1-26-09

Last week the IBT Steering Committee met in San Francisco to discuss contract proposals. There were representatives from all over the country present. As you can imagine there were many proposals and many different ideas on how to move forward. The committee attacked each Article line by line with the goal of tightening and clearing up language that dates back to 1947. While we made progress more work is definitely needed. We will meet again in the beginning of February to continue this work. Dave, Phil and myself will be there to continue the process. Also on a side note Dave Saucedo has been selected to be on the IBT negotiations committee.