New TriMet Boss' Bad-News Memo to Union and Nonunion Employees

TriMet general manager Neil McFarlane told non-union employees at the transit agency today their wage freeze of the past two years will continue in 2011—and they'll have to pick up more of their health-care costs.

He also told union employees, who are at a bargaining impasse with TriMet, there will be a new wage freeze for them this December as well as a requirement they pick up some share of their health-care costs.

This all comes at the same time TriMet is trying to get voters to OK a $125 million bond request in the Nov. 2 election.

Here's the memo McFarlane, who took over as GM this year, sent employees this morning:

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