Negotiations Begin This Week
The negotiation committee will be in Chicago
the week of January 7th to begin the
required training provided by senior
mediator Pat Sims and mediator Michael Kelliher.
We will be employing a new process created
by the National Mediation Board in 2010
called Expedited Mediation. This process
uses the Interest Based Bargaining model
rather than the more traditional Collective
Bargaining method that has been the norm for
most of our past agreements. The goal is to
assist in shortening the time normally taken
to negotiate contracts under the RLA as has
been written about in past issues of the
Dispatch.
Immediately following the training Wednesday
January 9th the process will begin to
create a new amalgamated contract for the
Mechanics and Related at United Airlines.
The rank and file steering, seniority
integration, benefits, and negotiating committees
have worked hard to prepare for these
upcoming negotiations. A final report of advisory
recommendations from the seniority
integration and benefits committees will be
provided to the negotiating committee
shortly in order for the negotiating committee to
develop proposals to the company.
This negotiating process is different from
previous contracts in a couple of ways. First
language is not passed back and forth,
rather concepts are discussed and when
agreement is reached on a concept language
will be drafted to capture the intent of the
parties. Second the negotiating committee
will be broken down into several sub
committees that will each have areas of
responsibility to discuss with the company. For
instance the committee dealing with the
Seniority article will most likely also discuss
Classifications, Vacancies, RIF and Recall
and the Consent Decree. And lastly because
of this structure a detailed written opening
proposal will not be provided to the company.
Negotiation updates will be provided at the
end of each session of bargaining so please
look for them in the Dispatch on your local
bulletin boards and on the Division and Local
websites.
Renew Your License
As stated in a previous Dispatch paper
A&P certificates will no longer be valid after
March 31st 2013. If you do not change your
paper license to the new credit card type by
this date, you will have to make your
license active again by taking the written and
practical at an approved FAA training
center. If you don’t want to try to study and retake
these exams it is advisable that you renew
your certificate now.
TAMC
We have begun our new season with the
Teamster Aviation Mechanics Coalition. The
TAMC is a non partisan group formed to
address the needs of all mechanics in the
aviation field. With over 18,000 aviation
mechanic members, The Teamsters have
dedicated resources and funding to our
cause. Our goal is to take a stand and create a
collective voice to government processes
that affect our industry, careers, and
livelihood. Examples of the types of issues
we get involved in are foreign outsourcing,
and new government policies regarding
aviation maintenance. While many of our
subjects deal with aircraft maintenance, the
issues of GSE and facility maintenance are
an equal concern.
Participation with the TAMC is open to all
and only works with member involvement. If
you would like to become a more active part
in the TAMC please see or contact your
Local Business Agent or Local TAMC
representative. If you would like to follow the
progress of the TAMC and sign up for the
Newsletter, visit Teamster.org and tab to the
Airline Division page. Once there, the link
to sign up for the TAMC Newsletter can be
found on the right hand side of the page in
the “About the Division” information box.
Personal Choice of
Physician Form
Please take a moment to ensure your
physician is on file with United medical for those
covered by the sUA agreement. Thanks to
IAD Steward Larry Bailey for the following links
on the intranet;
California;
https://flyingtogether.ual.com/active/content.jsp?SID=Safety&path=links/documents/PDF/wc_P
hysician_Choice_form_CA.pdf
Rest of the world;
https://flyingtogether.ual.com/active/content.jsp?SID=Safety&path=/links/documents/PDF/wc_P
hysician_Choice_form.pdf
Main page;
https://flyingtogether.ual.com/active/content.jsp?SID=EmplSvcs&path=links/CompBen_
WC_IAM-IBT.jsp
