Capital Metro's Labor Woes Continue

Accusations fly from union of illegal interference in negotiations

"...left on the table. We are far apart on two-tier [pay], on retroactive pay, on health insurance for retirees,..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Bus Stops Here: Cap Metro

One-day strike ratchets up tensions between transit agency and union

"...benefits for retired employees – the creation of a two-tier salary system is the union's poison pill. They consider..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Labor Woes at Cap Metro

Capital Metro service hangs in the balance at 11-hour union negotiations

"...The biggest grievance in Wyatt's eyes is a proposed two-tier salary system where new hires would be paid less..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

CAMPO Poised to Pass Toll Plan – Despite Uneasiness

CAMPO driving toward vote on humongous toll plan

"...that toll-road revenues currently can be shifted around the system in a way that makes one part of the..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Welcome to Capital Metro

Whoever the new CEO turns out to be – she'll have her hands full

"...• stopped payment of money owed to the city of Austin;..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Transit Strike Looming?

Union President Wyatt: "It will happen sometime this week"

"...terms of negotiation by earlier media references to a "two-tier" wage system (under which new employees would be hired..."

Nov. 14, 2012 News Post by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Battle of the Green; and Taxpayers Art Museum

"...that essentially says, "Poll rules." Among his rules: a two-tier wage system to bust the middle-class pay that workers..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Under the Bus: Next Stop at the ATU

A former employee has filed a lawsuit of racial and sexual discrimination against the transit union

"...and thereby impose its own terms: most prominently, a "two-tier" wage system that would bring in new employees at..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

If the AISD Board Won't Come to the Mountain

Eastside supporters offer to meet trustees

"...– The creation of a two-tier teacher system (AISD employees will be regular staff, but..."

Dec. 17, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Cacophony of Passions

Why the City Council changed the boards and commissions system – and what still needs to be done

"...transparency as council modifies the city's boards and commissions system – explains in a nutshell why Austin maintains such..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Energy Wins Round One

Austin Energy fends off rate case with only minor loss

"...some Capitol theatre. The persistent reason that Austin Energy ratepayers hadn't seen an increase in their electric rates for..."

March 8, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Cap Metro Dodges Strike

Union, management credit Mayor Wynn with success

"...obstacle to a settlement. StarTran had proposed a $5 co-pay increase followed by another $5 bump the following year,..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Capital Metro's Labor Lowdown

StarTran makes its 'last, best, and final offer'

"...he points to StarTran's move away from a proposed two-tier salary scale, where new hires are on a different..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Bus Drivers Cry Foul Over 'Union-Busting Tactic'

Bus drivers don't like StarTran's 'final offer,' but they're still on the job

"...between this offer and the previous one is smaller pay raises to accommodate phasing in of increased health-care deductibles..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...Many cities who now have successful rail systems saw their projects get shellacked at the polls more..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Happy Holidays

Transit workers and Cap Metro contractor get closer, but still no agreement

"...StarTran President Kent McCulloch; their proposal to lower starting pay for new hires has changed markedly since first proposed,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Managing Disease – or Money?

State's latest strategy for mental health care looks like rationing

"...learned: how to stay out of debt, how to pay bills, how to make friends. Perhaps most importantly, disease..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a one-time $1,000 bonus for teachers, but no similar payment to classified staff...."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature

Mobile Food

Some tips on getting a foot in the door of the trailer business

"...hot foods at 135 degrees or higher, pressurized water system with a hot water heater, gray water capacity that..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...neighborhood "highly successful." New plans create a three-tier zoning system, with the highest intensity closest to I-35, where buildings..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Bush on Borderline

"...needed for public education and teacher salaries; not to pay for buildings!..."

June 11, 1999 Column

Clouds Over Campus

With less funding, more competition, and a wavering vision, UT-Austin faces an uncertain future

"...while state contributions decrease. Whatever the inevitable changes, UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa insisted recently, "Nobody is going to..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...volunteer opportunities. Number two, have a registration process, as system for sign up and call back. Number three was..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Will Texas Patch Up TABC Before It Bursts?

If ever an agency needed to be scorched by the state’s Sunset Act, it’s the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Com­mis­sion

"...Everybody knows the ancient "three tier" system is rigged, with the middle tier of distributors –..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM: Of Tiers and Tears

The isolation of the Professional Tier is the single most destructive element in American society today

"...specialists as varied as physicists and fashion designers. Oligarchy pays the Professional Tier so well that its affluence isolates..."

May 7, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The Cable Channel Shell-Game Shuffle

The FCC is investigating Time Warner; African-American weekday news anchors are few and far between

"...Commission is investigating Time Warner Cable and other cable systems around the country over the practice of moving channels..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Sex Offenders Exposed

Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?

"...at designated intervals. His case didn't get through the system "until 1997, so I didn't start the list until..."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Farewell to Allan

Eastside parents watch AISD and IDEA dismantle their neighborhood school

"...time I took a leave of absence was to pay to go to grad school, to further my own..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Conventional Wisdom

Is It Wise To Expand Austin's Convention Center?

"...which is famously outside the city limits and doesn't pay the bed tax that supports ACVB and paid for..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Are City Employee Pensions at Risk?

Pension systems in Dallas and Houston have been beat up by bad spending.

"...Public pension systems – funds that pay out retirement income to city..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

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