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1. Rudy (JWI Maintenance Lead) appointed as one of voting members on Union side of JATC

2. MOU discussions on OHL and Mechanic Helper apprenticeship program standards

3. Approval of Mentor applications

4. AIF Funding

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April 9, 2026 Attended the graduation of the 7th cohort of the teriffic Sonoma-Main Bus Operator Pre-apprenticeship Program. This was the first cohort that has been run since Santa Rosa Junior College picked up the program since CAI funds have run out. This cohort has PERFECT ATTENDANCE: During the weekly class fand three all-day Shadow Days for 12 weeks NO ONE missed a single class!

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1. Today was Transit Appreciation Day, they were having food trucks for all the employees today.

2. They are working on hiring 2 AGM's

3. He would like more mentors, at least 25.

4. They lost Denise as the management coordinator, she left for another job. He is working on appointing someone new, possibly Tiffany or Monique from Training.

5. They Arte still assigning mentees to mentors.

6. He hasn't had a lot of time to spend on the program without having a AGM or training manager he's been very busy.

7. I offered to add the new management coordinator the CTW Management Caucus and set up a meeting with the new management coordinator with CTW to help understand what the mentor program is about.

8. Dieter is interested in building the program into an apprenticeship and would like to work on the next steps to prepare for it. I will send a remainder email next week to get a CTW informational meeting going with Rob and Peter.

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VP Carey will reschedule.

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2026.2.26  ATLAS-SunLine-ATU 1277 Partnership meeting

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2026.2.26  ATLAS-SunLine-ATU 1277 Partnership meeting

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Attendees: Isabel, Mark, Marina, Brian, Sharon, Greg, Emmanual, Aaron, Rich D., Robert

1. Arron Williams from ATU 1277 will be the Lead on the Union side of the partnership

2. 22 Mentors Total

1. 6 mentors in fixed route have 1 mentee each

2. 3 mentors in Paratransit have 2 mentees each

3. 5 new op's in new class graduating in 3 weeks going to fixed route.

3. Emmanual checks in with Mentors once a week.

4. They have the GYR's and have adjusted it to fit SunLine better.

1. Maintenance has no new employees.

2. There are 2 mentors (Drew & Frankie), they had 3 but Robert left SunLine.

3. They have 3 mentees.

5. Mark would like a mentor in the Utilities Worker area. Emmanual has been trying to recruit someone. Possibly Frankie could help.

Mark leaves it to the mentors to run their program.

6. Greg would like to start working towards apprenticeship now that the mentor program is up and running. They already have a relation =ship with College of the Desert (COD).

7. CTW to set up a meeting in March with partnership and Rob and Peter to discuss apprenticeship.

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2026.4.7 San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU256 & SJRTD) Mechanic Mentor Training

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2026.4.7 San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU256 & SJRTD) Mechanic Mentor Training

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April 7, 2026 — Today we celebrate the newest Mechanic Mentors at San Joaquin Driving Force, a partnership between San Joaquin Regional Transit District and ATU Local 256. We proudly recognize Michael, Vanessa, Nicolas, Jose, and Jacob for stepping up to support and guide new transit mechanics as they begin their careers in the industry.

Michael, Vanessa, Nicolas, Jose, and Jacob successfully completed their mentor training today, led by Eliseo Acosta, Rich Diaz from ATU International (Amalgamated Transit Union), and Robert Hannibal from CTW (California Transit Works). Throughout the class, they demonstrated a genuine desire to support others and stayed actively engaged in learning the principles of effective mentorship.

Congratulations to Michael, Vanessa, Nicolas, Jose, and Jacob on joining the growing community of Transit Mechanic Mentors across the industry!

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2026.4.7 San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU256 & SJRTD) Mechanic Mentor Training

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2026.4.7 San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU256 & SJRTD) Mechanic Mentor Training

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April 7, 2026 — Today we celebrate the newest Mechanic Mentors at San Joaquin Driving Force, a partnership between San Joaquin Regional Transit District and ATU Local 256. We proudly recognize Michael, Vanessa, Nicolas, Jose, and Jacob for stepping up to support and guide new transit mechanics as they begin their careers in the industry.

Michael, Vanessa, Nicolas, Jose, and Jacob successfully completed their mentor training today, led by Eliseo Acosta, Rich Diaz from ATU International (Amalgamated Transit Union), and Robert Hannibal from CTW (California Transit Works). Throughout the class, they demonstrated a genuine desire to support others and stayed actively engaged in learning the principles of effective mentorship.

Congratulations to Michael, Vanessa, Nicolas, Jose, and Jacob on joining the growing community of Transit Mechanic Mentors across the industry!

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2026.4.6      San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU 256 & SJRTD) Maintenance Utilities Workers Mentor Training

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2026.4.6      San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU 256 & SJRTD) Maintenance Utilities Workers Mentor Training

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April 6, 2026 — We’re proud to welcome four new Maintenance Mentors from the San Joaquin Driving Force, a partnership between San Joaquin Regional Transit District and ATU Local 256. Karl, Michael, Izaak, and Olabode are the first Service Workers to step into mentor roles at San Joaquin RTD and ATU Local 256.

