Full TA

Here is the link to the full TA as well as the summary sheet.

TA bullet point highlights

Summary Sheet for the Amended International Brotherhood of Teamsters – United Airlines CBA for Mechanic and Related Members March 20, 2011

This document highlights some of the most important elements of the Tentative Agreement that has been reached between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Airlines for the Mechanics and Related craft. It is meant only to be a summary describing what the Negotiating Committee believes are some of the more important changes to the contract. It should not be read in isolation, and is not itself the Tentative Agreement: the Tentative Agreement will soon be posted on IBT Airline Division website, and you will be able to review it then. In addition, the Tentative Agreement will be mailed to each member, along with voting instructions, in the near future. Membership meetings to discuss the Tentative Agreement will also be scheduled around the system shortly.

COMPENSATION

Technicians
BASE HOURLY PAY: 2010-2012 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
With 13 or More Years of Service, 2 Licenses and Line Premium
Effective Dates:	Day Shift	Afternoon Shift	Evening Shift
Date of Ratification	$35.22	$35.73	$35.80
July 1, 2011	$36.06	$36.57	$36.64
July 1, 2012	$36.92	$37.43	$37.50

• $3,000 past wage credit payment
• Moving expenses now spelled out with $12,000 cap
• Increase in line premium .30 DOR, .40 7/1/2011, .50 7/1/2012
• Increase in longevity pay $1.00 after 12 years
• Increase in shift pay swings .51 and Midnights .58 (leads .54 and .61)
• Per Diem $1.95 Domestic $2.50 International
• Increase in License pay
• Grandfather of license pay PV/GQ
• Increase the number of employees receiving second license pay
• Annual Tool allowance

SCOPE

• Furlough protection for all employees on the System Seniority List
• Point protection for the SFO Maintenance base for all Employees on active or on approved leaves of absence as of the effective date of the New Agreement, and for all Employees furloughed from the San Francisco Maintenance Center who are recalled to the SFO Point within 60 months following the effective date of the New Agreement.
• Retains the prohibition on the sale, lease, etc. of the SFO Maintenance Center
• Reestablishes Aircraft Mechanics in EWR and PHL
• Reestablishes PV/GQ in HNL and BOS
• Opens LAS and PHX to PV/GQ
• Expressly prohibits the Company from contracting out work, subject to limited exceptions.
• Limits the Company's use of the "traditional and customary" outsourcing exception to station-by-station histories, as opposed to system-wide histories
• Adds new contracting out limitations containing trigger provisions requiring the Company to hire additional full-time personnel
• LOA establishing local scope and contracting out committees for PV
• System committees for Aircraft and GQ on scope and contracting out issues
• Expressly prohibits Supervisors and other managerial personnel from performing bargaining unit (scope) work.
• Provides for an expedited dispute resolution procedure to resolve scope disputes
• Employees working on International Field Trips are now covered for most purposes under the Agreement
• Retains existing (2005-2009) Agreement's provision to honor lawful picket lines of the Company's (domestic) employees at domestic locations.
  

DEFINITIONS

• New Article
• Clear definition of emergency
  

CLASSIFICATIONS

• Establishment of bid areas
• MPA's added to agreement
• Grandfather of all former qualifications (except in MM if employee leaves voluntarily, need A&P to return)
• No expiration of bid area qualifications
  

SENIORITY

• Retention of lifetime recall rights
• Management cannot displace employees on return from full time promoted status
  

REDUCTION IN FORCE

• New Article on layoff and recall
• Significantly Enhanced exercise of seniority rights
• Enhanced severance pay
  

HOURS OF SERVICE

• Bi-annual shift bids
• New day and shift trade policy
• Definition of adverse conditions (e.g. weather conditions)
  

HOLIDAYS

• Two additional floating holidays
• Provision to move holiday if it falls on day off
• Increased pay for Holidays worked
  

VACATION

• Retained accrual rates
• Unlimited DATs
• DAT by the hour
• Variable use option (e.g. 401k or sick bank non occupational)
• Enhanced bidding rules (slots)
  

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

• Increase to 5 days for death in family
• 5 days for family emergency
• Increased options for leaves
  

SICKTIME

• Elimination of paragraph 14 G
• Non occupation sick bank increased 1600 hours
• Sick pay at 100%
  

FIELD SERVICE

• New Article allowing 1 ¾ pay block to block
• International Field Service selected the same as domestic
  

TRAINING

• New Article directing training selection by seniority
• Overtime rate paid for all training outside of regular work hours
• Lead pay for OJT training of more than two other Mechanics
• Training LOA for full time trainers based on seniority and qualifications
  

SAFETY AND HEALTH

• LOA flight safety committee
• Pay for safety shoes if required
  

BENEFITS

• 401(k) increase for transition period, until eventual DB plan is negotiated.
• Keep current Medical, Dental and Vision till 1/1/2013
• Keep current Retiree Benefits till 1/1/2013
• LOA on committee to explore alternative health and medical coverage
  

OVERTIME

• Reinstate double-time
• Call-in Overtime minimum of 4 hours
• Improved distribution rules
  

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE/DISCIPLINE

• Improved grievance procedure
• New Third Step Joint Board of Adjustment
• Letters of discipline removed after one year
• Progressive Discipline to run on different tracks for different types of offenses (e.g. Sick time, Job performance, etc.)
  

BOARD OF ARBITRATION

• New Article allows selection process for Arbitrators
  

GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

• Two years to get required licenses
• Increase to $7000 for tool box replacement
• If 20 minute travel time to employee parking, parties discuss alternatives
• Reduction in force badging protection
  

TRANSPORTATION

• New paragraph allows employees with 20 years of service who resign 7 domestic and 1 international space available passes
  

DURATION

• Amendable date of 12/31/2012
  

TRANSITION

• Grandfather current employees in current work areas
• Commitment to explore a defined benefit plan
• Profit sharing
• PV/GQ will ultimately report to Tech Operations
  

AMALGAMATION

• Within 120 days of ratification file for single carrier status
• Commence and complete integration as soon as practicable
• As soon as practicable, enter into negotiations for joint agreement
  

TA

By now you all know that a TA has been reached. The press release can be found here.

I apologize for the lack of updates lately, the hotels we were staying in had poor internet access and when I got home on weekends I just spent time with the family.

As details are released I will post them here as well.

Take care,

Bob

Union

It's difficult to watch the attack on organized labor in this country without getting angry. Obviously if the attacks on collective bargaining rights are successful in Wisconsin and Ohio we won't be far behind. I can hear it playing out in the press now; If only those airline workers didn't have collective bargaining rights airfares would be lower!

Here is a link to a YouTube video thanking the 14 senators in WI for standing up to the administration with the only tool left for them to use, fleeing. I found this link as it was posted by the Teamsters on Facebook.

Yesterday Ralph Ortiz from SFO sent a very interesting article form CNN titled "America's union story: Blood, struggle and bargaining for good and bad". It is a good read and can be found
here.

I can't imagine the prospect of losing these precious rights. The one thing that encourages me as this plays out is that it appears labor is responding to this attack in a very different manner than when the Air Traffic Controllers Union was destroyed. We have to stand together! That is what being UNION is all about!

What can you do to help? Please visit this link to Stop the War on Workers.

EDIT: Not that anyone should be surprised, here is a link from the Washington Post that gets to the heart of the matter