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Union asks Transportation Authority to bargain over CAT Connect pilot
Summary
ATU Local 1164 president Laura Perret urged the Authority to bargain over CAT Connect and said a one-year pilot is too long given impacts on high-demand lift service and drivers; the board invited staff follow-up but did not act on the request during the meeting.
At the Transportation Authority public hearing on CAT Connect services, Laura Perret, who identified herself as president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1164, said the union does not oppose the CAT Connect proposal but requested that the agency bargain with the union rather than implement a one-year pilot without negotiation.
"We're not against the CAT Connect, but we just need to bargain on it because we feel like a year is just too long for a test drive," Perret said, and added that putting a year-long test on a service already in high demand—particularly the lift service—would be hard on drivers.
Perret urged management to engage in collective bargaining before moving forward and said the union wants an opportunity to negotiate terms that could affect drivers and paratransit operations. The transcript records Perret's request and her identification as ATU Local 1164 president but does not include any immediate response from management or a commitment from the board to open bargaining.
What’s next: Staff did not record a formal decision or schedule bargaining in the meeting transcript; the chair opened the public hearing and thanked speakers but no board motion or staff directive to bargain was recorded.
