Ray MessierRay Messier has over 20 years of experience in public transit as a bus operator and a union officer/president. In his capacity as union president he worked collaboratively with management to create a better work place by building a mentor and apprenticeship program. For the last three plus years, he has worked closely with California Transit Works, helping California ATU locals and their agencies build their own programs. Ray has the ability to assist both labor and management to create a labor/management partnership and to guide them through the process of developing mentor/apprenticeship programs including hands on training.
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Peter SimonPeter Simon has years of experience in linking labor/management workforce development programs and community colleges in California. As a college administrator who also has a background as an apprentice and journeyman carpenter, he has helped to create training programs and apprenticeships in a wide range of sectors including health care, construction, culinary arts, automotive and diesel mechanics, and logistics. Peter has the capacity to assist in accessing the curriculum and financial resources of community college, developing “local educational agency” relationship with colleges, and the “nuts and bolts” of linking apprenticeship and other training programs with educational institutions.
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Susan YatesSusan Yates has over 18 years in the transit industry as a bus operator, Line Instructor, JWI coordinator and she is currently a transportation instructor at Mission College in Santa Clara. Susan has worked closely with both union and management to help build a better work place through Mentor/Apprenticeship programs. Susan has worked with California Transit Works for the last 3 years and is dedicated and knowledgeable, and her experience has been an asset to other agencies who are building their own mentor/apprenticeship programs.
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