This week representatives of the Airline Division and TAMC met with members in San Francisco at the monthly craft meetings to discuss issues relating to the recent lobbying effort as well as the current state of negotiations with United. Dave Saucedo relayed to the membership the importance of the passage of a long term FAA reauthorization bill and reported on the efforts made to achieve that goal to this point. Airline Division Representative Bob Fisher related that negotiations are scheduled to resume in October and gave a brief overview of the continuing negotiations process under the Railway Labor Act.
Over the previous weekend, representatives from Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Portland Oregon attended shop steward training sessions which were held by Locals 986 and 856. Local 856 Vice President Peter Finn and Local 986 Principal Officer Chris Griswold opened the training Friday afternoon. Division Deputy Director Steve Nagrotsky thanked both Locals for the invitation to attend and thanked the stewards for their hard work on behalf of the membership. Stewards received information from Ileana Flores on grievance handling, Steve Nagrotsky on the Railway Labor Act and Chris Moore on the mission of the TAMC.
