Chicagoist: The GA vs. The CTA: Round 3

Guinnessman

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 20:37:09 -0600

I just think that the CTA does not want state double checking there math.

Mr. Smith

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:52:38 -0600

Thanks, Steven. I'm still trying to figure out what's doubletalk and what's industry jargon in that report. The extraboard concept figures heavily into AECOM's recommendations to save money at the CTA.

Steven Crane

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:43:02 -0600

For Chicagoist's information: An "extraboard" is what union employees without seniority work from. After enoughservice time, a union trainman is generally guaranteed full-time work, often on the same train every time. Until then, though, trainmen work from the extraboard, which means they do not have guaranteed hours, but are on call 24 hours a day and required to come to work as their name comes to the top of the board, usually on some sort of rotating basis. It's hardly corporate speak, this sort of thing has been SOP for railroads for at least a century.