Congress recessed today without passing any legislation in regards to oil prices. Hopefully demand destruction is enough to continue to bring prices down.
This week it was revealed that Wal-Mart told it's employees not to vote for Democrats because of the Employee Free Choice Act. This act would make it easier to unionize, and Wal-Mart is very distraught. For those that don't know, the Teamsters have begun a campaign to sign cards urging passage of this legislation. I have these cards and will be passing them out.
In MM the ten hour day continues to be productive. There is currently research being done on a potential contract violation regarding a vacant Lead position. In addition two first step grievances were filed for an Article Ten violation regarding RDO code awards.
In GQ the Company stated that the ten hour day continued to meet goals. There is a possibility of expansion of this schedule in the fall.
In PV a safety violation was brought to me and I will forward it to Tom on his return.
For all I am trying to wrap up the membership applications. If you have not filled out the three page form I have them and will be around with them next week. Also the initiative for the 1% wage rate increase, instead of the Success Sharing program, passed. Information on the vote can be found here http://www.teamster.org/resources/ualmechanics/PDFs/080728_UAL_Ballot_letter.pdf
The Business Agent and Chief Steward conference call will be held on the 5th and I will post the synopsis on the blog.
That's all for this week,
Bob
