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I (Linda McKnight) talked to Jesse Perez, a business manager with the Teamsters Local 542, this morning. He offered this additional information: The Teamsters are against outsourcing, because management by a for-profit company would likely mean less pay and benefits for employees. (One difference would be that employees would no longer be eligible for CalPERS). He said that outsourcing is not guaranteed, because the NCTD Board of Directors must still vote on outsourcing. NCTD must still also solicit bids through a Request for Proposal (RFP), and then organizations (including Veolia and First Transit) would be able to bid on the work. Mr. Perez said that the recent vote was regarding the maintenance contract. Maintenance workers were asked if they would be willing to open their contract for renegotiation. The vote indicated that they were unwilling to do so, unless outsourcing was taken off the table, and their jobs were secured. Mr. Matthew Tucker, the NCTD Executive Director, is willing to continue talks with the Union, to determine if there is any compromise position.— May 29, 2009 11:58 a.m.