March 26, 2010
Dear Members,
We concluded the second meeting of negotiations under mediation. We met in Deerfield Beach, Florida for the week of March 22-26, 2010. We had a successful week. Various articles and letters of agreement were reviewed and discussed in detail.
The following were tentatively agreed to:
Article 3 – Covered Crafts, Classifications and Bid Areas
Article 5 – Filling of Vacancies
Article 6 – Reduction in Force and Recall
Article 12 – Field Trips
Article 17 – Overtime
Article 18 – Union Security and Representation
Article 21 – General and Miscellaneous
Letter of Agreement – Staff Utilization
Letter of Agreement – Union Personnel
We also discussed and tentatively agreed to:
Article 7 – Hours of Service
Article 8 – Holidays
Article 9 – Vacations, however the economic items in these articles remain open for discussion.
This is the last mediation session for Marvin Sandrin. Mr. Sandrin is retiring from the National Mediation
Board. The negotiation committee and the business agents want to thank Mr. Sandrin for his help and guidance during our last two sessions. Mediator Tony Iannone will mediate the next few sessions. Mr. Iannone has worked with Mr. Sandrin for the past sessions. Senior Mediator Gerry McGuckin will join us in June 2010 to assist and facilitate mediation if any future sessions are scheduled.
Mediation sessions are scheduled for the weeks of April 12-16 in New Orleans, April 26-30 in Cleveland, and May 24-28 in Washington D.C.
We will update you as soon as we have any additional information.
In Solidarity,
Robert Rasch
President Teamsters Local 19, Committee Co-Chair