MTA, UNION PLAN TO TALK THIS WEEKEND 1ST COUNTEROFFER IN 2 WEEKS EXTENDED TO TRANSIT AUTHORITY.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer Negotiators for the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. and striking mechanics agreed Friday to keep on talking through the weekend after the union extended a counteroffer In contract law, a proposal made in response to an original offer modifying its terms, but which has the legal effect of rejecting it. A counteroffer normally terminates the original offer, but the original offer remains open for acceptance if the counteroffer expressly for the first time in the 2-week-old strike that has stranded thousands and brought millions in economic losses. The Amalgamated a·mal·ga·mate v. a·mal·ga·mat·ed, a·mal·ga·mat·ing, a·mal·ga·mates v.tr. 1. To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite. See Synonyms at mix. 2. Transit Union's proposal to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority still left the main issues of wages, benefits and management of the union's health-benefits fund outstanding. ``We're prepared to stay as long as we need to stay,'' said MTA spokesman Ed Scannell. ATU (ADSL Transceiver Unit) A device that provides ADSL modulation of the telephone line. The device at the telco side is the ATU-C (Central), which is a line card plugged into the DSLAM. President Neil Silver was unavailable for comment. The strike called by the mechanics ATU, and being honored by the agency's drivers and other employees, has shut down 2,000 buses and four train lines. Public-transit users are unable to get around, and those in cars are experiencing 10 mph drops in rush-hour freeway speeds. The strike is costing the region as much as $4 million daily. The main issues center on the union's health benefits, with the MTA offering to increase its share of contributions, but the union wanting nearly three times the increase the agency is offering. The union is also fighting for increased contributions for its retirees' health care, but the MTA has offered no increase for retirees over age 65. The MTA also wants to share control of the benefits fund, which it claims has been mismanaged by the union. The MTA officials this week said they had offered an additional $87 million toward various union contracts this year, and planned to stand firmly against putting any more on the table. The agency is also in talks with the bus drivers- talks that are expected to resume on Sunday - as well as a smaller clerks' union. On Friday, MTA officials said that planned changes One of the foundational definitions in the field of organizational development (aka OD) is planned change: “Organization Development is an effort planned, organization-wide, and managed from the top, to increase organization effectiveness and health through planned to contract lines will not take effect this weekend as scheduled and won't be changed until after the strike is resolved. Three of those lines are the main bus routes still running in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. - 96, 167 and 218. About a dozen of those contract lines have been shut down by a second strike called by drivers who are employed by First Transit, Inc. and represented by the Teamsters Teamsters large, powerful union of U. S. truckers. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2703] See : Labor , who reported Friday that talks had resumed this week with an agreement possible as soon as Monday night or Tuesday. The MTA is monitoring those talks in hopes of bringing those bus routes back online to offer additional service, officials said. The strike continues to hit certain segments of the population hard, those who are dependent on buses and trains to get around. The American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, pleaded this week for volunteer drivers to handle the 20 percent increase in calls for free rides it has been receiving since the strike broke out from cancer patients countywide coun·ty·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole county: found at locations countywide; a countywide search. Adj. 1. who need a way to get to treatments. ``We can't save lives if we're not treating people,'' said Jill Arnstein, community director of the San Fernando Valley unit of the American Cancer Society. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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