{"id":26941,"date":"2016-06-28T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=26941"},"modified":"2016-06-28T10:51:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T14:51:36","slug":"santa-cruz-metro-drivers-narrowly-avoid-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/santa-cruz-metro-drivers-narrowly-avoid-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz Metro drivers narrowly avoid layoffs","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-26942\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/santa_cruz_metro-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"santa_cruz_metro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/santa_cruz_metro-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/santa_cruz_metro-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/santa_cruz_metro-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/santa_cruz_metro-1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/santa_cruz_metro-1200x784.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/santa_cruz_metro.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\nSanta Cruz Metro bus drivers narrowly avoided being laid off, when a new budget was reached Friday, June 24, saving the drivers\u2019 jobs. The budget hinges on a pending sales tax ballot measure to be voted on by taxpayers in the November elections.<br \/>\nMetro approved a two-year budget on Friday that preserves the 146 full-time bus drivers\u2019 jobs.<br \/>\nGeneral Chairperson Eduardo Montesino told the Santa Cruz Sentinel that it\u2019s important to get behind November\u2019s tax ballot measure. According to the Sentinel, both members of Local 23 and management took last-minute concessions for the second consecutive year, saving the company the equivalent of three full-time jobs.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you support us, support us all the way. If you support Metro routes and service, be an advocate for the sales tax, because that\u2019s one critical point. If we miss this opportunity, there will not be another one for years,\u201d Montesino told the Santa Cruz Sentinel.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.santacruzsentinel.com\/article\/NE\/20160624\/NEWS\/160629835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read more from the Santa Cruz Sentinel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Cruz Metro bus drivers narrowly avoided being laid off, when a new budget was reached Friday, June 24, saving the drivers\u2019 jobs. The budget hinges on a pending sales tax ballot measure to be voted on by taxpayers in the November elections. 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