsewhere have capitulated to - soaring health care costs coupled with tiny wage increases?"
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ARCHIVED STORIES IN THE BUS STRIKE - Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/special_packages/bus_strike/
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U workers to rally to back bus strikers http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4659380.html March 12, 2004
"Clerical workers for the University of Minnesota will join a Metro Transit union rally today in support of striking bus drivers. It is scheduled for noon in front of the Gateway Building at Oak St. and University Av., where the University of Minnesota board of regents is scheduled to be in session."
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