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The Chief-Leader/Pat Arnow 'A GUS BEVONA SITUATION': With fellow bus driver Cesar Renold looking on, Raymond LaRoche describes the ways in which Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union has exploited its members, from suspiciously low pensions to its failure to protect employee seniority rights. One veteran union member, noting the parallels with Local 32B-J of the Service Employees' International Union before a reform administration ended its unsavory practices, said, 'It's clear that we have a Gus Bevona-style situation here and it's clear there's something terribly wrong.'