In a key moment in the course of negotiations, an agreement has been reached that has the potential to set the stage for permanently revising the current broken grievance procedure. The Union proposal for a Joint Board of Adjustment has been agreed to in a Memorandum of Understanding for immediate implementation.
The Joint Board of Adjustment will be a panel consisting of two members appointed by the Union and two from the Company. This will be implemented on a trial basis to replace the current 3rd Step of the grievance procedure, which now relies entirely on a review and decision from a single member of the Company’s Labor Relations Department.
The Teamsters Airline Division has successfully utilized a Joint Board of Adjustment at carriers such as Continental, Frontier and Air Canada. The Division is confident that the process can be used here at United to eliminate the backlog of grievances that has created such a high level of frustration for the membership.
Non‐punitive attendance discipline will continue to be addressed in the ongoing Dependability Subcommittee meetings and are temporarily held in abeyance pending the outcome of these talks. To read the full Memorandum of Understanding please visit www.IBTUALNegotiations.com
In addition to reaching an agreement on the Joint Board of Adjustment, the parties reached tentative agreements on the Preamble as well as Article XV — Extended Illness Status.
