Today on the conference call several things were discussed over a two hour period.
There will be a General Chairperson appointed on the United property soon. This position will be the lead contact for all things involving UAL.
The first issue talked about was testing for transferring between job groups in the mechanic classification. This issue continues to be discussed with the company and when a resolution is reached I will pass it on.
Outsourcing continues to be an issue, and establishing committees per the agreement is being worked on. This is in addition to the 20% grievance currently in arbitration. The grievance on the Panasonic Contract is continuing as well as the "me-too" grievance regarding Flight Attendant pass privileges.
There is a person to contact regarding insurance benefits. If anyone is having issues with insurance on United give me a call and I will forward the information to you. This person is also working on open enrollment issues with United.
Several WARN Act notices have gone out in Chicago, but not yet in other locations.
The date for the 1% retro is not firm yet, but it should be paid soon.
We are still waiting on information from the Wilson polling center regarding the outcome of the recent poll on opening the agreement. If the poll suggests opening the agreement the IBT will quickly form a negotiating team, train them, and file the section six openers. Also the IBT is working on a better system of communications during negotiations on all carriers they represent. From what I understand there will be weekly reports regarding progress during the entire process.
An accurate seniority list is being sent to the Business Agents across the system. In addition a copy of series 75-2 is being sent to the BA's as well as a copy of the voluntary furlough letter.
Be careful as the company appears to be looking for excuses to terminate people for small things across the system. Fortunately we have not seen that here, but better to be safe than sorry.
That's all from the call,
Bob
