Due to the slow speed of delivery of the contract and voting instructions, the counting of the ballots has been extended, and will now take place at noon, EST on February 1st. The reason for the delayed delivery appears to be twofold. First, the packages had to be sent as bulk mail because of the weight of the documents and second the packages went out on December 23rd which is in the middle of the holiday mailing season. In addition, several members expressed concern that they would not have enough time to fully review the company’s closeout proposal and the additional seven days should provide enough time to address those concerns. If you have not received your ballot by Thursday, January 14th, contact your Local Union to request a new or replacement ballot.
TeamCare Call
Yesterday TeamCare hosted it’s first tele town hall conference call to review and discuss the TEAMCARE insurance plan for health, dental and vision that will be offered to all members if the close out proposal is approved. Thousands of participants dialed in at the same time which caused an overload of the switching system. As a result many members were dropped or denied access to the call. The recording of yesterday’s call is now available at http://ibt.io/UAL-TeamCare.
There will be another TeamCare tele town hall conference call this Thursday, January 7, at6pm Pacific Time. To participate call 1-877-229-8493, with ID code 114828.
