Airline Division and UAL/CAL/CMI Representatives Meet with Mediator
On Thursday March 15th members of the Airline Division along with Local Union representatives from the larger Locals met with mediator Ralph Berger to preliminarily discuss seniority integration issues. Mr. Berger gave a brief background of himself and the mergers that he has worked on and then asked questions about the history of the three carriers to get an understanding of the way each of them has treated seniority in the past.
Items discussed included the Consent Decree on the sub UA side and how that would affect the sub CAL and CMI groups. Also discussed was the fact that there are several different uses for seniority between the three groups i.e., the sub CAL group uses mechanic craft seniority for bidding for premium jobs (leads and inspectors) while the sub UA and sub CMI groups use a different premium or classification seniority for that purpose. Mediator Berger posed several items to discuss in future meetings and made a request for any documentation that may assist the rank and file committee when they meet.
In attendance for the Airline Division were Director Bourne, IBT counsel Ed Gleason and International Representative Bob Fisher. Local union representatives attending were: Robert Rasch, Angel Cantu, and Dominic Fierro (Local 19), Ralph Salzano (Local 210), John Hennelly (Local 455), Tommy Esposito (Local769), Charlie Alferio (Local 964), Dave Elmore, Rich Petrovsky and Justin Muraki (Local 986) and Javier Lectora (Local 856).
James R. Hoffa Scholarship Reminder
Members are advised that the deadline for filing for the scholarship is at the end of March. For more details please visit:
http://www.teamster.org/content/about-james-r-hoffa-memorial-scholarship-fund
FAA License reminders
It may not be a high priority but please take a moment to check that your address is updated with the FAA. Here is a link to update your address:
https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/amsrvs/Logon.asp
Recently the company also put out this bulletin to General Maintenance Manual (GMM) section 06-50-05:
Item 3, (Controls), paragraph C states:
"The maintenance technician is responsible for ensuring his / her certificate remains in effect during his / her employment"…
With sub-paragraph (2) specifying;
"The individual holding the FAA issued certificate must notify his or her supervisor of any occurrence where the individual's license privileges have been suspended or revoked by the FAA."
The FAA views suspension or revocation of an airman certificate to be between the FAA and the license / certificate holder. This is why it is imperative that a technician whom has a suspended or revoked license / certificate advise their associated supervisor of any such action. To ignore a license / certificate suspension or revocation and sign airworthiness release / return to service of an aircraft will result in an elevated action by the FAA for intentional disregard of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
Furloughed Members Urged to Update Their Addresses
Members on furlough are advised to keep their addresses current with the company while on layoff. It is predicted that there will be many movements this year and there have been several members that have been removed from the seniority list because old addresses were on file when notices were sent. If you are in touch with a furloughed member please forward this information to them.
Updates may be emailed to: [email protected]