April 10, 2012 – s-CAL System Board of Adjustment
The parties will be meeting in EWR to hear open grievances on the system. For updates on EWR/LGA/DCA grievances please visit our WEBLOG at www.ibt210mx.typepad.com and click on the link “Grievance Updates” in the left hand column and scroll to the s-CAL grievance update memo.
April 17, 2012 – s-UAL Seniority Integration Committee Meeting
Your elected, rank and file, s-UAL Seniority Integration Committee will be meeting with Business Agent, Ralph Salzano, in IAD. The first matter on the agenda will be to elect a Chair Person who will serve on the National Seniority Integration Committee representing Local 210 s-UAL members in matters relating to seniority integration. Updates will follow this meeting.
April 17, 2012 – Local Union Representatives to hold second meeting with Ralph Berger
The purpose of this meeting will be to provide historical documentation from previous mergers and to get Mr. Berger’s schedule to begin meetings with rank and file members of the committee. Mr. Berger requested this second meeting without the member committee so the individual Locals can outline what the individual station "integration committees" have been researching and working on. As previous updates have detailed, arbitrator Berger has been retained to assist the National Seniority Integration Committee during the process with any questions or concerns. Arbitrator Berger is very accomplished and has a wealth of experience in merging seniority lists. In the first meeting Mr. Berger expressed his desire to have as much information available to him so he can have a good understanding of what is ahead before meeting and formally starting the National Seniority Integration Committee, made up of one member from each of the largest cities. Local 210 will have a member from both s-CAL and s-UAL on the committee.
April 23, 2012 – The Rank and File System Steering Negotiating Committee to meet in Chicago (ORD)
While the final size and structure of the actual negotiating committee has not yet been etched in stone, the System Steering Negotiating Committee, comprised of rank and file representatives from around the system, will be meeting in ORD to begin the process of moving forward in an effort to achieve a Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA). The Company will not be present at these meetings. These are the meetings where proposals collected by the Local Unions from around the system are brought and sorted through. It is out of these meetings an opening proposal is usually born.
We anticipate this first meeting to be more of a meet and greet along with outlining a collection of data strategy moving forward. As the negotiating process unfolds the System Steering Committee will play a vital roll in sharing information with the members.
We urge this membership to turn in their ideas and proposals by submitting a JCBA proposal. The proposal forms can be downloaded on our WEBLOG at www.ibt210mx.typepad.com. Click on the “Negotiating Update” link in the left hand column and scroll down to the contract proposal survey memo.
April 24, 2012 – Ground Service Equipment and Facility Maintenance Transition Meetings
The parties will be meeting in ORD to continue their discussions relating to GSE/FAC (CAL) and GQ/PV (UAL) issues. The parties have been meeting and will continue to work through differences that apply to both the s-CAL and s-UAL Collective Bargaining Agreements in an effort to prepare for the amalgamation of the two. The parties are also working on the transition of Fac./PV maintenance to the leadership of Technical Operations. Local UAL IBT Representative Allen Cosides will be attending these meetings.
April 25, 2012 – s-UAL Joint Board of Adjustments
The parties will be meeting in ORD to hear open grievances on the system. For updates on NY and DCA Point Grievances grievances please visit our WEBLOG at www.ibt210mx.typepad.com and click on the link “Grievance Updates” in the left hand column and scroll to the s-UAL grievance update memo.
May 2, 2012 – s-CAL Seniority Integration Committee Meeting
Your elected, rank and file, s-CAL Seniority Integration will be meeting again in EWR. Bill Horn, Chair Person of the CAL SIC, has requested this meeting in an effort to finalize the thoughts of the committee before meeting with the National Seniority Integration Committee.
May 3, 2012 – Craft and Class Membership Meeting
Due to a last minute scheduling conflict the membership meeting originally scheduled for April 24, 2012 had to be changed to May 3, 2012. The meeting will still be held at the Ramada Plaza located just outside EWR Airport. Both s-UAL and s-CAL mechanic and related are urged to attend. On the agenda will be items including but not limited to Joint Collective Bargaining, Seniority Integration, Resource utilization and the Mechanic License Protection Program. The meeting flyer can be downloaded at www.ibt210mx.typepad.com.