The new mentors successfully completed their training today, led by Eliseo Acosta, Rich Diaz from ATU International (Amalgamated Transit Union), and Robert Hannibal from CTW (California Transit Works). Throughout the session, Karl, Michael, Izaak, and Olabode showed great enthusiasm and contributed to meaningful discussions on what it takes to be effective mentors.

Congratulations to Karl, Michael, Izaak, and Olabode on this exciting achievement!

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2026.4.6  San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU 256 & SJRTD) Maintenance Utilities Worker Mentor Training		

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2026.4.6  San Joaquin Driving Force Partnership (ATU 256 & SJRTD) Maintenance Utilities Worker Mentor Training		

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April 6, 2026 — We’re proud to welcome four new Maintenance Mentors from the San Joaquin Driving Force, a partnership between San Joaquin Regional Transit District and ATU Local 256. Karl, Michael, Izaak, and Olabode are the first Service Workers to step into mentor roles at San Joaquin RTD and ATU Local 256.

The new mentors successfully completed their training today, led by Eliseo Acosta, Rich Diaz from ATU International (Amalgamated Transit Union), and Robert Hannibal from CTW (California Transit Works). Throughout the session, Karl, Michael, Izaak, and Olabode showed great enthusiasm and contributed to meaningful discussions on what it takes to be effective mentors.

Congratulations to Karl, Michael, Izaak, and Olabode on this exciting achievement!

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2026.3.17 call with Seannice (RAMP22 Coordinator)

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2026.3.17 call with Seannice (RAMP22 Coordinator)

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1. Seannice working on refresher coarse for Mentors in preparation for new operators from Community Bus coming over to RTA and to help train new mentors in Community Bus.

2. Starting in April Seannice will have 2 office days (Tues. & Wed.)

3. On 3-10-26 Seannice was part of Career Day for RTA at Martin Luther King High School.

4. In July 2026 Community Bus Operators and Mechanics will start coming over to RTA (110 new employees transferring over).

5. All Community Bus Ops. will get a Mentor

6. They plan on recruiting on 5-6 new mentors from the community bus operators.

7. Maintenance Mentors:

1. Vanessa for Mechanics and Servicers.

2. Bruce for Part Dept.

3. Allen for Servicers and Facilities.

8. Seannice and Doby(Operator Mentor) will be presenting at the ATU International Coordinators meeting on Saturday 3-21-26.

9. Next Partnership Meeting 3-19-26

10. Mauro Varela (V.P.) from ATU 1277 will no longer be representing for ATU 1277 on the RAMP22 Partnership. ATU 1277 still working on who will take his place.

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2026.3.2 Zoom Meeting with PTAP Partnership on Apprenticeship

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2026.3.2 Zoom Meeting with PTAP Partnership on Apprenticeship

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attendees: Lorence Bradford(ATU1756 Pres.), Carey Ellis (1756V.P.), Vincent(Coordinator), Ray(Co-coordinator), Lupe(Executive Board 1756, Arcadia Operator), Jose Gavino (Maint. Manager), Steve Peoples(AGM), Peter Simon, Rob Gamble, Rich D., Eliseo, Robert.

1. H1B- has 9 participants trained (allowed 22). Have Rich send a list to partnership on who has attended.

2. They have created their Mechanics Bumper to Bumper Training Outline. They will send it to Rob and Peter to review.

3. They are looking at a 2 year program with 2-4 apprentices.

4. Would like to start with DOL first. Rob and Peter said they could probably do both at the same time if they wanted.

5. They have 2 colleges in mind to work with: Valley College (San Bernardino) and Citrus College. They need to build a relationship with one of them. Rob and Peter can help with that.

6. They need to work on creating their JAC(Joint Apprenticeship Committee) Who and how many members

7. Next meeting March 25th @ 1:00pm

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Ok. Day 1 of FEE Training at SJRTD with Mechanic Technicians and Apprentices ranging from 8 years to 1 year experience.

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2026.2.3 - call with Seannice Archie (RAMP22 Coordinator)

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2026.2.3 - call with Seannice Archie (RAMP22 Coordinator)

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1. Seannice has been working on updating their VTT presentation. She will be giving the 1 hour presentation March 1st-7th and calling on mentors and mentees in the classes to help out.

2. In July 2026, RTA will be bringing over the Community bus operators and mechanics to RTA. 58-60 from the private company and another 50 from the outside.

3. Each of the community bus operators and mechanics will get a mentor to help out with transitioning to RTA.

4. Kristin said Seannice would get more office hours starting in July 2026 as the new community bus operators and mechanics start coming over.

5. RAMP22 will bring on more mentors to from the community bus operators, at least 10.

6. they currently have 3 mentors in maintenance:

1. Vanessa for Servicers and mechanics (new services and mechanics train with Vanessa for their first 2 days)

2. Bruce in Parts-has one new mentee.

3. Allen in Facilities has 4-5 mentees. (Allen came from Stops & Zones and will cover mentees in that area as well)

4. They would also like to add more maintenance mentors at the Hemet Yard.

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2026.1.29 call with Vincent Millan (PTAP Coordinator)

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2026.1.29 call with Vincent Millan (PTAP Coordinator)

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1. December was a slow month with all the holidays.

