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Keystone E-Newsletter, Issue 20, 2004
by Keystone Project Coordinator, Dr. Robert G. Garraty
June 16, 2004
Here is the E-Newsletter with the news items on the Keystone Transit Career
Ladder Partnership initiative:
- Philadelphia : TWU Local 234 President
Jean Alexander and SEPTA General Manager Faye Moore addressed the meeting
of the Statewide Pennsylvania Transit Maintenance Labor/Management Workgroup
that was held at the SEPTA Berridge Maintenance Shop on Friday June 11,
2004. Over 20 labor and management representatives were present at the
meeting. The group also toured the maintenance facility. It is hoped that
other transit properties around the state will use the training facilities
at SEPTA next fiscal year to a much greater extent.
- Statewide: There have been 121 maintenance mechanics
from outside Philadelphia/Pittsburgh trained since July 1, 2003 under the
Keystone/PennTRAIN program at eight different locations across Pennsylvania
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- Philadelphia : Yesterday's
(June 15, 2004) Philadelphia Metro Newspaper had an article on the
Graduation ceremony for Breslin Learning Center graduates, a facility
supported by the District 1199 Training and Upgrading Fund for healthcare
workers, at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. Ms.
Faye Moore and Ms. Jean Alexander were honored with a Labor/Management
Partnership Award based on their work with the Keystone Program. Bill
George, President of the PA AFL-CIO gave an address and was honored
with the annual "Paul
Robeson" Award.
- Pittsburgh: Through quick work by Kevin Barrett , Bob
Williams, John Remark and Pat McMahon in Pittsburgh, three (3) replacement
Keystone Transit Electricity courses have been scheduled for Port Authority/ATU
Local 85 workers to be completed by June 30, 2004.
- Statewide: A Keystone Transit Career
Ladder Partnership proposal for next fiscal year will be submitted
to the PA Department of Labor & Industry by June 30, 2004. The
funding request will be at the same level as this year's funding.
- Washington, D.C. :
The Transportation Center has written a combined Keystone Case Study Interim
Report for the worker and supervisor surveys that were conducted in Philadelphia
and at the smaller transit properties in Pennsylvania in 2003. The report
has two major sections: one for Philadelphia survey results and the other
for the rest of the state. Please feel free to contact Xinge Wang at the
Center at (301) 565-4715 for a copy of the report.
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