A decision has been reached in the sub UA medical arbitration case. The majority decision is sustained in part and denied in part. The Board ruled that the institution of a 90-10 coinsurance violated Art 16 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. With respect to the other increases such as co pays and out of pocket […]
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Resource Utilization Arbitration Scheduled to Continue The Resource Utilization arbitration is scheduled to continue on June 4th in Newark. As previously reported in the December 6th Mechanics Dispatch, the company requested and received a continuation of the case due to a change in their attorney. Since that date there have been several proposed dates
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Negotiations Update March 1, 2015 The parties met February 23rd through the 26th in face-to-face negotiations under the direction of the NMB in Newark. The IBT passed Article 16 – (Health and Welfare), for review. After the IBT made the pass there was a Q and A session on the general structure of the TeamCare
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On March 11th and 12th the parties met in Rosemont IL. On the 11th, the Union Negotiating Committee presented its comprehensive proposal to the Company. The proposal included the rank and file negotiating committee’s wage proposal, scope provisions, health and welfare, work rules and pension. The presentation took approximately two hours to deliver. The
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TAMC on Capitol Hill Members representing the TAMC were on the Hill this past week. On February 11th, TAMC Chairman Chris Moore and Bob Fisher had meetings with Matthew McCarthy, Legislative Assistant for Transportation for Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-WA) and Chris Brown, Staff Director of the House Subcommittee on Aviation. The meetings were to continue
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On February 3rd the Benefits Committee convened at the offices of Cheiron in Chicago to review the TeamCare proposal. This is the proposal that was reported on in the January 17th Dispatch and was provided to the Benefits Committee that weekend. The Benefits Committee spent the previous two weeks reviewing the proposal and the corresponding
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January 18, 2015 Negotiations Update The negotiations committee met in Houston last week to review and finalize a proposal to the company as mandated by the Mediator. The committee worked through both days and was able to complete all but two items. Health and Welfare and Pension are those two remaining items. Regarding
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It’s been a busy year for the TAMC. For those that are unaware; the TAMC does many things to defend the airline mechanics and related craft throughout the industry and represents more than 18,000 mechanics. What follows is a short summary of some of the issues this important group does on our behalf over the
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The IBT Negotiations Committee and Leadership, as well as the Company’s Negotiations Committee, were directed to attend meetings to give Status Updates at the National Mediation Board Headquarters in Washington, DC on December 2nd. In attendance for the Union were Rank and File Committee Representatives John Laurin, Jack Harran, Vincent Graziano, Mitch Hunt, Paul Becerra
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