It's been a little bit of time since my last update due to traveling the last five weeks with spotty internet access.
There have been several things happening at once during that time including negotiations, sitting on an arbitration panel, as well as a Joint Board session towards the middle of January. As for negotiations the official updates can be found by following the link at the top of the page. The parties continued to work towards an agreement over the last five weeks and the updates have chronicled what articles we've discussed. The arbitration case involved the outsourcing of the maintenance of the Denver baggage system and was held during the last week of January. The Joint Board heard five grievances and the final report regarding resolution should be out shortly.
On a local front there have been many rumors regarding eleven people returning to Newark. As I reported previously this will depend on the answer of the station closing arbitration case, and as I write this there has been no final answer for that grievance.
The parties have decided to take a one week break in the negotiations schedule so I will be at Dulles for the full week and will be working on open grievances and issues. I would again like to thank the Stewards for stepping up and doing a great job in servicing the contract as well as keeping me informed about what has been happening locally.
That's all for now,
Bob
