The Resource Utilization Letter which provides the membership with greater leverage was finalized. Last week, we distributed a FAQs sheet to address questions about the Resource Utilization Letter. To view it, go to www.teamsterair.org under the “Weekly Dispatch” button.
Mechanics and Related at sub CMI now have a Tentative Agreement. The work rules and economics are in line with both the sub CO and sub UA agreements. A bullet point update has been released to this group. After it is checked for editing errors, the full tentative agreement will be made available.
The AD addressed training issues with company leadership. Last week on the Chief Steward call, concerns regarding peer to peer OJT were raised. According to the company, training will be done a majority of the time by either same subsidiary hourly workers or members of management. In smaller cities where these resources are not available, other means of providing the training will be used.
System/Joint Board hearings continue on schedule. A sub UA Joint Board session was held in Denver on March 29th. Due to the nature of the case, only one grievance was heard for this session. The next Joint Board will be an all day session held in Chicago on Aril 25th. The next System Board hearings for sub CO will be an all day session held April 10th in Newark.
Local Union and AD Representatives will hold preliminary meeting with Ralph Berger to discuss seniority integration on April 17th in Miami. The purpose of this meeting will be to provide historical documentation from previous mergers and to get Mr. Berger’s schedule to begin meetings with rank and file members of the committee. Mr. Berger requested this second meeting without the member committee so the individual Locals can outline what the individual station "integration committees" have been researching and working on i.e. different seniority integration systems/procedures used in other cases, laws and documents they feel apply to the process, etc. Mr. Berger expressed his desire to have as much information available to him so he can have a good understanding of what is ahead before meeting and formally starting the "National Seniority Integration" committee, made up of one member from each of the largest cities.