2. Still working on Curriculum for Maintenance Apprenticeship Program and work on agreement with management on who the instructor will be.

3. They currently have 4 mentees assigned to mentors and Vincent is finding out how some mentors and mentees do not always connect and having to move them around to other mentors.

4. They only have one mentor at night for 4 mentees.

5. Vincent(Coordinator), Ray(Co-Coordinator) and Robert(Mentor) will be at the International Roadeo in Salt Lake, Utah on May 6th-8th.

6. VP Carey Ellis working on setting up an H1B meeting with Keolis Management.

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1. Jose gives the mentor presentation to the new operators. Describing what the mentor program is about and how it helps the new operators

2. Denise has been out since Dec. 2025. The December class did not get a mentor assigned or a Ride-Along.

3. Both Jose and Denise did the assigning of mentors to mentees.

4. Since Denise has been out so long, AGM Vicky Reed is assigned to helping assign mentors to mentees with Jose. They will be assigning the Dec. and Jan. classes on 1-29-26.

5. On 1-24-26 Jose had a meeting with 2 of the mentors.

6. Add AGM Vicky Reed to the CTW Management Caucus Meetings

7. Set up Zoom meeting to introduce Vicky to the mentor program with Jose, Robert (CTW) and Rich (ATU).

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2026.1.26 call with President Joanne Barnes

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2026.1.26 call with President Joanne Barnes

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1. Looking into brining Michael, one of the mentors, in to help Jose with coordinating the RWK Mentor program since Jose, the current coordinator is also the FRS for ATU 1704.

2. They have been losing people lately to attendance.

3. Denise, the Coordinator on the management side has been out since December 2025.

4. Joanne would like to start moving the program towards an apprenticeship.

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A Fundamentals of Electrical Electronics Training was held at ATU 1277's Union office. RAMP22 Partnerships (Riverside Transit Agency/ATU1277) Maintenance Mentors Carlos, Dosty and Daniel were present for the 2 day training. The course was taught by Russell Anderson and David Lawhorn, joining them from ATU International was Eliseo Acosta and Rich Diaz.

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2026.1.15-16 FEE Training at ATU 1277's Union Office

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2026.1.15-16 FEE Training at ATU 1277's Union Office

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A Fundamentals of Electrical Electronics Training was held at ATU 1277's Union office. ATLAS Partnerships (SunLine/ATU1277) Maintenance Mentor Drew was present for the 2 day training. The course was taught by Russell Anderson and David Lawhorn, joining them from ATU International was Eliseo Acosta and Rich Diaz.

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A Fundamentals of Electrical Electronics Training was held at ATU Local 1277's Union Office. 4 Mentors from LA Metro/ATU 1277's FMAP Program (David, Daniel, R.G., Kevork). The FMAP Coordinator, Claire and Anna from LA Trade Tech (Partnership College) was there to see the training as well. The course was taught by Russell Anderson and David Lawhorn, joining them from ATU International was Eliseo Acosta and Rich Diaz.

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1. Rich H. and Robert presented the CTW Focus Group Results from Nov. 2025 focus group.

2. Mauro received curriculum from LA Trade Tech for the FST (Facilities Maintenance Technician) Apprenticeship Program.

3. The Trade Tech representative would like to have some of the FST to check it over to see if there is anything that needs to be added or changed to fit the actual work. There were two names mentioned.

4. The program start time for classes will be April/May 2026

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Emmanual requested the Mentor training power point so they could prepare to do more mentor training in March 2026.

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2026.1.13 Call with Emmanual Mora (ATLAS Partnership Coordinator)

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2026.1.13 Call with Emmanual Mora (ATLAS Partnership Coordinator)

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1. Emmanual had questions on Ride-Alongs(how are they done, how many, when are they done) and the paperwork for Ride-Alongs that other mentor programs have used. I sent over to Emmanual JWI and SJRTD mentor program Ride-Along paperwork and shared what their process for Ride-Alongs are.

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2026.1.6 - Call with Seannice (RAMP22 Coordinator)                                                                                     

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1. Partnership has been working on getting their program registered as a DOL apprenticeship. They were about ready to turn in the paperwork when the government shutdown happened and stalled it. Seannice will be check ing to see where they are with that at today's partnership meeting.

2. Seannice will be holding a Mentor on Saturday 1-10-26 @ 9:00am via Zoom.

3. It's been slow lately but it will start getting busy soon as RTA brings over the paratransit operator and mechanics as well as hiring more paratransit op's and mechanics.

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visited HARTNELL COLLEGE diesel technology electrical class yesterday! The class had 25 students and I asked my traditional question how many of you like electrical? I got zero hands that were raised which is not unusual. I spent the day working with the students asking questions as I went along. There are still many gray areas regarding electrical electronics troubleshooting!

I would love to do a workshop with the students and instructor

sharing electrical electronic training best practices!