the union says forrest claypool attack on workers deliberately false and manipulative. >> the world has changed and we need to recognize that the world has changed. >> on the heels of announcing the layoff and elimination of 200 non-union positions cta president forrest claypool again called into question union work rules called in the past archaic and without common sense. >> very serious issues work rules with cta costing the agency tens of millions of dollars a year that could be used to reduce pressure on fares or preserve service for our customers as well as jobs for union employees. >> cannot have a person work 13- 14 hours >> the union which represents cta workers today called a forrest claypool to sit down at the table rather than airing grievances to the media calling it unfair >> you want to sit down and talk let us sit down and talked stop going to the media when you do that i have no choice >> forrest claypool says trying to be open about what changes he wants to make >> this is a public agency taxpayer money hard-working people to pay every day to ride the system >> for

huge hole in the cta budget, forrest claypool leads it now without the biggest problem and his speech union leaders crying foul. in the newsroom with more sean lewis >> in front of a packed audience the city club of chicago cta president forrest claypool gave dire news projected $227 billion budget deficit for next year also pointing directly at the workers union calling the rules and contracts archaic. >> absenteeism by personnel 2.5 times the private sector average and work rules tie the hands of managers preventing us from reporting in the vast majority of workers who show up every day working hard for our customers. tonight bob kelly president of the cta us and train operations you get called him out for not coming to the u get first with the budget numbers and ideas to reduce the deficit including so- called archaic work rules. batt but never any conversation with changes no idea what he is referring to appears mr forrest claypool to take this to the media and try to win public support. >> public support may be what forrest claypool needs by his numbers only 81 million of the $22

they have all been that developed over decades >> among the current rules cta president forrest claypool or get rid of include bus and rail operators to lose their licenses to truck driving remaining on the payroll for six months will try to get their licenses back employees earning 2 1/2 * pay if choosing to work on birthdays and anniversaries deployment and some tasks performed by workers and private sector require three cta workers >> it is incumbent on us to escalate partners to work with us first to eliminate the archaic work rules that benefits at the expense of our customers >> agitated union president robert kelly says the cta misleading public try to make the unions but like the bad guys >> they did not ask us first that led to the public let us make that clear they took their case to the riders and that makes the riders angry at us >> claims cta providing more information to the media that you give leadership and says cta wanting customers to blame the unions burst and work rule changes are based on the >> last two weeks i have seen and heard in the media work rule changes 99 p

compromised his memory of events >>cta riders once the service cuts or fare hikes cta president forrest claypool made that announcement this morning as he unveiled his budget cuts for next year the cta a20 the cta is too much as $77 million in debt. but clay poll said they will try to fix the problem through other cuts like work world changes for unionized workers >>a car thief used a crane to carry out a heist in lockport indiana. it was all captured on surveillance video check this one out. a truck equipped with a crane pulled onto the law reportthe lockport chrysler lot sunday morning in park next 282008 jeep wrangler than a man jumped out from the truck got into the crane and lifted the s u b on to the trailer the heist was over in just six minutes. >>the owner of the dealership is working with police to find the culprit >>next at noon feist exchanges dominated last night's republican debate in las vegas protesters clashed with police in the streets of greece and the children of a firefighter killed in the line of duty file lawsuits in hopes of holding owners of vacant properties more accoun