We have scheduled membership meetings at the Union office (Building 154, above GSE) on Monday, August 11, 2014 and Tuesday, August 12, 2014. There are three (3) meetings each day beginning at 0830, 1130 and 1500. Please plan on attending. On the agenda will be the following: Contract Negotiations Arbitration Updates Local Grievance/Issues Updates […]
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Steering Committee Briefed On Thursday July 24th the steering committee was reconvened in Denver for the purpose of a briefing on the current state of negotiations. The briefing began with Vinny Graziano giving a report from the implementation committee. The steering committee was informed that a conference call had taken place with the company
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Negotiations Update In preparation for the upcoming mediation sessions, the parties met in Chicago during the week of July 7, 2014 through July 11, 2014. During this session the union committee revisited the problems resulting from the company’s incorrect interpretation of, and failure to implement, certain provisions of the respective stand alone contracts. These problems
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Steering Committee Set to Meet A notice to the steering committee was sent out for the body to reconvene July 24th and 25th in Denver. The notice was sent to the seventy sitting members of the committee covering all locations from Boston to Guam. The committee will be briefed on what has transpired since the
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Meeting in Chicago On May 28th and 29th the parties met in Chicago for the purpose of further understanding the economics of the respective proposals. However due to concerns brought up on the Chief Steward's call the week prior, there were broad issues that needed to be addressed. The Chiefs expressed concern that on the
Mechanics Dispatch – Negotiations Update May 31, 2014 Read More »
Negotiations Update The parties met on May 7th in Las Vegas. The purpose of the meeting was to prepare a report for mediator McGuckin on the parties’ respective table positions from last November. In discussing the positions, it became clear that a further meeting was warranted with a few subject matter experts. Accordingly the parties
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Resource Utilization Arbitration The presentation of the union’s case began on Wednesday the 9th however it was not completed. The hearing session concluded late that day with the parties reviewing calendars to schedule future dates. As with the two subsidiary medical grievances, when the schedule is known it will be reported in the Dispatch. Negotiations
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Mediator calls Parties to Chicago Mediator Gerry McGuckin called the leadership of the parties to meet in Chicago on April 11th. This one day meeting will be to establish protocol for mediated bargaining. It is expected the mediator will offer future dates at this meeting for the parties to begin negotiations. In this phase of
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Dear Members, Recently a letter was circulated on company email wherein a member asked attorney Lee Seham, AMFA's outside council, to look into the decision made by the IBT and its’ rank and file Seniority Integration Committee, to follow the Consent Decree and integrate the post-merger seniority list using Date of Hire (Company Service) for
Special Mechanics Dispatch February 15, 2014 Read More »
In January, Labor Relations released an edition of the Tech Ops Perspective that was viewed by many as an insulting, and rightfully so! Only a few things the company claimed were true, many assertions were either mischaracterizations of the negotiating committee’s position and in many cases they were just flat out lies. A Brief History
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