Negotiations continued July 27th, 28th, and 29th at Teamsters Local 856 in San Bruno, CA.
Tentative agreements were reached on Articles 1(Purpose of Agreement), 3 (Status of Agreement), 19 (Apprentice Mechanics), and 26 (Savings Clause). These articles had no proposed changes.
Your Negotiating Committee has revised several of the originally proposed articles to include more Continental contract language, the amount of which varied from article to article based on what which provisions best help the Membership.
These articles included Article 6 (Hours of Service), Article 10 (Seniority), and Article 12 (Leave of Absence); as well as two of the new articles, Field Trips and Layoff & Recall.
Over the course of this week’s negotiations, these articles were individually presented to the Company with explanations on the changes. On July 29th, the Union received a counterproposal from the Company on Article 12 (Leave of Absence). After some discussions, the parties have come close to an agreement on this article.
Upcoming Negotiations
Negotiations will continue the week of August 16th in San Francisco and again during the week of August 30th in Chicago.
