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In short, the goods:
In short, the goods:
- Reauthorizes PRIIA funding, at $150M/year.
- Adds $75M/year in capital programs until 2029, with equal match from DC/VA/MD
- Replace the current WMATA board with a temporary 5-person reform board, with power to cancel contracts and liabilities to get it fiscally sound. 1 from DC/MD/VA/Feds, one appointed in by the others, but all must have transit experience, and have a "fiduciary responsibility" to WMATA. No elected officials. No more jurisdictional veto.
- Cannot grow the operating budget nor steal from the capital budget to supplement the operating budget.
- Strike ban continues.
- Can't pay workers more than 120% of regular pay as overtime, or offer more than time-and-a-half.
- Any labor agreement cannot stop outsourcing, contracting, limiting part-time employees,.
- Management would have broad powers to fire, reassign, or demote.
- Current pension is still fixed payment, but calculated from regular salary (no overtime allowed). Newer/future employees go into a 401k-like plan.
- Reform-to-permament board migration has limitations.
- Arbitration will be limited in consideration and awards, and must give preference to WMATA's financial projections.
- Whistleblowers have enhanced protections against retaliation.
- Adds a ton more paperwork.
- Adds a reform commission which puts the governors, the DC mayor, the USDOT secretary, the WMATA GM, and someone from the National Academy of Public Administration in the hotseat.
