WHAT IS FAIR Holiday Pay.
On December 22 and December 29, Denver was devastated by snow storms that made it impossible for most people to get to work. State and local officials recommended that people not travel except for an emergency. Because these days were on Fridays, RTD made sure that we would miss our Holiday Pay because we had "an unexcused absence" the day before Christmas and the day before New Years. We missed pay for one day, why take away the holiday as well? That is just mean spirited.

Okay, we are in the Transportation Business, we need to go and help the traveling public. MAYBE we could have gotten to work if RTD had provided a way to get there and get home again. The buses really weren't running very well, the 46 bus where I live did not go down Dahlia very well at all. Why don't we REALLY encourage employees to take public transportation with a guaranteed ride home program of our own, and pay for missed time if it is the bus's fault that we get there late. We could be your ears and eyes to the REAL bus and light rail service, you could make some of the money back with fines given to the sub-contractors (they really are the ones who miss the most!)