Representatives Attend Training On April 29th and 30th, twenty five Chief Stewards and Business Agents attended training on preparing and presenting cases at the System/Joint Board level. The class was coordinated by the IBT Training Department and was led by Iliana Flores after a request by the Airline Division. The first day was […]
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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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Medical Arbitration cases to be heard on March 25th and 27th Preparation continued this week for the upcoming medical arbitration cases. Historical documents were reviewed, some dating from the 1970's, for potential evidence. Attorney Ed Gleason is spearheading the cases and refined each case in principle. Potential witnesses include: Gaelle Gravot from Chieron, Local 19
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How Arbitration Works Members are asking for a description of the arbitration process in regards to the upcoming expedited arbitration cases. The mechanics of the arbitration process are described in Article 20 of the three agreements with the expedited process described in Article 1. According to Article 20 arbitrators are asked to render their decisions
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Training Class Set A grievance preparation and presentation training class for representatives that present cases at the system/joint board level is scheduled to take place April 29th and 30th in San Francisco. The class will be held at Local 856 in San Bruno and will be presented by the Airline Division with the assistance of
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Dates Set for UAL Arbitrations Following discussions between the union and management and barring unforeseen last minute changes or settlement discussions, the union has announced agreement on the following dates for UAL arbitrations. March 25: CAL Medical Grievance – Arbitrator Herb Fishgold at ORD March 27: UAL Medical Grievance – Arbitrator Carol Wittenberg at
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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
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Remaining Arbitration Dates to be Set Next Week The parties will work out the remaining dates and arbitrators early next week. The remaining expedited system wide scope and benefits grievances include the sub CO and sub UA medical, Chicago Data Center outsourcing, Tool Room process integration, Newark De-Icing equipment outsourcing, and the APU crew cases.
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Members Attend CEO Exchanges On Wednesday and Thursday of this week members of Locals 856 and 986 attended the CEO exchanges in SFO and LAX. For those members that are unaware, the CEO exchanges are ongoing company road shows to the cities that allow employees to ask questions of the company leadership. Our members showed
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