Employee Assembly
Constituents’ Lack of Trust Worries Employee Assembly
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Representatives reflect on the E.A.’s weak exposure among employees and their opinions divided on what President Pollack’s response means to E.A.’s transportation plan.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/transportation/page/3/)
Representatives reflect on the E.A.’s weak exposure among employees and their opinions divided on what President Pollack’s response means to E.A.’s transportation plan.
The company will be adding completely new buses to its fleet, along with additional amenities that the company hopes will make its rides “more convenient and pleasurable.”
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit announced early Friday morning that it had reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers over contracts for its workers. The deal was the result of 17 consecutive hours of negotiations. Though the agreement — which specifies the salaries and benefits of all TCAT drivers and mechanics — still has to be formalized by the United Auto Workers on October 5, workers will continue to work under old contract conditions until the vote.
“Poor air quality, massive parking lots, traffic jams and delays are integral parts of life in many parts of the United Sates, but they don’t have to be a part of our future here,” said Bill Wendt, Cornell’s director of Transportation and Mail Services. Wendt’s optimism about Ithaca’s future can be attributed to the Transportation-Focused Generic Environmental Impact Statement released today, which examines the future of Ithaca’s transportation in light of presumed population growth in the next 10 years.