TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Progress in Training Partnership
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider receiving an update on the AC Transit and ATU Local 192 Labor Management Training Partnership and approve a three-year sole source contract with Balance.point Strategic Services.
Staff Contact:
Salvador Llamas, Chief Operating Officer
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - High-Performing Workforce
Initiative - Employee Recruitment, Training and Retention
Implementing workforce and career ladder programs are critical to develop and to attract a quality workforce in an evolving marketplace, competing for bus operators and mechanics.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The proposed contract cost is $175,000 per year and is included in the FY 2022-23 Operations Budget.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
AC Transit and ATU Local 192 formed a Labor and Management Training Partnership Leadership Team named Progress In Action (PIA), to oversee two new programs established in the 2016 collective bargaining agreement: Coach Operator Mentor Training Program and Mechanic Helper Training Program. The intent of these programs is to focus on improving employee retention and well-being, create career ladders for difficult-to-fill positions, reduce workplace stress, and improve customer service and employee satisfaction. PIA retained the services of Balance.point Strategic Services (BPSS), a neutral third-party firm and subject matter expert to facilitate the start-up of these new training programs.
Since partnering with BPSS, AC Transit has been creating, designing, developing, and implementing innovative, transformative leading-edge programs unique in the public transit industry. As a result, AC Transit is evolving into the premier transportation agency capable of hiring members from the very communities it serves by creating life-transforming and sustaining caree...
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