TriMet and the union representing thousands of its employees appear close to resolving a benefits dispute union officials decried as a “fiasco” this summer.
The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, which represents more than 2,500 front-line TriMet workers, accused the transit agency of gumming up a process to verify thousands of spouses and children listed as dependents on the agency’s healthcare system. Union officials said the move resulted in hundreds of legal dependents losing healthcare at the end of August.
